ECE 329 - Fields and Waves I

Spring 2026

Calendar

Lecture Date Topic Reading Optional
1 1/22 Vector Fields and Lorentz Force Note CalcReview
Paper
2 1/26 Coulomb's and Gauss's Laws Note 3 Charges Anim
2 Charges Anim
Dipole Field
3 1/28 Gauss's Law and Static Charge Density Note
4 1/30 Divergence and Curl Note
5 22 Curl-free Fields and Electrostatic Potential Note
6 2/4 Circulation and Boundary Conditions Note
7 2/6 Poisson's and Laplace's Equations Note EXCEL: Poisson Solver
8 2/9 Conductors, Dielectrics, Polarization Note
9 2/11 Fields in Dielectric Media Note
10 2/13 Capacitance and Conductance Note
11 2/16 Conductivity, Susceptibility, Polarization Current Note
12 2/18 Magnetic Force and Ampere's Law Note
13 2/20 Current Sheet, Solenoid, Vector Potential and Current Loops Note
2/23 Exam 1 (7:00-8:15pm)
2/23 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 1
14 2/25 Faraday's Law and Induced EMF Note
15 2/27 Inductance  —  solenoid, Shorted Coax Note
16 3/2 Charge Conservation, Continuity Equation, Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations Note Currents in Wires
Fields around Wires
17 3/4 Magnetization Current, Maxwell's Equations in Material Media Note
18 3/6 Wave Equation and Plane TEM Waves in Source-free Media Note
19 3/9 d'Alembert Wave Solutions, Radiation from Current Sheets Note
20 3/11 Wave Energy and Poyting Theorem Note
3/13 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 2
3/16 NO CLASS Spring Break
3/18 NO CLASS Spring Break
3/20 NO CLASS Spring Break
21 3/23 Monochromatic Wave Solutions and Phasor Notation Note
22 3/25 Phasor Form of Maxwell's Equations, Damped Waves in Conducting Media Note
23 3/27 Imperfect Dielectrics, Good Conductors Note
24 3/30 Signal Transmission, Circular Polarization Note
3/30 Exam 2 (7:00-8:15pm)
25 4/1 Wave Reflections, Standing Waves Note Partial and Total Reflection Anim
26 4/3 Standing Waves, Radiation Pressure Note
27 4/6 Guided TEM Waves in TL Systems Note
28 4/8 Introduction to Distributed Circuits Note Bouncing Sine Anim
4/10 NO CLASS EOH
29 4/13 Bounce Diagrams Note
30 4/15 Multi-Line Circuits Note Two Lines Anim
31 4/17 Periodic Oscillations in lossless TL Circuits Note Open Open Anim
Open Short Anim
32 4/20 Input Impedance and Microwave Resonators Note
33 4/22 TL Circuits with half- and Quater-wave Transformers Note
34 4/24 Line Impeadance, Generalized Reflection Coefficient, Smith Chart Note
4/27 Exam 3 (7:00-8:15pm)
4/27 NO CLASS Canceled due to Midterm 3
35 4/29 Smith Chart Examples Note
36 5/1 Smith Chart and VSWR Note
37 5/4 Smith Chart and Impedance Matching Note
38 5/6 Distribution Networks Note
5/7 Reading Day
TBD Final Exam