EE 341-O

Course Code & Number

EE 341-O

Course Title

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Junior

Semester:

Fall

Type of Course:

Compulsory

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

Electrostatic Fields: Coulomb's Law, Gauss' Law, Electric Potential, Boundary Conditions, Capacitance, Electrostatic Force and Energy, Poisson's and Laplace's Equation, Image method, Steady Electric Currents, Static Magnetic Fields: Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law, Vector Magnetic Potential, Inductance, Magnetostatic Force and Energy.

Course Objectives

The goal of this course is to provide the basic principles of electromagnetics emphasizing the characterization and the solution of static and dynamic electric and magnetic field problems.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
(1) Determine and describe static electric fields created by charge distributions,
(2) Identify the concepts of capacitance and electrostatic energy,
(3) Solve electrostatic boundary value problems involving Poisson and Laplace equations,
(4) Identify steady electric currents and the concept of resistance,
(5) Determine and describe static magnetic fields,
(6) Identify the concepts of inductance and magnetostatic energy,
(7) Formulate and interpret boundary conditions,
(8) Formulate and analyze Biot-Savart law and Ampere's Law,
(9) Apply Maxwell's equations to determine field waves, potential waves, energy, and charge conservation conditions.

Recommended Reading

(1) Cheng, D. K. (2019). Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics. Pearson, 1st Edition.
(2) Sadiku, M. (2018). Elements of Electromagnetics. Oxford University Press, 7th Edition.