CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE 151 Electromagnetic Engineering

Winter 2003
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Announcements

  • Homework 6 solution is posted on 3/10.
  • A past final exam is posted on 3/7. The solution will be posted later.
  • Homework 7 is posted on Monday, 3/3. It will be due this Friday 3/7.
  • Homework 5 solution is posted on 3/2.
  • Solutions of Homework 1-4 and the midterm are posted on 3/1.
  • Homework 6 is posted on Wednesday, 2/26, and due on Monday, 3/3.
  • Homework 5 due date is postponed to Monday, 2/24.
  • Homework 5 is posted on Wednesday, 2/19, and due on Friday, 2/21
  • Homework 4 due date has been postponed to Monday, Feb 17.
  • Homework 4 is posted in the Homework section on Feb 10, 2003. It will be due on Friday, Feb 14.
  • Review session by Mankei at 7-8pm, Monday, Feb 3 in 239 Moore.
  • Reading assignment updated.
  • Midterm from last year is posted in the Handout section.
  • We will have TA hours at 7-8pm on Wed, Jan 29, and 7-9pm on Thu, Jan 30.
  • Homework 3 is posted in the Homework section. It will be due on Friday, Jan 31.
  • Mankei will hold an extra office hour from 6-7pm on Sunday, Jan 26, in Moore 250.
  • Homework 2 due date has been changed from Friday, Jan 24 to Monday, Jan 27.
  • Homework 2 is posted in the Homework section.
  • Quiz 1 and Answer is posted in the Handout section.
  • Class hours stay the same.
  • Homework 1 is posted in the Homework section.
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    Handouts
  • Quiz 1 and Answer, given on Jan 10
  • Past Midterm, posted on Jan 29
  • Past Final, posted on Mar 7
  • Selected Midterm Solution: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
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    Homeworks
  • Homework 1, posted on Jan 10, due on Jan 17, Solution: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
  • Homework 2, posted on Jan 17, due on Jan 27, Solution: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5
  • Homework 3, posted on Jan 27, due on Jan 31, Solution: Page 1, Page 2
  • Homework 4, posted on Feb 10, due on Feb 17, Solution
  • Homework 5, posted on Feb 19, due on Feb 24, Solution: Page 1, Page 2
  • Homework 6, posted on Feb 26, due on Mar 3, Solution: Page 1, Page 2
  • Homework 7, posted on Mar 3, due on Mar 7.
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    Reading Assignments
    Chapter 1. Only if you need to review the math.
    Chapters 2 and 3. All sections.
    Chapter 4. Sections 1,2,3,7,8.
    Chapter 5. Sections 1,2,3,7,9,10.
    Chapter 8. All sections.
    Chapter 9. Sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,10.
    Chapters 10 and 11. All sections
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    Course Information
    Time and Place
    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 070 Moore
    Instructor
    Professor Demetri Psaltis
    262 Moore, x4856, psaltis@sunoptics.caltech.edu
    Teaching Assistants
    TA Lectures: Wednesdays 7-8pm
    Office Hours: Thursdays 7-9pm
    Martin Centurion
    250 Moore, x3888, mcenturion@sunoptics.caltech.edu

    Mankei Tsang
    250 Moore, x3888, mankei at sunoptics dot caltech dot edu

    Xiaofeng Li
    xiaofeng@its.caltech.edu
    Office Hours: Millikan Circulation Desk, Thursday 10pm-1am

    Textbook
    Engineering Electromagnetics, William H. Hayt, Jr. and Hohn A. Buck, 6th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2001.
    Homework
    Homework due in class every Friday. No homework the first week.
    Collaboration policy: Collaboration is allowed. You must write your own homework independently.
    Late homework policy: 25% off for up to one week late.
    Exams and Grading
    Midterm: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
    Final: March 12, 2003
    Grading: 30% homework; 30% midterm; 30% final; 10% quizzes. No labs this year.
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    Course Outline (number of lectures)
  • Statics (5)
  • Maxwell's Equations (1)
  • Plane waves; polarization (2)
  • Energy; Power flow; Poynting vector (1)
  • Propagation in lossy and dielectric media (3)
  • Dispersion (1)
  • Reflection and refraction at interfaces (2)
  • Waveguides; transmission lines; fibers (5)
  • Cavities (2)
  • Retarded potentials; Radiation; Antennas (3)
  • Gratings and Diffraction (2)
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