Electromagnetic theory applied to modern technology and natural phenomena across various fields, from communication to sensing systems. Introduces fundamental concepts of microwave remote sensing, antennas, microwave engineering, and computational electromagnetics, focusing on their contemporary applications.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Directed literature reading and additional questions in assignments.
Athena Title
Applied Electromagnetics
Undergraduate Prerequisite
ELEE 4020
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to describe and analyze electromagnetic wave propagation.
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to describe and analyze reflection, scattering from an interface.
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to understand the basics of antennas and their applications.
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to understand the basics of microwave engineering.
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to understand the basics of computational electromagnetics.
Topical Outline
a) Introduction to Applied Electromagnetics
• Overview and expectations
• Basic applications and historical perspective
• Review of complex math
• Review of basic electromagnetics
• Constitutive parameters
• Complex permittivity
• Wave equations
b) Microwave Remote Sensing
• Plane waves
• Propagation in lossless and lossy media
• Wave polarization
• Electromagnetic power density
• Reflectivity and transmissivity
• Wave reflection and transmission at normal incidence and at oblique incidence
• Scattering matrix, radar equation, bistatic scattering
• Coherent, noncoherent scattering
• Theory of radiative transfer
• Thermal radiation, terrain brightness temperature
• Polarimetry, stokes parameters
c) Antennas
• Hertzian dipole
• Antenna radiation characteristics
• Friis transmission formula
• Radiation by large aperture antennas
• Array antennas
• Microstrip antennas
• Antenna measurements
d) Microwave Engineering
• Transmission line theory
• Quarter wave transformers
• Impedance matching and tuning
• Rectangular waveguides
• Coaxial lines
• Network analysis
• Scattering matrix
• Signal flow graphs
• Microwave design
• Noise and nonlinear distortions
• Microwave systems
e) Numerical Electromagnetics
• A partial differential equation such as Laplace’s or Poisson’s equation
• Transfer matrix method
• Matrix form of Maxwell’s equations
• Finite-difference frequency-domain
• Finite-difference time-domain
• Plane wave expansion method
• Moment method
• Finite element method
