Title :
On the use of commercial FEM electromagnetic software in an undergraduate curriculum
Author :
Mills, Arthur K. ; Chappell, William J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We explore the use of finite element method software as an enabling tool for an undergraduate electromagnetic curriculum. The software is used in upper level undergraduate courses taken after the basic electromagnetics courses. The advantages and disadvantages discovered during the implementation of this software are discussed and the driving factors for the design of "virtual labs" are introduced.
Keywords :
computational electromagnetics; computer aided instruction; electrical engineering education; finite element analysis; further education; software tools; student experiments; commercial FEM electromagnetic software; finite element method software; undergraduate curriculum; undergraduate electromagnetic curriculum; virtual labs; Application software; Buildings; Circuits; Computational modeling; Milling machines; Nanotechnology; Software packages; Software tools; Standards development; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1332101
