Computer-based electromagnetic education

Author

Iskander, Magdy F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Volume

41

Issue

6

fYear

1993

Firstpage

920

Lastpage

931

Abstract

The activities of the NSF/IEEE Center for Computer Applications in Electromagnetic Education (CAEME) are reviewed. This Center was established to stimulate and accelerate the use of computers and software tools in electromagnetic (EM) education. The extensive software package developed and distributed by the CAEME Center is described, and examples of the software are presented. To help integrate available EM software into classroom teaching and corporate training, CAEME developed four multimedia lessons for instruction. These interactive media lessons integrate and allow individuals to interactively manipulate information from multimedia sources such as video, software, and animated graphics and also include instructional aids such as quizzes and tutorials to help evaluate the students´ performance. Features of these lessons are presented, and future developments in the Center´s activities are discussed

Keywords

computer based training; educational courses; electrical engineering; electromagnetism; engineering graphics; training; CAEME; Center for Computer Applications in Electromagnetic Education; EM software; NSF/IEEE; animated graphics; classroom teaching; corporate training; instructional aids; interactive media lessons; multimedia sources; software package; software tools; Animation; Computational modeling; Computer applications; Computer graphics; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Electromagnetic propagation; Laboratories; Software tools; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.238505

Filename

238505