BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

Fall 2022

EE 363 - ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY

Instructor: Associate Prof. Dr. Heba Yüksel

Office: KB 242
Phone: (212) 359-7399
e-mail: heba.yuksel@boun.edu.tr
Office Hours: Mondays 12:00-13:00
Assistant: İbrahim Kahraman, ibrahim.kahraman@boun.edu.tr.
Textbook: David K. Cheng, Fields and Wave Electromagnetics, Second Edition, Addison
Wesley, 1992.
Reference Texts: • David K. Cheng, Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, Addison-
Wesley Pub. Co., 1993.
• Joseph A. Edminister, Schaum’s Outlines, Electromagnetics, 2nd Edition, 1993.
• J.D. Kraus, Electromagnetics, McGraw-Hill, 1984.
Grading: Quizzes ..................... (20%)
Midterm exam ............. (35%)
Final Exam ................ (45%)
Lectures: MThTh 556 KKK

Tentative dates:
Midterm Exam: Monday, Nov. 21st at 5pm. Location will be announced later.
6 Quizzes: Oct. 20th, Nov. 3rd, Nov. 10th, Dec. 1st, Dec. 8th, Dec. 15th (Lowest Quiz score will be dropped!!)
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Topics:
1. Vector Analysis- vector addition, multiplication, coordinate systems, gradient, divergence, curl, Stoke’s theorem,
Helmholtz’s Theorem.
2. Static Electric Fields – Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, Electric Potential, conductors and dielectrics in static electric
field, Electric Flux Density, boundary conditions, capacitance and capacitors, electrostatic energy and forces.
3. Solution of Electrostatic Problems - Poisson's and Laplace's Equations, method of images, boundary-value
problems.
4. Steady Electric Currents - Currenty Density and Ohm's Law, Electromotive force and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law,
Equation of Continuity and Kirchoff’s current law, Power Dissipation and Joule's Law, Boundary conditions for
Current Density, Resistance calculations.
5. Static Magnetic Fields - magnetic potential, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, magnetic dipole, magnetic materials,
boundary conditions, inductors, forces and torques.
6. Time Varying Fields – Faraday’s law, Maxwell’s Equations, potential functions, boundary conditions, wave
equations and their solutions, Time- Harmonic fields.

Course Structure: The class meets for two lectures a week, one consisting of a single 50-minute session and the other
consisting of two 50-minute sessions. Selected problems from each chapter will be posted on the course’s Moodle
website but they will neither be collected nor graded !!! Such problems serve to enhance the understanding of the
topics learned in class. Quizzes will be given during the lecture hours throughout the semester as scheduled above.
There will be one midterm exam and a final exam. All quizzes and exams will be CLOSED BOOKS CLOSED
NOTES. A formula sheet, to be posted on the Moodle system, will be provided to you in the exams. Calculators will
only be allowed for scalar algebraic and trignometric computations.

Class Policy: Students who miss any of the quizzes or exams must provide a signed medical report or a valid signed
excuse within two days of the missed quiz or examination in order to receive a makeup. Any conflict of schedule with
another class will not be accepted as an excuse.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IS NOT TOLERATED OR ACCEPTED in any form and will be subject to
disciplinary actions.