EE 513, Spring 2012

Advanced Electromagnetic Field Theory II

Time and Place: 1011 Coover Hall, Tuesday & Thursday, 2:10-3:30pm

Instructor: Jiming Song

• Office: Coover 2130
• Phone: (515) 294-8396
• Email: jisong@iastate.edu

Office Hours: Coover 2130, 1-2pm, Tuesday and Thursday.

Textbook, References, and Notes

• Textbook:  Weng Cho Chew, Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media, Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995 (reprint edition).
• C. A. Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics, John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
• R. F. Harrington, Time Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields, McGraw Hill., 1961 & 2001.
• R. E. Collin, Field Theory of Guides Waves, IEEE Press, 1991.
• Nathan Ida, Numerical Modeling for Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Evaluations, Chapman and Hall, 1995.
• J. A. Kong, Electromagnetic Wave Theory, John Wiley and Sons, 1990.
• Class notes.

Homework and Projects: Homework or project assignments will be given almost every week.

Tentative Course Schedule

1. Introduction
2. Green's functions (Balanis' Chapter 14).
3. Waves and fields in layered media (Chew's Chapter 2).
4. Surface integral equations, method of moments, modeling of interconnects (Chew's Chapter 8 and Balanis' Chapter 12).
5. Volume integral equations, inverse scattering (Chew's Chapters 8 and 9).
6. Perturbational and variational techniques (Harrington's Chapter 7 and Chew's Chapter 5).
7. Other topics (electromagnetic NDE, etc.)

Final Grade Breakdown:

Problem sets -----------------------      40%

Projects and presentations ----------   60%

Please address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academic Accommodation Request (SAAR) from the Disability Resources (DR) office (515-294-6624).  DR is located in Room 1076 of the Student Services Building.