Electrical & Computer Engin 333 - Fields And Waves I

This course will introduce students to the notion of waves through the context of transmission lines and electromagnetic propagation in simple unbounded media, and also introduce the theory of electromagnetism and electromagnetic fields and waves and their interaction with simple media and structures. The course includes the following topics: Transmission lines modeled as distributed circuits; introduction to one dimensional waves and the wave equation; wave velocity. Time-harmonic representation of waves and Helmholtz equation; wavelength and wavenumber. Propagation, reflection and reflection of voltage and current waves in transmission lines; Impedance matching and transmission line transients. Review of vector analysis, coordinate systems, gradient, divergence, curl, review of surface and volume integrals; Maxwell's equations for time-varying and time-harmonic fields; electromagnetic boundary conditions; Current continuity equation. Electromagnetic waves, plane waves, TEM waves and polarization; propagation of electromagnetic waves in free-space, dielectrics, conducting media and conductors; reflection and transmission of normal and oblique plane waves from planar material boundaries and introduction to guided waves.

This course is open to Seniors and Juniors in EE or CS ENG majors only. E&C-ENG 202 and 244