ECE 134: Introductory Field Theory

Fall 2013

Instructor:  Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov

Instructor Office Hours:  Mon 9:50-11:50am in ESB 2213

Lecture:  MW 12:30-1:45pm in PHELPS 1260

TA’s:  TA contacts and office hours are listed here.

Required text:  Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Ed), by D.K. Cheng, 1989,
ISBN 0-201-12819-5

Exams:  Midterm exam will be in class on November 6, 2013.  Final exam will be on December 11, 2013 from 4-7pm.

 

 

Announcements

 

 

·   12/5/13: FINAL EXAM INFO:

·    The final exam will be on Wed 12/11 from 4-7pm in PHELPS 1260.

·    Review session will be held on Monday 12/9 from 5-7pm in PHELPS 1160.

·    You will be allowed 3 sheets of notes (front and back) and a calculator.

·    Instructor will hold office hours Monday 12/9 from 10am-12pm in ESB 2213.

·   11/27/13: HW 8 is posted below.

·   11/18/13: HW 7 is posted below.

·   11/14/13: TA office hours on Friday, Nov 15, will be held from 2-4pm instead of their usual time.

·   11/8/13: HW 6 is posted below.

·   10/28/13: HW 5 is posted below.

·   10/27/13: Make-up lectures will be held in PHELPS 1260 at the following times / dates:

·    Friday, Nov 8, 12:30-1:45pm

·    Friday, Nov 15, 12:30-1:45pm

·   10/27/13: There will be no section the week of Nov 4-8.  Instead, there will be a midterm review session on Nov 5 from 6-8pm in BUCHN 1930.  There will also be additional TA office hours on Nov 5 from 2-4:30pm, and normally scheduled office hours on Thurs 11/7 and Fri 11/8 will be cancelled.

·   10/21/13: HW 4 is posted below.

·   10/14/13: HW 3 is posted below.

·   10/10/13: Problem 5 on HW 2 was missing a figure, HW 2 has been reposted below with the figure.

·   10/8/13: HW 2 is posted below.

·   9/23/13: Welcome to ECE 134!  HW 1 and supplementary reading materials are posted below.

 

Syllabus

Course TAs

  

Homework always due @5PM in ECE 134 box in HFH (third floor)

 

Homework

Due Date

Supplementary Material

Homework #1

Mon, Oct 7

Charge & Matter   Field & Potential

Examples:  Dipole  Quadrupole  Line

Homework #2

Mon, Oct 14

Div & Curl in Cylindrical & Spherical Coordinates

Vector Calculus

Homework #3

Mon, Oct 21

 

Homework #4

Mon, Oct 28

 

Homework #5

Mon, Nov 4

 

Homework #6

Mon, Nov 18

Review of Basic EM

Homework #7

Tues, Nov 26

 

Homework #8

Fri, Dec 6

 

 

HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS (requires password)

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