Course Information
COURSE MEETINGS:
Section 1 |
MR 4:00-5:50 |
JED 3210 |
Prof. Connor |
Section 2 |
MR 4-5:50 |
JEC 3210 |
Prof. Connor |
There are open shop periods when our staff has office hours. When projects are due and before quizzes, extra open shop hours may be added. On Wednesday's, when HW assignments are due, there will be open shop in JEC 4107 from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Quizzes/Final:
There will be three quizzes given on the dates listed below and on the course schedule, in Sage 3510 from 7:00-9:00 PM. There will be open shop in the lecture room (JEC 3210) on those days during lecture time. The Final Exam schedule will be posted.
STAFF :
Instructor: |
Kenneth A. Connor |
JEC 6002 |
x8552 |
connor at rpi.edu |
Textbook:
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 LMS 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, "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: 28 September
Project 1: 9 October
Quiz 2: 9 November
Project 2: 23 November
Quiz 3: 7 December
Extra Credit: 11 December
Final Exam: TBA
Messages:
Announcements (date posted):
The review materials for Quiz 3 are available as videos on the LMS site under learning modules. Note that there are some general philosophy videos in addition to worked problems. (6 Dec)
Quiz Grade Distributions
Q1 A:84, B:73, C: 62, D:51
Q2 A:80, B:65, C:50, D:35
Q3 A:90, B:79, C:68, D:56
All HW assignments are now posted. (28 Nov)
The formula sheets for E fields, B fields and Waves have been updated and are posted in the right hand column with the others. Please report any errors ASAP.(6 Dec)
