Course overview
This course builds up on electro- and magneto-statics to complete the foundations of electromagnetic theory by including time-varying phenomena. As such, the course focusses on electrodynamic fields and waves, with their applications in electrical and electronic engineering. Topics include: Brief review of electrostatics and magnetostatics, electric and magnetic fields in materials, Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, capacitance and inductance in circuit models, differential and integral forms of Maxwell's equations, boundary field conditions, electromagnetic waves, scattering of plane waves from media boundaries, guided-waves and transmission lines, radiation, antenna fundamentals, propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and explain static electric and magnetic fields
- Classify the properties of conductors, dielectrics and magnetic materials
- Explain Electromagnetic induction and relate it to applications
- Calculate capacitance and self-inductance of different structures
- Interpret Maxwell's equations of electromagnetics in integral and differential forms
- Employ vector calculus to solve static, quasistatic and dynamic electromagnetics problems
- Formulate electromagnetic waves to interpret reflection and refraction
- Discuss theoretical principles or radiation with simple antennas structures
- Practise numerical electromagnetic simulations and antenna measurements
- Identify electromagnetic phenomena relevant to real-life applications