Fall 2015 EE 671 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications

Fall 2015 General Information Instructor Zhengqing (ZQ) Yun, HCAC, College of Engineering Office: POST 201B Phone: Website

Fall 2015 General Information Textbooks and references (optional) –Balanis: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics –Bertoni: Radio Propagation for Modern Wireless Systems –Iskander: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves –Born & Wolf; Collin; Feynman; Flanders; Ishimaru; Stratton; … Office hours –By appointment

Fall 2015 General Information Grading –Homework –Examinations (optional) –Projects

Fall 2015 Contents Part I. Advanced Electromagnetic (EM) Theory Part II. Applications: Radio Propagation Modeling/Prediction for Wireless Communications

Fall 2015 Part I. Advanced EM Theory Maxwell's equations: a review The Del operator Unification of gradient, curl, divergence: differential forms Boundary value problems (BVP) and guided waves Green’s theorem and diffraction Bessel functions and EM field in cylindrical systems Scattering Ray optics Wedge diffraction: Uniform Theory of Diffraction Evanescent waves Saddle point method Some general theorems and principles Green’s functions

Fall 2015 Part II. Radio Propagation for Wireless Communications Wireless Communications Systems Propagation Models Challenges for propagation prediction Ray-tracing and applications Geospatial data for propagation prediction GPU acceleration for propagation modeling