Course Information

COURSE MEETINGS:

Lecture

MR 4:00-5:50

LOW CII-4050

Prof. James Lu

Lab Sessions

W 02:00-03:50

JEC 4107

Staff

 
Quizzes/Final:

There will be three quizzes given during the class hours on the dates listed on the course schedule.  The Final Exam schedule will be posted.

STAFF:

 Instructor:
 James J.-Q. Lü
 CII-6229
 x2909
 luj at rpi.edu
 TAs:  Sombuddha Chatterjee
 Lawrence Hiquiana
 --   --   chatts4at rpi.edu
  hiquil at rpi.edu
 UG-SAs:   Qinghua Gu
  Qijia Shi
  Ziruo Jin
  --   --   guq3, shiq3, jinz5
   
at rpi.edu
 Secretary  TBD

Prerequisites: 

ECSE-2010 Electric Circuits; MATH-2010 Multivariable Calculus and Matrix Algebra; PHYS-1200 Physics II.

Textbook:

REQUIRED

Fawwaz T. Ulaby and Umberto Ravaioli, “Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics” Prentice Hall 8th Edition, 2020. Available in the bookstore.  You can also use its 6th Edition.

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.  

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:            22 September
Project 1:       05 October
Quiz 2:            03 November
Project 2:       16 Nevember
Quiz 3:            1 December
 
Final Exam:  TBA 

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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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