Spring 2023
ECE 329: Fields and Waves I
| Sec | Time | Room | Instructor | Office Hours | Office Hours Location |
| X | 12:00 PM MWF | ECEB 3081 | Victoria Shao (yangshao@illinois.edu) | Tuesday 10:00 AM | ECEB 5034 |
| E | 1:00 PM MWF | ECEB 2017 | Lynford L Goddard (lgoddard@illinois.edu) | Thursday 10:00 AM | MNTL 2254 and Zoom |
| F | 2:00 PM MWF | ECEB 2015 | Yun-Sheng Chen (yunsheng@illinois.edu) | Friday 3:00 PM | Zoom |
Teaching Assistants:
Chi Zhang (czhng110@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Mon 11:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom) and Thu 2:00pm - 3:00pm (room 4034 ECEB)
Lilian Yang (ly11@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Wed 3:00pm - 5:00pm (room 5034 ECEB)
Derek Chaw (drchaw2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Tue 4:30pm - 5:30pm (room 4070 ECEB) and Thu 6:00pm - 7:00pm (room 5034 ECEB)
Tutorial sessions are on Tuesdays 5:30pm - 7:00pm in room4070 ECEB.
Lecture Notes (~Textbook): ECE 329 Lecture Slides - Lynford L. Goddard and Brian T. Cunningham ECE 329 Lecture Notes on Fields & Waves - Erhan Kudeki, 2022
Printed lecture notes will be provided. Students must pick them up on the first day of instruction (1/18/2023).
Course Outline: Specified in Course Calendar
Supplementary Text (not required): Fundamentals of Electromagnetics - N. N. Rao, 2009. Electromagnetics and Applications - D. H. Staelin, 2011
Homework: There will be HW assignments each week with Thursday due dates. HW's will be assigned on Canvas and Gradescope and the solutions will be posted after the due date. Completed HW's must be submitted electronically as a pdf file on Gradescope by 11:59 PM on the due dates. Late submissions will not be accepted. The lowest homework scores will be dropped from the final homework grade.
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Exams: Three midsemester exams (in the evening) and one final exam are scheduled as follows:
| Exam I: |
Tuesday, Feburary 14, 2023 - 7:00pm-8:15pm, 1002 ECEB (conflict exam: , Thursday 16, 2023 - 5:15pm-6:30pm, 2013 ECEB)
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| Exam II: |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 7:00pm-8:15pm, 1002 ECEB (conflict exam: Friday, March 10, 2023 - 5:15pm-6:30pm, 2013 ECEB)
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| Exam III: |
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 7:00pm-8:15pm, 1002 ECEB (conflict exam: Friday, April 14, 2023 - 5:15pm-6:30pm, 2013 ECEB)
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| Final Exam: |
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 8:00am-11:00am, 151 Loomis Laboratory (conflict exam: Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 1:30pm-4:30pm, 106B6 Engineering Hall) |
Class Forum: Class Forum will be held on Canvas where students can upload their questions regarding the course materials.
Grading Policy:
| Class Participation | 5% of total (Need iClicker) |
| Homework | 15% of total |
| Midterm Exams (x3) | 60% of total |
| Final Exam | 20% of total |
Letter Grade Percentage Score:
Your final letter grade will be at least as good as what is indicated by these score ranges. We may make very minor adjustments at the end of the semester that lower these ranges.
| A+ | 97-100 |
| A | 93-96 |
| A- | 90-92 |
| B+ | 87-89 |
| B | 83-86 |
| B- | 80-82 |
| C+ | 77-79 |
| C | 73-76 |
| C- | 70-72 |
| D+ | 67-69 |
| D | 63-66 |
| D- | 60-62 |
| F | below 60 |
Class Participation:
Regular attendance and participation in class activities are essential for your success in ECE 329. We will be using iClickers during lectures for class participation beginning with lecture #3.You can use either the iClicker remote or the phone app. Please make sure to register your iClicker online. If you have to be absent or are ill, please email Prof. Shao immediately with valid, written excuse. Repeated and/or lengthy absences, as well as lack of quality participation and interaction will affect your course grade.
Syllabus Statement: Please review course expectations and academic policies at Syllabus Statement
Learning how to learn: ECE 329 builds students understanding of electromagnetic fields and waves through a mixture of conceptual, mathematical, and graphical methods. Students need to know the course goals and instructional objectives (see the bottom of https://ece.illinois.edu/academics/courses/ece329) and know how to learn: Learning how to learn and Learning_To_Learn_PPRRR.
Mathematica usage(Optional): You will find in the Course Calendar a link to a Mathematica notebook each week. These notebooks will not be utilized in this class but they can be a resource for interested students who wish to experiment with numerical applications extending examples illustrated in the class notes. No prior experience with Mathematica is required. Watching the following videos prior to starting your first Mathematica computation will be useful: Notebooks Methods to Get Started Basic Calculations Basic Graphics Making Interactive Models
All engineering students can download Mathematica from Webstore and install it on their laptops. Mathematica is also available on EWS machines that can be found at multiple locations in engineering buildings.
Supplementary Course Material:
Spring 2021 Video Lectures by L Goddard Summer 2012 Audio Lectures by E Kudeki Summer 2015 Video Lectures by E Kudeki Spring 2016 Lecture Notes by A Fliflet review of vector calculus list of vector identities TEM wave propagation movies time-domain TL waves AARL Smith Chart Supp Smith Chart Smith Chart Examples Smith Chart Annotated Smith Chart Tool Impedance Matching Summer 2016 Video Lectures by E Kudeki - Mathematica Section MMA Notebook Solutions