ECE 350 - Fields and Waves II

Spring 2025

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Welcome to Spring 2025 offering of ECE 350!
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About ECE 350

This is the second course of the intermediate level electromagnetics sequence following ECE 329. It is a selected elective course in the EE curriculum.

Its goal is to provide an introduction to radiation theory; antennas, radiation fields, radiation resistance and gain; transmitting arrays; plane-wave approximation of radiation fields; plane-wave propagation, reflection, and transmission; Doppler effect, evanescent waves and tunneling, dispersion, phase and group velocities; waveguides and resonant cavities; antenna reception and link budgets.

Through this course, you will develop knowledge and skills in electromagnetics and build interest and even enthusiasm towards electromagnetics.

Check the Calendar page for a detailed coverage of this course.

Course Schedule

Course Activities	Meeting Times	Classroom
Lecuture	Tue 10:30-11:50 Thu 10:30-11:50	LTW 201/202

Instructors

Instructor	Prof. Shurun Tan	Prof. Chao Qian	Prof. Jianming Jin
Office	ZJUI C425	ZJUI C431	5050 ECE Bldg
Email	srtan@intl.zju.edu.cn	srtan@intl.zju.edu.cn	j-jin1@illinois.edu
Office Hours	Thu 15:00-16:00 at ZJUI C425 (tentative)	TBD	TBD

Prerequisites

ECE 329 or basic knowledge of Maxwell’s Equations

Lecture Notes

- Course notes distributed as teaching goes.

- ECE 350 Notes by Prof. Erhan Kudeki

Supplementary Text (Not Required)

- ECE 329 Notes by Prof. Erhan Kudeki

- Fundamentals of Electromagnetics, Nannapaneni Narayana Rao, 2009

- Electromagnetics and Applications, David H. Staelin, 2011

Grading Policy

Homework & Class Participation	15%
Midterm Exams	25% + 25%	In class, 80min, closed book
Final Exam	35%	Final week, 3 hours, closed book

Academic Integrity

We take academic integrity very seriously. Lack of knowledge of the academic honesty policy is not a reasonable explanation for a violation. We follow the policy specified in the UIUC student code. Please familiarize yourself with it.

University of Illinois Student Code Article 1, Part 4: Academic Integrity.

Students with disabilities

To ensure equity for each student's educational experience, those with documented disability and required accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor early in the semester so that all learning needs may be appropriately met.