16.360 Electromagnetic Theory I, Class schedule.

Tentative schedule. Please check frequently for updates.

Please be aware:

(1) Lecture topics do NOT necessarily follow the order of the schedule;

(2) Topic contents may need more or less time than what is allocated. It is the students' responsibility to attend each class and find out the exact coverage of the course materials.

Week	Date	Class content	Class note link
1	09/05/18 - 09/07/18	No class	Ch.1 HW1_solution
2	09/10/18 - 09/14/18	1.1-1.4 Review of Waves	Ch.1
3	09/17/18 - 09/22/18	2.1 – 2.2 Lumped Element Model 2.3 – 2.6 Transmission line equations, lossless transmission line, reflection, standing wave	Ch.2 HW2_solution
4	09/24/18 - 09/29/18	2.7 – 2.10 Impedance of transmission line, voltage max and voltage min, power flow.	Ch.2 HW3_solution
5	10/01/18 10/03/18 10/05/18	2.10 Smith Chart Exam 1 (Ch.1, Ch.2 before Smith Chart) 2.10 Smith Chart	Ch.2 HW4_solution Exam_1_grading policy
6	10/08/18 Columbus Day 10/11/18(Mon) - 10/13/18	Univ. Closed 2.11 Impedance matching	Ch.2 HW5 Dueday:10/15/18beforeclass
7	10/15/18 10/17/18- 10/20/18	2.12 Transient on transmission line 3.1- 3.4 Review of vector algebra	Ch.3
8	10/22/18 - 10/27/18	3.5- 3.6 Divergence Theorem and Stokes’s Theorem	Ch.3
9	10/29/18 - 11/03/18	4.1- 4.4 Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Laworem	Ch.4
10	11/05/17 - 11/10/18	4.5- 4.8 Electric scalar, boundary conditions 4.8-4.9 Capacitance, Electrostatic potential	Ch.4
11	11/12/18 Veteran'sDay 11/14/18 11/16/18	Univ. Closed Exam 2 (Ch.2 Smith Chart, Ch.3, Ch.4) 5.1-5.4 The Biot-Savart Law, Apmere’s Law, vector magnetic potential	Ch.5
12	11/19/18 - 11/20/18 11/21/18 Thanksgiving	5.5-5.8 Magnetic boundary conditions, inductance Univ. Closed	Ch.5
13	11/26/18 - 12/01/18	5.5-5.8 Magnetic boundary conditions, inductance 6.1-6.4 Faraday’s Law	Ch.6
14	12/03/18 - 12/08/18	6.5-6.11 Maxwell equations, boundary conditions	Ch.6
15	12/10/18 - 12/13/18	6.5-6.11 Maxwell equations, boundary conditions	Ch.6
		Final exam