EE 303 Electromagnetic Waves

Credit Structure: (3-0)3

Catalog Description:
Maxwell's equations in time and frequency domains. Electromagnetic energy and power. Wave equation. Uniform plane electromagnetic waves; reflection and refraction. Introduction to transmission lines, waveguides, antennas and radiation.

Course Objectives:
To introduce the student to wave electromagnetics.

Prerequisities:
EE 224

Textbook(s):
D. K. Cheng, “Field and Wave Electromagnetics”, Addison-Wesley,1983.

Reference:
R. Plonsey and R.E. Collin, “Principles and Applications of Electromagnetic Fields”, 2nd Ed., McGrawHill, 1982.
B.D. Popovic, “Introductory Engineering Electromagnetics”, Addison-Wesley, 1971.
P. Lorrain and D. Corson, “Electromagnetic Fields and Waves”, 2nd Ed., Freeman, 1970.
D.K. Cheng, “Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics”, 2nd Ed., Addison Wesley, 1993.(THIS IS THE NEWEST VERSION OF THE TEXTBOOK WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE OLD ONE)
J.D. Krauss, “Electromagnetics”, 4th Ed., McGraw Hill, 1992.
H.P. Neff, “Introductory Electromagnetics”, Wiley, 1991.

Syllabus:
1- Introduction (3 class hours)
2- BVP In Cartesian Coordinates (9 class hours)
3- Maxwell's Equations (3 class hours)
4- Potential Functions (6 class hours)
5- Maxwell's Equations in Phasor Domain (3 class hours)
6- Plane Waves in Lossless and Lossy Media (5 class hours)
7- Poynting's Theorem (2 class hours)
8- Reflection and Refraction of Plane Electromagnetic Waves (6 class hours)
9- Wave Characteristics of Finite Transmission Lines (5 class hours)

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
None

Computer Usage:
Numerical solution of BVPs in two dimensional problems.

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: 1
Engineering Design: None
Engineering Sciences: 2
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: None

Instructors:
Fatih Canatan