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ECEg3107
Electromagnetic Fields

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Course Outline

1st Semester 2024/2025

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Table of Contents
1. Course Information ................................................................................................. 3
2. Instructor Information............................................................................................. 3
3. Course Overview .................................................................................................... 4
4. Course Objectives ................................................................................................... 4
5. Course Learning Outcomes .................................................................................... 5
6. Course Schedule and Instructional Method ............................................................ 5
7. Assessment Tasks ................................................................................................... 7
Feedback on Assessments .......................................................................................... 7
8. Learning Resources ................................................................................................ 7
Textbooks ................................................................................................................ 7
References ............................................................................................................... 7
Online Resources..................................................................................................... 8
9. Grading Policy ........................................................................................................ 8
Pass requirements .................................................................................................... 8
10. Academic Integrity, Referencing and Plagiarism ................................................. 9
Academic Integrity .................................................................................................. 9
Referencing ............................................................................................................. 9
Referencing Style .................................................................................................... 9
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1. Course Information

Course Code ECEg3107

Course Name Electromagnetic Fields
Year/Semester [Year/III/I]
Academic Year 2024/2025
Pre-requisite(s) Applied Mathematics III and Fundamental of Electrical
Engineering
Co-requisite(s) [Nil|CourseCode]
Credit Hour / ECTS 3/5
Course schedule Lecture [day | time] : [venue]
Tutorial [day | time] : [venue]
Laboratory [day | time] : [venue]
2. Instructor Information

Course Coordinator

Name Dr. Teshome

E-mail [Email]@aastu.edu.et
Telephone number [+251xxxxxxxxx]
<Optional>
Consultation hour [day xx:xx -xx:xx]
Office (Block/Room)

Course Instructor/s

Name Daniel Abebe

E-mail daniel.abebe@aastu.edu.et
Telephone number [+251xxxxxxxxx]
<Optional>
Consultation hour [day xx:xx -xx:xx]
Office (Block/Room) [Block xx:RoomNo]
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3. Course Overview

This course lays the foundation for understanding basic electromagnetic concepts,
fundamental governing laws and guiding principles which students can apply in subsequent
courses. The course covers: Vector Algebra, Scalar and Vector Fields, Coordinate Systems
and Transformation, Vector Calculus, Line, Surface and Volume Integrals, Vector
Differential Operator, Electrostatic fields, Coulomb’s and Gauss’s Laws for static electric
charge distributions in vacuum and material bodies, Electrostatic Boundary Value Problems,
Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations, Resistance and Capacitance, Magnetostatic Fields, Biot-
Savart’s and Ampere’s Laws for steady state current source in free and material space,
Magnetic Forces, Materials, and Devices, Faraday’s Law, Maxwell’s Equations for Static
and dynamic (time-varying) Electromagnetic Fields

4. Course Objectives

✓ Recall basics of vector calculus applied to electromagnetic phenomenon

✓ Explain the effect of stationary charges in vacuum and material space
✓ Apply the laws governing electrostatic to different charge distributions
Explain the effects of charges moving with uniform velocity in a vacuum and
material body
✓ Identify the relation between electric field and magnetic
✓ Analyze all electromagnetic phenomenon using Maxwell’s equations, Lorentz
Equation and Current Continuity Equation
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5. Course Learning Outcomes

Up on successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Program

learning
outcomes
CLO 1 Describe and analyze static and time-varying electromagnetic PLO1
fields in different coordinate systems using vector calculus
CLO 2 State the fundamental laws governing electrostatics and PLO1
magnetostatics and analyze static electric and magnetic fields in
vacuum and material bodies
CLO 3 Apply Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations to identify and solve PLO1 &
electrostatic boundary value problems involving resistance and PLO2
capacitance
CLO 4 Interpret and apply differential and integral forms of Maxwell’s PLO1 &
equations to solve diverse electromagnetic problems PLO2

Graduate Attributes
PLO1 Engineering Knowledge PLO7 Environment and sustainability
PLO2 Problem Analysis PLO8 Ethics
PLO3 Design/development of PLO9 Individual and teamwork
solutions
PLO4 Investigation PLO10 Communication
PLO5 Modern tool usage PLO11 Project management and finance
PLO6 The engineer and society PLO12 Lifelong learning

6. Course Schedule and Instructional Method

This course consists of 70 hours of class contact hours. You are expected to take an
additional 56 hours of non-class contact hours to complete assessments, readings and
exam preparation.
Week Topic [Module] Learning and CLO
Teaching Activity
✓ Review on vectors Face to face lecture
Week 1 ✓ Scalar & Vector Fields and students solve CLO1
✓ Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates problems

✓ Review vector calculus

Face to face lecture
✓ Gradient of a Scalar field,
Week 2 and students solve CLO1
✓ Divergence & Curl of a Vector Field,
problems
✓ Divergence & Stokes's theorems,
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✓ Laplacian of a Scalar Field

