General Information
COURSE MEETINGS:There are open shop periods when our staff has office hours in the studio. (see below) When projects are due, extra open shop hours will be added.
Section 1
Cancelled
Section 2 MR 12-2 Darren 337
(Prof. Salon)
T 4-6 JEC 4107
Quizzes:
There will be three quizzes given during class time September 30, November 4, and November 29 (Darren 337).Final:TBA
STAFF:Faculty:
Teaching Assistants:
Sheppard J. Salon
JEC 5018 x8296 salons@rpi.edu
Secretary
Xi Chen
chenx8@rpi.edu
Audrey Hayner JEC 6003 x6019 audrey@ecse.rpi.edu
Students (Photo pdf files are large.)
OFFICE HOURS :
Prof. Salon
Date Time TBA
Date Time TBA
Office Hours
JEC 5018
Xi Chen
Date Time TBA
Date Time TBA
Open Shop
JEC 4107
MAILBOXES:
Prof. Salon's mailbox is in JEC 5012
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
30 September
Quiz 1
Project 1 due
4 November
Quiz 2
Project 2 due
29 November
Quiz 3
Finals week Final exam
GRADING SUMMARY(Note: Tentative.)
Quizzes (3) 100 points each 300 points
Homework (Best 7 of 8)
20 points each 140 points
Projects (2) 50 points each 100 points
Final 200 points 200 points
Total
740 points
STUDIO FORMATThe course is not being taught in studio format this term.
PRE-REQUISITESPHYS-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.
TEXTREQUIRED
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, "Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics", Available in the bookstore.OPTIONALAn 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
Available from Audrey Hayner (JEC 6012) - $10/copy
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.
Syed A. Nasar, "2000 Solved Problems in Electromagnetics." Published by McGraw-Hill in their Schaum's Solved Problems Series. This book is out of print, but there is a copy in the ECSE lounge that you can use there.