Topic outline

  • Lectures have finished. Thank you for attending the course!

    Materials are available here: 

    • Week 1: Course arrangements and introduction to human exposure standards and guidelines
    • Week 2: Rationale of human exposure guidelines at low frequencies
    • Week 3: Electromagnetics of human exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields
    • Week 4: Calculating induced electric fields numerically
    • Week 5: Evaluation of the induced electric field in an anatomic model
    • Week 6: Exposure to radiofrequency EMF
    • Week 7: SAR and bioheat equation
    • Week 8: Introduction to the FDTD method
    • Week 9: SAR calculations using the FDTD method
    • Pre-task for Lecture 10


    Welcome to the course!

    The course will be taught with a hybrid format:

    • Weekly lectures will be online, unless otherwise specified. Time: Thursday at 14:15. The lectures will be recorded and shared via Panopto.
    • There will be a weekly in-person exercise and demonstration session (not every week, depending on the home assignments). Place: Room F254 (next to the cafeteria) / Otakaari 3. Time: Tuesday 14:15-16:00.
    • Slack will be the primary communication channel
    • Help for doing exercise problems is available anytime on Slack
    • The last lecture will be an in-person workshop. Let's select the time and date for the workshop later.
    • Grading is based on home assignments (see Instructions for submitting assignments). There will be no exam.

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      Slack workspace for Electromagnetic field safety 2023