ECE 3323

ELECTROMAGNETICS II

CATALOG DATA: ECE 3323. Electromagnetics II. (C)

(Prerequisite: C or better in ECE 3313).

Three hours lecture. Waveguides and cavity resonators, fiber optics, antennas, electromagnetic compatibility, analytical and numerical solution techniques in electromagnetics.

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

1. Vector calculus.
2. Electrostatics.
3. Magnetostatics.
4. Maxwell’s equations.
5. Electromagnetic waves
6. Transmission lines

TEXTBOOK(S) AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIAL:

1. Fawaz T. Ulaby, Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, 2004 Media Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2004.

GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVES AND RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

1. To develop the students’ basic understanding of electromagnetic fields through the study of Maxwell’s equations [1,2].
2. To further the students’ ability to apply vector calculus to the solution of engineering electromagnetics problems using applications in electrodynamics [1,2].
3. To introduce the concept of electromagnetic waves and their application to engineering problems involving waveguides, fiber optics and antennas [1,2].
4. To introduce the students to the discipline of electromagnetic compatibility and its implications on engineering design [1].
5. To develop the students’ ability to apply modern mathematical software and numerical techniques to the solution of engineering electromagnetics problems [1,2].
6. To develop the students’ understanding of basic electromagnetic physics through the use of laboratory experiments [1,2,4].

COURSE TOPICS COVERED:

1. Waveguides and cavity resonators. (7 classes)
2. Fiber Optics (4 classes)
3. Antennas. (12 classes)
4. Introduction to electromagnetic compatibility. (8 classes)
5. Computational electromagnetics and analytical methods. (11 classes)
6. Quizzes. (3 classes)

LABORATORY TOPICS COVERED:

1. Waveguides and waveguide measurements (1 lab)
2. Microstrip circuits (1 lab)
3. Antennas (1 lab)
4. Microwave systems (1 lab)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT:

1. Engineering Science : 3 hours
2. Engineering Design : 1 hour
3. Basic Math and Science : 0 hours

ASSESSMENT:

1. Homework.
2. Tests.
3. Final Exam.
4. Programming projects.
5. Laboratory assignments.

SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES AND RELATIONSHIP TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES:

Objective 1:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of  Maxwell’s equations and how to apply them to the solution of electrodynamics problems (1).

Objective 2:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of transformer induction, motional induction and displacement current (1).
• Demonstrate the ability to solve problems involving time-harmonic fields (1,2).

Objective 3:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the propagation of energy in a waveguide via transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes (1).
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the radiation of electromagnetic waves by simple antennas such as the short dipole, half-wave dipole, monopole and loop antennas (1,2,5).

Objective 4:

• Demonstrate the ability to apply the basic principles of electromagnetic compatibility (1,2).

Objective 5:

• Demonstrate the ability to develop computer  code (MATLAB) to solve engineering problems in electromagnetics (1,2).

Objective 6:

• Demonstrate the ability to conduct electromagnetics experiments and to analyze the resulting data using a basic knowledge of Maxwell’s equations (1,2,4,5,8).

PREPARED BY:

Dr. J. Patrick Donohoe, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, June 17, 2005.