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EE101AEngineering Electromagnetics

UCLA Department of Electrical EngineeringWinter 2014

Lectures: Mon/Wed 8:00-9:50 AM

Franz 1260

Introduction to basic concepts in engineering electromagnetics, including transmission

line theory, Smith charts, impedance matching, Maxwells equations in differential form,electrostatics and magnetostatics, Maxwells equations for time harmonic field, plane-

wave propagation, plane waves incident on planar boundaries.

Instructor: Teaching Assistants:Benjamin Williams Po-Yen Chien

68-117 Engineering IV pychien@ucla.edu

bswilliams@ucla.edu Bor-Chau Juang

Phone: 310-825-6961 bcjuang@ucla.eduOffice Hours: (see courseweb) Office Hours: (see courseweb)

Discussion Sections are held for 1 hour each week. You are assigned to one of 4 times oneither Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday. Attendance is mandatory, as important

material will be covered by the TAs.

Course website:

https://courseweb.seas.ucla.edu/classView.php?term=14W&srs=190306200

Textbook: Fawwaz T. UlabyFundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics6th

edition

Other useful references: David J. GriffithsIntroduction to ElectrodynamicsJohn D. Jackson Classical Electrodynamics(advanced)

H. M. ScheyDiv, Grad, Curl, and All ThatH. A. Haus and J. R. MelcherElectromagnetic Fields and

Energy (http://web.mit.edu/6.013_book/www/)

Supplementary E&M applets:http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html (useful for visualization of

fields and waves)

Quiz: Monday January 27 (in classapprox 20 minutes)Midterm: Monday February 10 (in class)

Final: Thursday March 20, 8:00AM-11:00AM (location TBA)

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Grading Policy

The final numerical grade will be determined according to the following percentages.8 Homeworks: 20%

1 Quiz: 5 %

1 Midterm: 34%1 Final: 40%Survey: 1%

The final letter grade will be derived from the final numerical grade.However, the instructor reserves the right to use his judgment rather than strict formulae

when assigning final letter grades.

If there are any graduate students who take this class, they will be graded identically toundergraduates. However, their grades will be omitted from any distribution when

determining the undergraduate letter grades, and thus the presence of graduate students

will not skew grading for the undergraduates.

Exams

There will be a midterm and a final exam.

Homework

You may work together on homeworks, but you are required to write up your own

solutions. Copying solutions, either from another student, or previous solution is not

permitted. Answers presented without indication of showing your work, or explanation

of your answer are likely to be marked down.

There will be 8 homework assignments over the quarter. In general, they will be turned inat the beginning of class (within 10 minutes of start). It is your responsibility to turn in

the homework on time.

No late homework will be accepted, unless for true emergency reasons (illness, etc.),

and in these cases you must present supporting documentation (from a doctor, dean, etc.).

The lowest score out of 8 homeworks will be dropped. The purpose of this policy is togive an opportunity to skip one homework when necessary for whatever reason, so that

asking for extensions is not necessary.

Each week, only about half of the homework problems will be graded in detail, selectedby me. You will not be told which ones. Your homework grade will be based upon those

graded. Nonetheless, I strongly recommend you do all problems, since this is essential to

understand the material and perform well on exams.