Spring 2024
ECE 329: Fields and Waves I
Sec | Time | Room | Instructor | Office Hours | Office Hours Location | |
E | 1:00 PM MWF | ECEB 2017 | Lara Waldrop (lwaldrop@illinois.edu) | Monday 10:00 AM | ECEB 5034 | |
F | 2:00 PM MWF | ECEB 2015 | Xu Chen (xuchen1@illinois.edu) | Monday 9:00 AM | ECEB 5040 | |
X | 12:00 PM MWF | ECEB 3081 | Victoria Shao (yangshao@illinois.edu) | Thursday 11:00 AM | ECEB 5034 | Lecture notes |
Contacts: Please send all the course-related questions to this email ece-329-spring24-group@office365.illinois.edu rather than individual instructors.
Teaching Assistants:
Chi Zhang (czhng110@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Mon 3:00pm - 5:00pm and Thu 2:00pm - 4:00pm (ECEB 5034)
Shuen Wu (shuenwu2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Mon 11:00am - 12:00pm, 5:00pm - 6:00pm and Thu 9:00am - 11:00am (ECEB 5034)
Gayatri Chandran (gpc4@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Wed 3:00pm - 5:00pm (ECEB 5034)
Derek Chaw (drchaw2@illinois.edu) - Office Hours: Thu 12:00pm - 2:00pm (ECEB 5034)
Faculty and TA Office Hours (January 17 - May 1, except March 11-15 and April 5):
Faculty. | |
TA. |
Hrs. | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
9am-10am | Xu Chen ECEB 5040 |
Shuen Wu ECEB 5034 |
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10am-11am | Lara Waldrop ECEB 5034 |
Shuen Wu ECEB 5034 |
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11am-12pm | Shuen Wu ECEB 5034 |
Victoria Shao ECEB 5034 |
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12pm-1pm | Derek Chaw ECEB 5034 |
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1pm-2pm | Derek Chaw ECEB 5034 |
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2pm-3pm | Chi Zhang ECEB 5034 |
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3pm-4pm | Chi Zhang ECEB 5034 |
Gayatri Chandran ECEB 5034 |
Chi Zhang ECEB 5034 |
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4pm-5pm | Chi Zhang ECEB 5034 |
Gayatri Chandran ECEB 5034 |
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5pm-6pm | Shuen Wu ECEB 5034 |
Lecture Notes (~Textbook): ECE 329 Lecture Slides - Lynford L. Goddard and Brian T. Cunningham ECE 329 Lecture Notes on Fields & Waves - Erhan Kudeki, 2022
Course Outline: Specified in Course Calendar
Supplementary Text (not required): Fundamentals of Electromagnetics - N. N. Rao, 2009. Electromagnetics and Applications - D. H. Staelin, 2011
Homework: There will be HW assignments each week due on Thursday at 6pm. HW's will be assigned on Gradescope and the solutions will be posted on Canvas after the due date. Completed HW's must be submitted electronically as a pdf file on Gradescope by 5:59 PM on the due dates. Late submissions will not be accepted with any excuses. The final homework grade will exclude the two lowest scores from the total 14 homework sets, providing flexibility for unforeseen circumstances such as illness or technical issues. It is advisable to use these opportunities judiciously. NO ADDITIONAL DROPS WILL BE GRANTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Exams Policy: Students requiring conflict for any of the midterm exams should notify the course staff no later than 6pm Friday before the exam with a valid reason. The conflict exams will be different than the regular exam, and solutions to the conflict exams will not be available.
Three midsemester exams (in the evening) and one final exam are scheduled as follows:
Class Forum: Class Forum will be held on Campuswire where students can upload their questions regarding the course materials.
Join Link: https://campuswire.com/p/G50124EB2 Entry Code: 2379
Grading Policy:
Homework | 15% of total |
Midterm Exams (x3) | 60% of total |
Final Exam | 25% of total |
Syllabus Statement: Please review course expectations and academic policies at Syllabus Statement
Supplementary Course Material:
review of vector calculus list of vector identities TEM wave propagation movies time-domain TL waves AARL Smith Chart Supp Smith Chart Smith Chart Examples Smith Chart Annotated Smith Chart Tool Impedance Matching MMA Notebook Solutions EM Animation for Waves
ECE 398RI Fields and Waves VR lab Course Syllabus Spring 2021 Video Lectures by L Goddard Summer 2016 Video Lectures by E Kudeki - Mathematica Section Spring 2016 Lecture Notes by A Fliflet