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COURSE MEETINGS:

Lecture

MR 10:00-11:50

LOW CII-3051

Prof. James Lu

Recitation

M 7:00-8:50

LOW CII-3051

Staff

Lab Sessions

W 02:00-03:50  
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-3051) on those days during lecture time. The Final Exam schedule will be posted.

STAFF :

Instructor:
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Secretary:

James J.-Q. Lu   
David Ellstein
Joseph Novak
Pengfei Wu

Audrey Hayner

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JEC 6003

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luj at rpi.edu
ellstd at rpi.edu
novakj at rpi.edu
wup6 at rpi.edu

audrey at ecse.rpi.edu

Prerequisites: ECSE 2010 and MATH 2010

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:  13 February
Project 1:  1 March
Quiz 2:  9 April
Project 2:  19 April
Quiz 3:  30 April
 
Final Exam:  14 May

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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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