An application-enhanced approach to introductory electromagnetics

Author

Beker, Benjamin ; Bailey, Daniel W. ; Cokkinides, George J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

36

Abstract

This paper describes an application-enhanced approach to teaching fundamental concepts in electromagnetics at the introductory undergraduate level. A numerical tool with interactive visualization is used to aid in the presentation of engineering applications that are used to motivate basic electromagnetic concepts. The goals are to exploit design automation tools as a supplementary instructional aid, and to illustrate to students the use of theory in practice

Keywords

computer aided instruction; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; interactive systems; application-enhanced approach; design automation tools; fundamental EM concepts teaching; instructional aid; interactive visualization; introductory electromagnetics; undergraduate level; Acceleration; Automotive engineering; Delay effects; Design automation; Electromagnetics; Engineering education; Finite difference methods; Geometry; Mathematics; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.660785

Filename

660785