Course Information

COURSE MEETINGS:

Lecture

MR 4:00-5:50

LOW CII-4050

Prof. James Lu

Recitation

M 7:00-9:00

LOW CII-3051

Staff

Lab Sessions

W 12:00-01:50  
W 04:00-05:50

JEC 4107

Staff

 

Quizzes/Final:

There will be three quizzes given on the dates listed on the course schedule. There will be open shop in the lecture room (LOW CII-4050) on those days during lecture time. The Final Exam schedule will be posted.

STAFF :

Instructor:
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James J.-Q. Lu   
Shengling Deng
An Mao
Jie Zhang
Audrey Hayner

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JEC 6003

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luj at rpi.edu
dengs at rpi.edu
maoa at rpi.edu
zhangj20 at rpi.edu
audrey at ecse.rpi.edu

Textbook:

REQUIRED

Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Eric Michielssen and Umberto Ravaioli, “Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics” Prentice Hall 6th Edition, 2010. Available in the bookstore. Prof. Ulaby's webpage dedicated to his book.

An electronic workbook, " Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad " is available on the web. You'll need Mathcad software and the cheapest option is Mathcad Explorer (free)

OPTIONAL

H. M. Shey, "Div, Grad, Curl, and All That," 3rd edition. Published by W.W. Norton. This book is available from several web bookstores (varsitybooks.com, amazon.com, NetStoreUSA.com and many others for from $18-25.)

Joseph A. Edminister, "Electromagnetics," 2nd edition. Published by McGraw-Hill as part of their Schaum's Outline Series. Useful only for the solved problems, this book is also available from several web bookstores and can be found at Borders and Barnes and Noble.

Syed A. Nasar, "2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics." Published by McGraw-Hill in their Schaum's Solved Problems Series. This book is also available from several web bookstores and can be found at Borders and Barnes and Noble.

Calendar:

Key Course Dates:

Please check for updates.

Quiz 1:  14 February
Project 1:  2 March
Quiz 2:  11 April
Project 2:  27 April
Quiz 3:  2 May
Extra Credit:  5 May
Final Exam:  11:30 - 2:30, 18 May

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Welcome to Fields and Waves I (6 Jan)

 

 

 

 

Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
(1831 - 1879)
The famous Scottish physicist, who discovered the theory of electromagnetism and forever changed our views on the nature of light.

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