EECS 3710 - Electromagnetics I聽Course Syllabus
Credits/Contact Hours
3 credit hours & three 50-minute lecture contact hours per week.
Textbook
F. T. Ulaby and U. Ravaioli, 鈥淔undamentals of Applied Electromagnetics鈥�, Pearson Education Inc., 8/E (2020), ISBN: 978-0-13-519900-8
Course Information
The nature of electromagnetism, Complex numbers, Transmission lines, Smith chart,
Impedance matching, Vector analysis, Coordinate transformations, Electrostatics, Electrical
properties of materials, Boundary conditions, Magnetostatics, Magnetic properties
of materials, Boundary conditions.
Prerequisites: EECS 2300 and MATH 2860 and PHYS 2140
Required course for EE program
Specific Goals - Student聽Learning Objectives聽(SLOs)
The student will be able to:
1. Apply the basics of harmonic waves and the phasor technique聽in solving relevant
problems.
2. Apply knowledge on vectors, vector calculus, and orthogonal聽coordinate systems
in solving problems, relevant to聽electromagnetics.
3. Apply the acquired electrostatics knowledge, which includes聽topics such as Coulomb's
law, Gauss' law, Maxwell's聽equations, electric field boundary conditions, and聽electrostatic
potential, in basic electric field and potential聽calculations.
4. Use knowledge on materials and their electrical properties, as聽well as related
concepts of resistance, capacitance, and聽electrostatic energy, in basic analysis and
design problems.
5. Apply the acquired magnetostatics knowledge, which聽includes topics such as magnetic
forces and torques, BiotSavart's and Ampere's laws, magnetic field boundary聽conditions
and vector magnetic potential, in basic magnetic聽field and potential calculations.
6. Use knowledge on materials and their magnetic properties,聽as well as related concepts
of inductance and magnetic聽energy, in basic analysis and design problems.
7. Apply the acquired knowledge on Maxwell's equations for聽time-varying fields, and
the related results and concepts in聽basic problems and calculations.
8. Apply the principles of transformers, electromagnetic聽generation and actuation,
and free-charge dissipation in聽conductors, in simple analysis of relevant electromagnetic聽systems
and in solving basic problems.
Topics
1. Introduction to Waves and Phasors
2. Transmission Lines
3. Vector Analysis
4. Electrostatics
5. Magnetostatics
6. Maxwell's Equations for Time-Varying Fields