In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
Electrical Engineering Department
EE 340-3 (UTR 11:00-11:50, 59-1011), EE 340-4 (UTR 13:00-13:50, 59-2003) Syllabus
Electromagnetic Waves and Apps., Spring 2020/2021 (202)
TextBook: Elements of Electromagnetics, M. Sadiku, 6th Edition, 2015
Instructor: Husain M. Masoudi, Ph.D., Office: 59-2094
Office Hours: (TR 12:00-12:50 pm) Tel: 4984, E-mail: husainm@kfupm.edu.sa,
Course web site in Blackboard: https://blackboard.kfupm.edu.sa, My Web: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/ee/husainm/
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Date
Topics
Text
Quizzes
Introduction and Review Coordinate Systems, Coulomb’s Law
4.1-4.3
Flux Density, Gauss’ Law, Electric Potential,
4.4-4.7
Elec. Dipole, Energy density, Currents, Polarization
Q1 (Material: W 1-3)
4.8-4.10, 5.1-5.6
Contin. Eq., Boundary Conditions (BC), Poisson’s & Laplace’s Eqs.
5.8-5.9, 6.1-6.4
Resistance and Capacitance, Biot-Savart’s
6.4-6.5, 7.1-7.2
Ampere’s Laws, Mag. Flux Density
Q2 (Material: W 4-6)
7.3-7.6
Mag. Potential, Magnetic Forces and Magnetization, BC
7.7, 8.1-8.7
Midterm Exam, Tuesday 9 th of March 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm (Material: W 1-7 will be announced later)
7-11 March
Inductors and Inductance, Faraday’s Law, emf
Midterm Exam
8.8-8.9, 9.1-9.3
14-18 March Displac. Current, Maxwell’s Eqs., EM Waves and Wave Prop.
9.4-9.7, 10.1-10.2
21-25 March* WP in lossy, lossless, free space and good Conductor
10.2-10.6
28-1 April
Plane waves cont., Power, Reflection at normal incidence
Q3 (Material: W 8-11)
10.6-10.8
4-8 April
Reflection at oblique incidence, Introduction to Transmission Lines,
10.9-11.1-11.2
11-15 April
Transmission Line Equations, Rectangular Waveguides ,
11.3-12.1-12.3
18-22 April
Rectangular Waveguides, Antennas, Hertzian Dipole
12.3-12.4, 13.1-13.2
Q4 (Material: W 12-14)
25-29 April
Review
17-21 Jan.
24-28 Jan.
31-4 Feb.
7-11 Feb.
14-18 Feb.
21-25 Feb.
28-4 March
Final Exams
* Last day for dropping courses with grade of W is Thursday 25 th of March 2021.
Chapter
5
6
7
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9
8.3, 8.4, 8.5 (except Eqs.
5.5 (except Eqs.
7.8,
6.3, 6.6,
8.33,8.34, 8.35, 8.36 and
9.6, 9.8,
Sections Excluded 5.31 and 5.32),
7.9,
6.7, 6.8
8.37),
9.9
5.7, 5.10, 5.11
7.10
8.6, 8.10 and 8.11, 8.12, 8.13
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10.7
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11.4 to 11.10 12.5 to 12.10 13.3 to 13.12
Grade Distribution:
Class Work
28 % Quizzes 10 + Project 9 + (Class: Exercises + Discussion) 9, Bonus for scaling: Attendance + Performance.
Laboratory
20 %
Midterm Exam 22 %
Final Exam
30 % (Comprehensive exam)
Homework List
Please Note: The first part (the vector calculus of Chapters 1, 2 and 3) will be supplemented by three problem sessions during lab
periods. PS # 1, PS # 2 and PS #3.
HW1: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3(a,b), 4.13, 4.14(a), 4.15, 4.16
HW2: 4.23, 4.25, 4.27, 4.28, 4.44, 4.49
HW3: 4.57, 4.58, 4.60, 5.4, 5.6
HW4: 5.23, 5.27, 5.35(b,c), 5.40, 6.2, 6.9
HW5: 6.11, 6.12, 6.17, 6.38, 6.47
HW6: 7.1(b), 7.9, 7.14, 7.18, 7.21, 7.25
HW7: 7.27, 7.43, 8.7, 8.9, 8.31, 8.35
HW8: 8.42, 8.39, 8.44, 8.46
HW9: 9.2, 9.3, 9.7, 9.8, 9.11
HW10: 10.1 (a,b), 10.15, 10.16, 10.17, 10.23
HW11: 10.6, 10.21, 10.25, 10.28, 10.29
HW12: 10.51, 10.54, 10.55(a,c), 10.56, 10.58(a,b,c)
HW13: 10.63, 10.72, 10.73(a), 11.8, 11.11, 11.17, 11.21
HW14: 12.1, 12.6, 12.3, 12.8, 12.11, 12.14
HW15: 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.6
Project: Will be discussed later in separate documents.
Important Notes:
1. Mobile Phones: Mobile phones should be off totally (shut off, not silent) during class time and exams. Points will be deduct ed
if this note is not followed.
2. Homework: Homework is to be solved completely by the student. Homework will not be collected, and homework so lu tio ns
will be posted on Blackboard.
3. Quizzes: Quizzes will be given every Thursdays’ according to the table above.
4. Blackboard: All course related material, assignments, announcements, and communications will be posted through
Blackboard. Students are advised to check the site on regular bases for information. Students are responsible about all
information discussed in the class and/or shown on Blackboard.
5. Attendance: According to the university regulations, any student that exceeds 20% of the scheduled class m eeting wit h o ut an
official excuse will receive a grade of DN in the course.
6. Official excuses: All official excuses must be submitted to the instructor the following class of the date of the official excuse. A
late excuse may not be accepted by the instructor. Only one official excuse will be accepted to cover for quizzes or exams.
7. Work: This course is one of the most important courses of the Electrical Engineering Dep. and requires hard work and
continuous attention. Therefore, it is advisable that students do extra efforts to understand it.
8. Online Work: Oral assessments will be conducted for Online Work: Quizzes, assignments and Exams/Tests if necessary.