EE 211: Fields Theory (2)

EE 211: Fields Theory (2)   

FALL 2025

Instructor:	Dr. Ahmed Farghal, Ph.D. Office:  E-mail: ahmedfarghal7080@gmail.com Facebook: Click here Scheduled Office Hours: TBD. Open Door Policy: When my door is open, you are welcome to come in.
Course Organization:	Lecture: Saturdays, 09:00 am – 11:00 am, @ Room 401. 2 hours of tutorial per week Teaching Assistant: Eng.
Midterm Exam:	TBD.
Final Exam:	TBD.

Required Textbook:

W. Hayt Jr. and J. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, 8th ed. W. Hayt, J. Buck (McGraw-Hill, 2010).

 

Optional Reading:

Course Topics:

• Steady magnetic field; Biot Savart and Ampere circuital laws.
• Magnetic forces, torque, materials properties.
• Calculations of self and mutual Inductance.
• Time varying field and Maxwell's equations.
• Uniform plane wave; transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) Wave.
• Poynting theorem. 
• Normal and oblique incidence.
• Transmission and reflection of TEM wave through non-homogenous media.
• Transmission lines (TL) - TL equivalent circuit- Transmission and reflection. along mismatched TLs.
• Matching techniques – Applications of Smith chart.

Handouts: Fall 2025

The handouts are available as Adobe PDF files through the links below.   

• Lecture 1: The Steady Magnetic Field I.
• Lecture 2: The Steady Magnetic Field II. (Video) (Solenoid and Toroid)
• Lecture 3: Magnetic Forces and Torque.
• Lecture 4: Magnetic Material Properties and Inductance. (Magnetic Materials) (Magnetic Boundary Conditions) (Inductance)
• Lecture 5: Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell Equations.
• Lecture 6: EM Wave Propagation I. (Video1) (Video2) (Video3)
• Lecture 7: EM Wave Propagation II.
• Lecture 8: Transmission Lines Theory. (Video1)(Video2)
• Smith Chart
• Lecture 9: Smith Chart. (Video1) (Video2)
• Lecture 10: Transmission-Line Matching.  (Video)
• Lecture 11: Uniform Plane Wave Reflection.

   

Handouts: Fall 2024 (Old Material)

The handouts are available as Adobe PDF files through the links below. 

• Lecture 1: The Steady Magnetic Field I.
• Lecture 2: The Steady Magnetic Field II.
• Lecture 3: The Steady Magnetic Field III.
• Lecture 4: Magnetic forces, torque, material properties I.
• Lecture 5: Magnetic forces, torque, and material properties II.
• Lecture 6: Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell Equations.
• Lecture 7: EM Wave Propagation I.
• Lecture 8: EM Wave Propagation II.
• Lecture 9: Uniform Plane Wave Reflection.
• Lecture 10: Transmission Lines Theory
• Smith Chart
• Lecture 11: Smith Chart. (Video1) (Video2)
• Lecture 12: Transmission-Line Matching.  (Video)

Problem Sets

Textbook: W. Hayt Jr. and J. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, 8th ed. W. Hayt, J. Buck.

• Problem set #1 - 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,  and 7.9
• Problem set #2 - 7.10, 7.11, 7.14, 7.15, and 7.17
• Problem set #3 - 7.21, 7.23, 7.25, 7.29, 7.30,  and 7.3
• Problem set #4 - 8.2, 8.5, 8.7, 8.13, and 8.15
• Problem set #5 - 8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.23, 8.25, 8.32 and 8.33
• Problem set #6 - 9.1, 9.3, 9.5 and 9.4
• Problem set #7 - 11.2, 11.3, 11.5, 11.9 and 11.11
• Problem set #8 - 11.22, 11.23, 11.24, 11.25, and 11.28 (b and c)
• Problem set #9 - 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4

Exams

• Electromagnetic Fields Theory (2) Fall 2024 Midtermexam.

• Electromagnetic Fields Theory (2) Fall 2024 Finalexam.

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