E E 516

Computational Methods in Electromagnetics

Iowa State University

Spring 2011

Time and Place: 1011 Coover Hall, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (?), 2:10-3:30pm

Instructor:  Prof. Jiming Song

Office: 2130 Coover Hall,              Phone: 515-294-8396   Fax:  515-294-8432
Email: jisong@iastate.edu Website:  home.eng.iastate.edu/~jisong/ee516

Office Hours: 10-10:50am, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 2130 Coover Hall

Textbook, References, and Notes

• Textbook: Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics with Matlab, M. Sadiku, CRC Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4200-6309-7.
• K. Warnick, Numerical methods for engineering : an introduction using MATLAB and computational electromagnetics examples, SciTech, 2011.
• FDTD Method for Electromagnetics, K. S. Kunz and R. J. Luebbers, CRC Press, 1993.
• Computational Electrodynamics: The finite-difference time-domain method, A. Taflove, Artech House, 1995, and A. Taflove and S. Hagness, Artech House, 2000
• Field Computation by Moment Methods, R. F. Harrington, Macmillan, New York, 1968.
• Computational Methods for Electromagnetics, Peterson, Ray, and Mittra, IEEE Press, 1998.
• Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics, J. M. Jin, John Wiley, 1993 & 2002.

• Theory and Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, J. M. Jin, John Wiley, 2010.

• Class notes

Homework, Projects for Coding and Reports, and Final Presentations: Homework assignments will be given about every week and are due about one or two weeks later. There will be NO exams. There will be several projects for coding and you will be required to write a report on your last project and give a 10 to 15 minute presentation.

Tentative Course Schedule

1. Introduction and review of Maxwell's equations in time and frequency domain.
2. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Method
• Partial differential equations (PDEs) and finite difference
• 2 and 3 dimensions     · Boundary conditions and perfectly matched layers
3. Integral Equation Based Methods
• Volume and Surface Equivalence       ·   Green's functions
• Method of moments (MoM) and basis functions
• 1, 2  and 3-D problems                      ·   Direct and iterative solvers
4. Finite Element Method
• Variational methods and boundary value problems (BVPs)
• Basis functions and formulation         · Static and dynamic
5. Introduction to Fast Algorithms 

Final Grade Breakdown:

·    Homework     ---------     30%              · Projects and Presentations --      70%

If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Resources (DR) office, located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076, 515-294-7220.