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Fall 2009

ECE 450: Lines, Fields, and Waves

Section Time Room Instructor Office Hours Office
D 11:00 260 EL A. Cangellaris MF 5 PM 357EL
X 12:00 245 EL E. Kudeki MF 4 PM 156EL

Teaching Assistant: Tyrone Roach, Office hours: T 2-3 PM and R 2:30-3:30 PM at 450D EL

Text: "Fundamentals of Electromagnetics for Electrical and Computer Engineering", by N. N. Rao, Prentice-Hall, 2009.

Reading and Course Outline: specified in ECE 450 Calendar. Also see: list of vector identities --- Smith Chart --- ECE329 Notes

Homework: Will be assigned weekly on Tuesdays and collected a week later --- completed assignments should be dropped in the ECE 450 drop-box located in the basement of Everitt Lab across room 60 by 5 PM on the due dates (on Tuesdays). The assignments and their solutions will be posted below in pdf format. No late homework will be accepted (except when special permission is granted by your instructor before the due date). You can check your homework grades in Illinois Compass.

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Exams: Three midsemester exams and the final exam are scheduled as follows:

Exam I: Thursday, Sept 24, 2009, 7-8:15 p.m. -- Exam 1 soln
Exam II: Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, 7-8:15 p.m. -- Exam 2 soln
Exam III: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009, 7-8:15 p.m. --
Final Exam: Monday, Dec 14, 2009, 7-10 p.m.

If you have any special circumstances or feel you have a conflict with any exam(s), see your instructor to make arrangements.

Grading Policy:

Homework Problems 15% of total
Midsemester Exams 60% of total
Final Exam 25% of total

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