Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology (UESTC) UESTC4002

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 16
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course introduces the mathematical tools used to analyse electromagnetic fields and their application to electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, time-varying electromagnetic fields, and propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Timetable

Course will be delivered continuously in the traditional manner at UESTC.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

Prerequisites: Mathematics and Physics 

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Assessment

15% homework and design exercises

10% laboratory work-based reports

25% closed-book mid-term exam (2 hours)

50% closed-book final exam (2 hours)

Main Assessment In: April/May

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No

Due to the nature of the coursework, only the final exam can be reassessed. The initial grade on Homework, laboratory work & closed-book mid-term exam will be used when calculating the resit grade.

Course Aims

This course aims to provide a foundation in electromagnetic fields, both static and dynamic, to support their applications in engineering design and problem solving.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ apply standard methods in vector analysis; describe the basic laws of electromagnetic fields, including practical boundary conditions;

■ solve electrostatic and magnetostatic problems using the potential function and standard methods and relate capacitance to stored energy in electric and magnetic fields;

■ demonstrate general properties of Maxwell's equations for time-varying fields and derive the Poynting vector;

■ derive the plane-wave solution to Maxwell's equations in free space and conducting media;

■ analysis reflection and refraction of plane waves at a plane interface;

■ demonstrate the propagation in transmission lines and waveguides, and deduce the properties of guided waves; and

■ calculate the radiation field of an elementary dipole.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of the course's summative assessment.

 

Students must attend at least 75% the timetabled laboratory classes.

 

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates. Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.