ECE 329 - Fields and Waves I

Spring 2026

Calendar

Lecture Date Topic Reading Optional
1 1/21 Vector Fields and Lorentz Force Note CalcReview
Paper
2 1/23 Coulomb's and Gauss's Laws Note 3 Charges Anim
2 Charges Anim
Dipole Field
3 1/26 Gauss's Law and Static Charge Density Note
4 1/28 Divergence and Curl Note
5 130 Curl-free Fields and Electrostatic Potential Note
6 2/2 Circulation and Boundary Conditions Note
7 2/4 Poisson's and Laplace's Equations Note EXCEL: Poisson Solver
8 2/6 Conductors, Dielectrics, Polarization Note
9 2/9 Fields in Dielectric Media Note
10 2/11 Capacitance and Conductance Note
11 2/13 Conductivity, Susceptibility, Polarization Current Note
12 2/16 Magnetic Force and Ampere's Law Note
13 2/18 Current Sheet, Solenoid, Vector Potential and Current Loops Note
14 2/20 Faraday's Law and Induced EMF Note
2/23 Exam 1 (7:00-8:15pm)
2/23 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 1
15 2/25 Inductance  —  solenoid, Shorted Coax Note
16 2/27 Charge Conservation, Continuity Equation, Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations Note Currents in Wires
Fields around Wires
17 3/2 Magnetization Current, Maxwell's Equations in Material Media Note
18 3/4 Wave Equation and Plane TEM Waves in Source-free Media Note
19 3/6 d'Alembert Wave Solutions, Radiation from Current Sheets Note
20 3/9 Wave Energy and Poyting Theorem Note
21 3/11 Monochromatic Wave Solutions and Phasor Notation Note
3/13 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 2
3/16 NO CLASS Spring Break
3/18 NO CLASS Spring Break
3/20 NO CLASS Spring Break
22 3/23 Phasor Form of Maxwell's Equations, Damped Waves in Conducting Media Note
23 3/25 Imperfect Dielectrics, Good Conductors Note
24 3/27 Signal Transmission, Circular Polarization Note
25 3/30 Wave Reflections, Standing Waves Note Partial and Total Reflection Anim
3/30 Exam 2 (7:00-8:15pm)
26 4/1 Standing Waves, Radiation Pressure Note
27 4/3 Guided TEM Waves in TL Systems Note
28 46 Introduction to Distributed Circuits Note Bouncing Sine Anim
29 4/8 Bounce Diagrams Note
4/10 NO CLASS EOH
30 4/13 Multi-Line Circuits Note Two Lines Anim
31 4/15 Periodic Oscillations in lossless TL Circuits Note Open Open Anim
Open Short Anim
32 4/17 Input Impedance and Microwave Resonators Note
33 4/20 TL Circuits with half- and Quater-wave Transformers Note
34 4/22 Line Impeadance, Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart Note
35 4/24 Smith Chart Examples Note
4/27 Exam 3 (7:00-8:15pm)
4/27 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 3
36 4/29 Smith Chart and VSWR Note
37 5/1 Smith Chart and Impedance Matching Note
38 5/4 Distribution Networks Note
39 5/6 Lossy Lines Note
5/7 Reading Day
TBD Final Exam