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EE 2FH3 ELECTROMAGNETICS I

 

Instructor:

Prof. Natalia K. Nikolova

ITB-A220, ext. 27141

e-mail: nikolova[at]ieee[dot]org

 

Term Offered:

Term II

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·     Office hours: Wed and Thu from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
·     Pick up your assignment and quiz papers from ITB/AB101 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
·     Check midterm time and locations under Time Table below. Check your room assignment HERE.
·     Check your final-exam, midterm-test, quiz, and assignment marks in the MARKS folder.
 

Downloads:

 

Lectures (folder)

Exams (folder)

Assignments (folder)

Tutorials (folder)

Answers to Even-number After-chapter Problems in H/B Textbook (pdf)
 

Course Outline:

Focus is on electrostatics and magnetostatics as well as related topics from vector analysis, mathematical physics and electrical engineering. It is tailored to the needs of electrical and computer engineering, and, therefore, emphasizes applications in technology and professional electromagnetic software for computer-aided design. Lectures cover:

 

1.    Mathematical basics: vector algebra, vector calculus, coordinate systems and transformations

2.    Electrostatics in vacuum

3.    Current and conductors

4.    Dielectrics and capacitance

5.    The steady magnetic field in nonmagnetic media

6.    Magnetic force, torque and energy

7.    Inductance

 

Material on Reserve:

(Thode)

1. Solutions to Drill Problems in Hayt/Buck Textbook (2 copies)

2. Solutions Manual for the after-chapter problems in the Hayt/Buck Textbook (2 copies)

3. Hayt/Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, 7th media ed., McGraw-Hill, 2006 (3 copies)

4. Joseph A. Edminister, Shaum’s Outlines on Electromagnetics, any edition, McGraw-Hill (problem solving) (1 copy)

5. Syed A. Nasar, 2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics, Scitech, 2008 (problem solving) (1 copy)

 

Recommended Texts:

1. Hayt/Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, 7th media ed., McGraw-Hill, 2006.

2. Lecture notes available for download from the Downloads/Lectures folder above.

3. M.H. Bakr, Electromagnetics I: Matlab Experiments Manual for EE2FH3, McMaster University Courseware, 2011 – available for download from the Downloads/Assignments folder above

 

Optional Texts:

Joseph A. Edminister, Shaum’s Outlines on Electromagnetics, any edition, McGraw-Hill (problem solving).

Syed A. Nasar, 2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics, Scitech, 2008 (problem solving).

 

Time Table

Lectures

 

Mon, Wed, Thu; from 10:30 am to 11:30 pm (rm TSH/B128)

 

 

Tutorials

 

Fri; from 10:30 am to 11:30 am (rm ITB/137)

 

 

Quizzes

 

10-minute quizzes randomly distributed during lecture times (no warning!)

 

Assignments

 

10 assignments – for due schedule check folder Assignments in Downloads

Help with assignments and 2FH3 consultations are provided by the TAs Mon to Fri from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm in rm ITB/AB101.

 

 

Midterm exam

 

March 1, Thursday, 7 PM to 9 PM, rms: T28-1, HH-305

 

Office Hours:

 

Wed and Thu from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

 

Evaluation:

Final exam

Midterm exam

Assignments

Quizzes

 

55 %

25 %

15 %

5 %

 

Ø  FAILURE ON THE FINAL EXAM MEANS FAILURE OF THE COURSE!

Ø  All grades are final unless error in marking is proven.

Ø  Marking scheme is flexible only if final-exam mark is greater than or equal to 90 %.

Ø  Deferred exams may be oral depending on the number of the examined students

 

TAs:

Consultations in rm ITB/AB101 Mon to Fri from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Massoud Ghassemi

Feng Cong

Yifan Zhang

Sheng Tu

Kaveh Moussakhani

Seyyed Kalantari

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Administrator

 

ghassm [at] univmail [dot] cis [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca

fengc4 [at] grads [dot] ece [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca

zhangyf98 [at] grads [dot] ece [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca

tus [at] univmail [dot] cis [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca

moussk [at] univmail [dot] cis [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca

kalantl [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Reminder on Academic Dishonesty Policy:

Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means and can result in serious consequences, e.g., the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university.

It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the various kinds of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, specifically Appendix 3, located at

http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/policy/AcademicIntegrity.pdf

The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:

·         Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one's own or for which other credit has been obtained.

·         Improper collaboration in group work.

·         Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.

 

 

 

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January 2, 2012