King Saud University

College of Engineering
Elect. Eng. Dept.

Instructors:

EE213-Engineering Electromagnetics I
1st Semester 1435-36

Dr. Abdel Fattah Sheta

Dr. Zuhair Hejazi
Dr. Ibrahim Elshafiey

Office 2C03 - Phone 467-6796

Office 2C27 -Phone 467-0585
Office 2C91/1 - Phone 467-5615

Lectures Schedule:
Section 27516: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 8-8:50
Section 36904: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 10-10:50
Section 27517: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 11-11:50
Section 36161: Monday, and Wednesday. 10-11:50, 10-10:50
Textbook: William H. Hayt, JR. and John A. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, 8th
Edition, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2012.

Course Goals:
1. Be familiar with Coulomb's law and Gausss law.
2. Be familiar with concept of electrostatic potential.
3. Be acquainted with concept of electrostatic energy.
4. Be familiar with Maxwells equations for electrostatic fields.
5. Be aware of material polarization.
6. Learn what is meant by perfect conductor and perfect dielectric materials.
7. Learn what is meant by resistance and capacitance.
8. Be acquainted with Poisson's and Laplace's equations.
9. Be acquainted with Biot-Savart's law and Ampere's circuital law.
10. Be familiar with magnetic energy and magnetic circuits.
11. Recognize magnetic materials.
12. Be familiar with magnetic forces and inductance.
13. Be familiar of Maxwells equations for magnetostatic fields.
14. Be aware of the need to computational modeling.
Measurable Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant with be able to:
1. apply Coulomb's law and Gausss law to calculate electrostatic fields for various
configurations.
2. illustrate the concept of electrostatic potential.
3. calculate electrostatic energy.
4. analyze configurations using Maxwells equations for electrostatic fields.

5. illustrate the concept of material polarization.

6. analyze systems employing perfect conductor and perfect dielectric materials.
7. calculate resistance and capacitance for different configurations.
8. implement Poisson's and Laplace's equations to solve electrostatic problems.
9. apply Biot-Savart's law and Ampere's circuital law.
10. estimate the magnetic energy.
11. analyze magnetic circuits.
12. categorize magnetic materials.
13. calculate magnetic forces and inductance values.
14. devise analysis techniques based on Maxwells equations for magnetostatic field
problems.

Outline
Review:

Ch. 1

Vector Algebra; Coordinate Systems and Transformation; Vector Field; Dot

Product and Cross Product
Electrostatics: Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Ch. 5, and Ch. 6

Coulomb's Law; Electric Fields; Electric Flux Density; Gauss's Law; Applications of
Gauss's Law; Divergence Theorem; Maxwells First Equation

Electric Potential; Potential Gradient; Dipole; Energy Density in Electrostatic Field

Current and Current Density; Conductors; Boundary Conditions; Method of Images

Dielectric Materials; Boundary Conditions

Capacitance; Current Analogy; Resistance

Poisson's and Laplace's Equations; Uniqueness Theorem; Examples

for

Perfect

Dielectric

Materials;

Magnetostatics: Ch. 7 and ch. 8

Biot-Savart's Law; Ampere's Circuital Law; Stokes Theorem; Magnetic Flux Density;
Magnetic Scalar and Vector Potential

Maxwells Equations for static EM fields in integral and Point Forms

Forces due to Magnetic Field; Magnetic Toque on a Closed Circuit; Magnetic

Materials; Permeability; Magnetic Boundary Conditions

Magnetic Energy; Magnetic Circuit; Forces on Magnetic Materials; Inductance

Relationship to Program Objectives:

This course contributes to the general objectives listed for an Electrical Engineering Department.
The main outcomes of this course are:

a. Apply math, science and engineering

This course focuses on mathematical formulation of electro-static and magneto-static fields.
c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
The homework assignments explain how electromagnetic phenomenon formulation is used to achieve design
of simple engineering systems.
e. Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
The class includes various examples of analysis of engineering problems related to electro-static and
magneto-static fields.

GRADING:
25% Homework and Quizzes
10% First In-term Exam

(Thursday 29/12/1435 (23/10/2014) at 3:30 p.m.)

15% Second In-term Exam (Sunday 1/2/1436, (23/11/2014) at 3:30 p.m.)

10% Third In Term Exam (Sunday 22/2/1436 (14/12/2014) at 3:30 p.m.)
40% Final Exam

Notes:

A student will not be admitted in class if he does not have pen and a notebook.

Class notes will be graded during the oral exams.

Sketches in term and final exams have to be done neatly with a pencil, a ruler and
other required tools. Sketches which do not agree with engineering sense and
requirements are not considered in the grading.

Attendance is mandatory in lectures and tutorials. A student who misses more than
25% of classes will not be allowed to take the final