E&C ENGR 302: Electromagnetic Waves and Fields

Course Description

Elements of vector calculus: curl, gradient and divergence differential operations; vector identities; integration of vectors Stokes and Gauss's theorems, laplacian; review of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; boundary value problems; boundary conditions; time-harmonic fields and phasors; Maxwell's equations,Poynting vector; vector and scalar wave equations; electromagnetic wave propagation in free-space, lossy and lossless dielectrics and conductors; polarization; reflections at normal and oblique incidences; transmission line parameters; telegraphers equations; input impedance and VSWR; Smith Chart and impedance matching; transients on transmission lines.