Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Understanding of the concepts in electromagnetics: electric and magnetic fields, charges, currents, forces, energies, radiation, static and dynamic fields. Ability to solve quantitatively problems involving electromagnetic sources; to compute fields created by charges and currents in a given environment in basic geometrical constellations. Ability to connect, on a basic level, the mathematical description of electromagnetism into electrical engineering applications light phenomena of everyday life.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 01.03.2021 - 14.04.2021
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Matti Raasakka, Ari Sihvola, Ilkka Tittonen
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Matti Raasakka, Ari Sihvola, Ilkka Tittonen
Contact information for the course (valid 05.02.2021-21.12.2112):
Professor Ari Sihvola (ari.sihvola@aalto.fi)
CEFR level (applies in this implementation):
Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):
Teaching language: English
Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Classical electrostatics and magnetostatics: electric and magnetic fields due to charges and steady currents. Conductors and insulators. Electrodynamics: Maxwell equations and their basic solutions. Plane waves, reflection from and transmission through interfaces. Radiation from a Hertzian dipole. The required mathematical tools.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Graded homework problems, exam.
Workload
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
24 hours lectures
12 hours exercise sessions
3 hours exam
96 hours independent studies
DETAILS
Study Material
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
David K. Cheng: Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics
Applies in this implementation:
We'll follow this book with main emphasis on Chapters 1-7 and 10.
In the Aalto university library, several copies are available. The book "Field and Wave Electromagnetics" by the same author is a more extensive version of the same material, and is also a good source, containing additional details for any interested student.
Prerequisites
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Differential and integral calculus
Basics of classical mechanics
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure