EE 333 Fall 2009

Class hours and location: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 13:00-13:50, Workman 113
Office hours: MW 14-15, F 15-16

Dr. Anders M. Jorgensen
Workman 227, anders@nmt.edu

Syllabus

Textbooks

Updated schedule (Look here for the latest schedule and changes)

#DateSectionsTopicDue
1Wed Aug 26--Course planning--
Historical introduction
2Fri Aug 28WikipediaHistory of electromagnetism--
Deriving the laws of electromagnetism
3Mon Aug 311.6.1-1.6.2Coulomb's law, vector fields, electric fields--
4Wed Sep 21.6.3-1.6.5Magnetic fields, Biot savart's law, Lorentz force--
5Fri Sep 41.8-1.8.2Gauss' laws for electric and magnetic fieldsHW 1: 1.14, 1.15, 1.21
solution
--Mon Sep 7
Academic holiday
6Wed Sep 91.8.3-1.8.4
monopoles
Faraday's law and Ampere's law--
7Fri Sep 111.9-1.10Maxwell's equations in integral form--
Differential form of Maxwell's equations
8Mon Sep 142.4-2.6Divergence theorem and Gauss' lawsHW 2: 1.26, 1.31, 1.34
solution
9Wed Sep 162.7-2.11Stokes theorem and Faraday and Ampere's laws--
10Fri Sep 182.12-2.15Wave propagation in free space, wave polarization--
Material regions
11Mon Sep 213.1-3.3Conductivity, Ohm's lawHW 3: 2.21, 2.23, 2.34 (keep copy for Exam 1 prep)
solution
12Wed Sep 23--
Exam 1 (solution)
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13Fri Sep 253.4-3.5Electric polarization, dielectrics, P and D--
14Mon Sep 283.6-3.7Magnetization, magnetic materials, M and HHW 4: 1.37, 1.47, 2.26, 2.35
solution
15Wed Sep 303.8Maxwell's equations in materials--
16Fri Oct 2--Review/Discussion--
17Mon Oct 53.9-3.10Boundary conditions on D, B, E, and HHW 5: 2.17, 2.19, 3.1, 3.2
solution
18Wed Oct 73.11Waves in conducting materials--
19Fri Oct 9--Review/Discussion--
20Mon Oct 123.12Poynting theorem, wave powerHW 6: 3.8, 3.9, 3.15 (part b only), 3.17
solution
Static electric fields
21Wed Oct 144.1-4.4Electric potential and relationship to static electric fields--
22Fri Oct 164.5Capacitance--
23Mon Oct 194.6Electrostatic energyHW 7: 4.4, 4.5
solution
24Wed Oct 21--Review/Discussion--
--Fri Oct 23
Academic holiday
25Mon Oct 26--
Exam 2 (solution)
HW 8
26Wed Oct 284.7Poisson's equation--
27Fri Oct 304.8Numerical solution of Poisson's equation--
Static magnetic fields
28Mon Nov 24.10Magnetic vector potentialHW 9: 4.10, 4.11, 4.12
solution
29Wed Nov 44.12Inductance--
30Fri Nov 6--Review/Discussion--
31Mon Nov 94.13Magnetic energyHW 10: assignment
Transmission lines
32Wed Nov 117.1-7.3Transmission line equations, characteristic impedance--
33Fri Nov 13--Review/Discussion--
34Mon Nov 16--
Exam 3 (solution)
HW 11: 4.24, 4.25, 4.29, 7.2
solution
35Wed Nov 187.4-7.6Voltage reflection--
36Fri Nov 207.7Tandem connection of transmission lines--
37Mon Nov 237.8-7.9Pulse propagationHW 12: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
solution
38Wed Nov 25--Review/Discussion--
--Fri Nov 27
Thanksgiving holiday
39Mon Nov 307.10-7.11Sine waves on transmission lines, and their reflection coefficients--
40Wed Dec 27.12Smith Chart--
41Fri Dec 47.13-7.14Impedance matchingHW 13: 7.12, 7.17
solution
42Mon Dec 77.15-7.16Voltage standing wave ratio--
43Wed Dec 9--Review/Discussion--
44Fri Dec 11--
Exam 4 (solution)
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