General Information
COURSE MEETINGS:
 
Section 1
 There is no section 1



(Just like no TV
channel 1)
Section 2 MR 12-2 Sage 4101
(Prof. Salon)

 T 4-6 JEC 4107
Section 3 MR 12-2 Sage 4101 (Prof. Salon)
  T 2-4 JEC 4107  
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.

Quizzes:

There will be three quizzes given during class time September 29, November 3, and December 1(Room TBA).
Final:
TBA
STAFF:

Faculty:

 
Sheppard J. Salon
 JEC 5018 x8296 salons@rpi.edu
 

 




Teaching Assistants:
 
Xi Chen
 chenx8@rpi.edu

Glen Yoo
yoog@rpi.edu





Secretary
 
Audrey Hayner JEC 6003 x6019 audrey@ecse.rpi.edu
 
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 (EPOW Office across from the elevators on the 5th floor)

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
29 September
 Quiz 1
4 October
Project 1 due
3 November
 Quiz 2
15 November
Project 2 due
1 December
 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

 

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. 

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

Hardcopy Available from Audrey Hayner (JEC 6012) - $10/copy (These will also be available online)

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.

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.