Fall 2024
ECE 329: Fields and Waves I
| Sec | Time (MWF) | Room | Instructor | Office Hours |
Office Hours Location |
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| E | 1:00pm - 1:50pm | ECEB 1015 | Lara Waldrop (lwaldrop@illinois.edu) | Monday 9 am -10 am | ECEB 5052 | Lecture notes |
| C | 10:00am - 10:50am | ECEB 2013 | Xu Chen (xuchen1@illinois.edu) | Monday 3 pm - 4 pm | ECEB 5040 | |
| X | 12:00pm - 12:50pm | ECEB 2017 | Victoria Shao (yangshao@illinois.edu) | Tuesday 10 am - 11 am | ECEB 5048 | Lecture notes |
Contacts: Please send all the course-related questions to this email ece-329-fall24-group@office365.illinois.edu rather than individual instructors or TAs.
Teaching Assistants:
Head TA: Amr Ghoname(ghoname2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Thu 11:00am - 3:00pm (ECEB 4034)
Luke Hartmann (lukegh2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Wed 3:00pm - 5:00pm (ECEB 2017) and Thu 12:00pm - 2:00pm (ECEB 4036)
Kewei Song(keweis2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Wed 5:00pm - 7:00pm (ECEB 2017)
Gayatri Chandran (gpc4@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Thu 11:00am - 12:00pm (ECEB 4036) and 3:00pm - 4:00pm (ECEB 4034)
Derek Chaw (drchaw2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Thu 2:00pm - 4:00pm (ECEB 4036)
Alex Zhang(alexmz2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Thu 4:00pm - 6:00pm (ECEB 2015) | Tutorial session: Tue 5:00pm - 7:00pm Tutorial slides
Faculty and TA Office Hours (Aug 26 - Dec 11, except Nov 23- Dec 1 and Sep 2):
| Faculty. | |
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| Tutorial session. |
| Hrs. | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 9am-10am | Lara Waldrop ECEB 5052 |
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| 10am-11am | Victoria Shao ECEB 5048 |
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| 11am-12pm | Amr ECEB 4034 |
Gayatri ECEB 4036 |
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| 12pm-1pm | Amr ECEB 4034 |
Luke ECEB 4036 |
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| 1pm-2pm | Amr ECEB 4034 |
Luke ECEB 4036 |
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| 2pm-3pm | Amr ECEB 4034 |
Derek ECEB 4036 |
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| 3pm-4pm | Xu Chen ECEB 5040 |
Luke ECEB 2017 |
Gayatri ECEB 4034 |
Derek ECEB 4036 |
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| 4pm-5pm | Alex ECEB 2015 |
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| 5pm-6pm | Alex ECEB 2015 |
Kewei ECEB 2017 |
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| 6pm-7pm | ||||||
Lecture Notes (~Textbook): ECE 329 Lecture Notes on Fields & Waves - Erhan Kudeki, 2022
Course Outline: Specified in Course Calendar
Supplementary Text (not required): Fundamentals of Electromagnetics - N. N. Rao, 2009.
Homework: There will be HW assignments each week due on Thursday at 6pm. HW's will be assigned on Gradescope and the solutions will be posted on Canvas after the due date. Completed HW's must be submitted electronically as a pdf file on Gradescope by 5:59 PM on the due dates. Late submissions will not be accepted with any excuses. The final homework grade will exclude the two lowest scores from the total 14 homework sets, providing flexibility for unforeseen circumstances such as illness or technical issues. It is advisable to use these opportunities judiciously. NO ADDITIONAL DROPS WILL BE GRANTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Required Material: One compass (to draw circles) and one ruler.
Exams Policy: Students requiring conflict for any of the midterm exams should notify the course staff no later than 6pm Friday before the exam with a valid reason. The conflict exams will be different than the regular exam, and solutions to the conflict exams will not be available.
Three midsemester exams (in the evening) and one final exam are scheduled as follows:
| Midterm I: |
7:00pm-8:15pm, Monday, Sep 23, 2024. ECEB 1002 (Grainger Auditorium) Conflict: 8:00am-9:15am, Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024. ECEB 2015. |
| Midterm II: |
7:00pm-8:15pm, Monday, Oct 28, 2024. ECEB 1002 (Grainger Auditorium) Conflict: 8:00am-9:15am, Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024. ECEB 2015. |
| Midterm III: |
7:00pm-8:15pm, Monday, Dec 2, 2024. ECEB 1002 (Grainger Auditorium) Conflict: 8:00am-9:15am, Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024. ECEB 2015. |
| Final Exam: |
7:00pm-10:00pm, Monday, Dec 16, 2024. ECEB 1002 (Grainger Auditorium) Conflict: 8:00 AM -11:00 AM, Monday, Dec 16, 2024. ECEB 4070 |
Conflict exam requests: Some of you might have an overlapping activity that warrants a conflict exam, as indicated in the Article 3 part 202 of the student code (please see Article 3 part 201 for a conflict with a final exam). We will offer a conflict exam in those cases, but you need to send the request to ece-329-fall24-group@office365.illinois.edu no later than 2pm on the normal exam day AND get the approval from Prof. Shao before 6:30pm in order to be able to take the conflict exam on the next day.
Class Forum: Class Forum will be held on Campuswire where students can upload their questions regarding the course materials. Your question is generatlly answered within 12 hours.
Join Link: https://campuswire.com/p/G485092AC Entry Code: 9647.
Grading Policy:
| Homework | 15% of total |
| Midterm Exams (x3) | 60% of total |
| Final Exam | 25% of total |
Syllabus Statement: Please review course expectations and academic policies at Syllabus Statement
Supplementary Course Material:
Final Review_2024 review of vector calculus list of vector identities TEM wave propagation movies time-domain TL waves Smith Chart Smith Chart Examples EM Animation for Waves