General Information

Updated: 26 March 2008

COURSE MEETINGS:
 
Section 1
 MR 4-6
W 8-10
 Walker 6113
JEC 4107
Prof. Connor
Staff
Section 2 MR 4-6
W 12-2
 Walker 6113
JEC 4107

Prof. Connor
Staff
Section 3
MR 4-6
W 2-4		 Walker 6113
JEC 4107 		Prof. Connor
Staff
There are open shop periods when our staff has office hours in the studio. (see below)  When projects are due and before quizzes, extra open shop hours may be added.

Quizzes:

There will be three quizzes given on three Mondays from 7-9PM in Sage 3303
Dates are posted below. Lecture time on quiz days will be open shop for last minute studying.

Final:
There will be a Final Examination. Date and time are posted below.
STAFF:

Faculty:

 
Kenneth A. Connor
JEC 6002 x8552 email
Teaching Assistants:
 
Joe Novak email    
Lauren Stapleton email    
Neha Duggal email    
Jun Liao email    
Sean Sarkar email    
Secretary
 
Audrey Hayner JEC 6003 x6019 audrey@ecse.rpi.edu
 






OFFICE HOURS :
 
Prof. Connor     Office Hours JEC 6002
      Office Hours  
      Open Shop JEC 4107
      Open Shop JEC 4107
      Open Shop JEC 4107
      Open Shop JEC 4107

MAILBOXES:

Prof. Connor's mailbox is in JEC 6003

DO NOT put anything in the TA's mailboxes. Those boxes are reserved for department use and are not to be used for course materials.

KEY DATES

Quiz 1 11 February 2008
  Project 1 due 22 February 2008
  Quiz 2 24 March 2008
  Quiz 3 21April 2008
  Project 2 due 24 April 2008
  Final Exam

9 May 2008 (11:30-2:30)

GRADING SUMMARY
Quizzes (3)
100 points each
300 points
Homework (Best 7 of 8)
20 points each
140 points

Lecture Quizzes

5 points each
110 points

Projects (2)
50 points each
100 points
Final
200 points
200 points

Extra Credit

Up to 20 points
   
Total
850 points

STUDIO FORMAT

The course is not being taught in studio format this term.

PRE-REQUISITES

PHYS-1200 Physics II

MATH-2400 Introduction to Differential Equations

ECSE-2010 Electric Circuits (co-requisite is OK)

MATH-2010 Multivariable Calculus and Matix Algebra is not a pre-requisite, but it sure helps.

TEXT

REQUIRED

Fawwaz T. Ulaby, "Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics", 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)

K.A. Connor and S. J. Salon - Notes (Now available online through WebCT and as a CD)

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, "Theory and Problems of Electromagnetics," 2nd edition. Published by McGraw-Hill as part of their Schaum's Outline Series. This book is also available from several web bookstores and can be found at Borders and Barnes and Noble. Edminister also has another Schaum's book "Easy Outline of Electromagnetics."

Syed A. Nasar, "2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics." Published by SciTech, this is a new version of a great collection of solved problems. Also at Amazon.