Face to face lecture
✓ Classification of Vector fields
Week 3 and students solve CLO1
✓ Helmholtz’s Theorem
problems
✓ Second order operators

✓ Coulomb's Law, Electric Face to face lecture

Week 4 ✓ Field Intensity, and students solve CLO2
✓ Electric Flux Density D, problems

✓ Gauss's Law and Electric Potential

Face to face lecture CLO2
✓ Relationship between intensity
Week 5 and students solve &
✓ Electric Dipole
problems CLO4
✓ Energy in Electrostatic Fields

✓ Convection Current, Face to face lecture

Week 6 ✓ Conduction Currents, and students solve CLO2
✓ Displacement Current problems

Face to face lecture CLO2

✓ Polarization in Dielectrics &
Week 7 and students solve
✓ Boundary Conditions
problems CLO4

Face to face lecture

Week 8 ✓ Poisson's & Laplace's Equations and students solve CLO3
problems

Face to face lecture

Week 9 ✓ Resistance & Capacitance and students solve CLO3
problems

Face to face lecture CLO2

✓ Biot-Savart Law
Week 10 and students solve &
✓ Ampere’s Circuital Law
problems CLO4

✓ Magnetic Flux Density Face to face lecture CLO2

Week 11 ✓ Magnetic Vector Potential and students solve &
✓ Maxwell's Equation for Static EM Fields. problems CLO4

✓ Magnetic Forces
Face to face lecture
✓ Magnetic Torque and Moment
Week 12 and students solve CLO2
✓ Magnetic Dipole
problems
✓ Magnetization in Materials
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✓ Classification of Magnetic Material Face to face lecture CLO2

Week 13 ✓ Magnetic Boundary Conditions and students solve &
✓ Magnetic Energy problems CLO4

✓ Time Varying Electric field

✓ Time Varying Magnetic field
Face to face lecture CLO2
✓ Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic
Week 14 and students solve &
Induction
problems CLO4
✓ Maxwell equations for Time varying EM
✓ Wave equation for Electromagnetic field

7. Assessment Tasks

No Assessment Method Weight Week Due CLO Assessed

1 Assignment 20% Week 11
2 Test 1 15% Week 4 CLO1
3 Test 2 15% Week 13 CLO2 & CLO4
4 Final Exam 50% CLO1-4

Submission of Assessment Tasks

Late project reports/assignments will result in a grade reduction of 10% per 24 hours late (or
portion thereof)

Feedback on Assessments

Feedback on Test 1 and Test 2 will be given within one week while feedback onassigniment
will be displayed after three days. The feedback on final exam will follow the university
legislation

8. Learning Resources

Textbooks
1. Matthew N. O. Sadiku: Elements of Electromagnetics, Oxford University
Press, USA; 4th edition Oct 24, 2006
References
1. Markus Zahn “Engineering Electromagnetics a problem solving approach”
MIT
2. Hayt, W.H.: Engineering Electromagnetics, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 1981.
3. Popovic and Popovic: Introductory Electromagnetics, (Prentice Hall, 2000).
4. Daniel Abebe, Electromagnetic Field Lecture, Note, AASTU.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379341799_Electromagnetic_Field
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Online Resources

1. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-6-001-electromagnetic-fields-and-energy-spring-2008/
2. https://empossible.net/academics/emp3302/
3. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Electromagnetism
4. https://www.3ds.com/products/simulia/electromagnetic-simulation
5. https://cemsim.com/

9. Grading Policy

Grading of courses will be according to the university’s rules and regulation. Examinations are
graded and the letter grading system with corresponding points shown below.
Marks Grade Grade Points
[90,100] A+ 4.00
[85,90) A 4.00
[80,85) A- 3.75
[75,80) B+ 3.50
[70,75) B 3.00
[65,70) B- 2.75
[60,65) C+ 2.50
[50,60) C 2.00
[50 F 0.00

Pass requirements
To pass this course a student must:

• attempt all assessments.

• achieve a minimum of 40% in the final exam.

10. Course Policies

Attendance

As per university guideline, a minimum 80% during lecture and 100% during practical work
sessions except for some unprecedented mishaps. Failure to fulfill this requirement result in
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11. Academic Integrity, Referencing and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity
AASTU values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and
consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offenses under the Code of Student
Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures. Work submitted must be your own, and others’ ideas
should be appropriately acknowledged. If you don’t follow these rules, plagiarism may be
detected in your work using plagiarism detection tool 'Turnitin'.

Referencing
Referencing is a way of acknowledging the sources of information that you use to research your
assignments. You need to provide a reference whenever you draw on someone else's words,
ideas or research. Not referencing other people's work can constitute plagiarism.

Referencing Style
The University advises students to use the ["IEEE Referencing Style"] for written work and
oral presentations.