2022 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Fundamentals of Electrical Science and Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yoshitaka Kitamoto / Yutaka Majima
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue (S622) / 1-2 Fri (S622)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.A201
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students in Department of Materials Science and Engineering will understand fundamentals of electromagnetism and electric and electronic circuits to study related materials. This course facilitates students' understanding of electric and electronic materials such as dielectric and magnetic materials as well as electrochemical devices such as batteries and sensors.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand electromagnetism, and electric and electronic circuits as a fundamental physics, and acquire how to calculate and solve the related problems,
2) explain physical phenomena related to electric and magnetic fields, and functions of capacitors and inductors in the concept of electromagnetism.
Keywords
Electromagnetism, electric and electronic circuit, capacitor, inductor
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Every class has a topic. Every class contains not only a lecture but also an exercise.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Coulomb's law, electric field, electric field distribution |
Understand the fundamental electromagnetism of Coulomb's law, electric field, and electric field. distribution. |
| Class 2 | Gauss's law, electrostatic field, electric potential |
Understand Gauss's law which gives the distribution of electric charge to the electrostatic field. |
| Class 3 | Electric conductor, Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary condition |
Understand Laplace and Poisson equations on electric conductor, and solve them by introducing boundary conditions. |
| Class 4 | Dielectrics and electrostatic field |
Understand dielectrics and electrostatic field in it. |
| Class 5 | Electrostatic energy and electrostatic force |
Understand electrostatic energy and electrostatic force applied to a charge. |
| Class 6 | Static magnetic field, Ampere's rule, Biot-Savart law |
Understand the static magnetic field by a steady current, Ampere's rule, and Biot-Savart law. |
| Class 7 | Time-varying field, electromagnetic induction, displacement current |
Understand two time-varying fields of electromagnetic induction, displacement current, and magnetic wave. |
| Class 8 | Direct current (DC) circuit, Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's law |
Understand fundamentals of direcrect current (DC) circuit through learning Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's law. |
| Class 9 | Alternating current (AC) circuit and circuit elements, reactance |
Understand fundamentals of alternating curret (AC) circuit through learning circuit elements and their reluctance. |
| Class 10 | Calcuration of AC cuicuits (1) Euler's formula, impedance |
Understand how to calculate AC circuit through learning Euler's formula and electrical impedance of circuits. |
| Class 11 | Calcuration of AC cuicuits (2) analysis of impedance, Bode plot |
Understand analyises of circuits through frequency response of electrical impedance. |
| Class 12 | Calcuration of AC cuicuits (3) fundamentals of equivalent circuits of electrode reactions and dielectric dispersion |
Understand fundamentals of eqivalent circuits of electrode reactions and dielectric dipersion through calculations of AC circuits. |
| Class 13 | AC power, resonance |
Understand dissipated power and electric resonance in AC cirsuits. |
| Class 14 | Semiconductor, transistor and amplifier circuit |
Understand fuctions of DC-DC converters using electronic devices such as transistors, inductors, and capacitors. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment is based on the quality of final examination (70%) and exercise problems (30%).
Related courses
- MAT.A203 ： Quantum Mechanics of Materials
- MAT.A204 ： Thermodynamics of Materials
- MAT.C308 ： Continuum Mechanics
- MAT.P302 ： Optics
Prerequisites
Students are encouraged to complete the related courses.