EE 340
Electric and Magnetic Fields

Catalog Description:

Electrostatic and magnetostatic field theory using vector notation; Coulomb's Law, Gauss' Law and potential theory. Solutions to Poisson's and Laplace's equations; capacitance and inductance. Time-varying fields; Maxwell's equations.

Credits:  3 credit units

Class Schedule: 3 sessions per week, 50 minutes per session.

Prerequisites: EE210 and E280

Course Objectives: 

  1. Familiarize students with the use of vector and differential operator methods of solving problems in electromagnetics.
  1. Understand the concepts of coordinate systems and coordinate transforms for the application of vector and differential operators to electromagnetic engineering problems
  1. Understand and be able to apply Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law,  Biot-Savart’s Law, and Ampere’s Law to solve basic engineering problems.
  1. Understand electromagnetic wave propagation and dipole antenna radiation by the application of Maxwell’s equations.

Textbooks and References:

“Elements of Electromagnetics”, Matthew Sadiku, 4th edition, Oxford, 2007

Topics Covered: Upon completion of the course, the students will have covered the following topics::

  1. Vector analysis review.
  1. Coulomb’s law; electrostatic fields.
  1. Gauss’ law; symmetry methods.
  1. Electrostatic potential; potential gradient; energy.
  1. Electrostatic dipoles; dielectric materials.
  1. Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations.
  1. Magnetostatic fields.
  1. Magnetic materials; magnetic circuits.
  1. Time varying fields; Maxwell’s equations.
  1. Uniform plane waves.
  1. Reflection and transmission of TEM plane waves in a transmission line. Antenna radiation.

Prepared By: Dr. Paul Kolen
Date of Preparation: 02/06/2009