2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electricity and Magnetism I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroo Suzuki / Mana Toma / Jiro Hirokawa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon / 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.E201
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Starting with vector calculus, this Electricity and Magnetism I course focuses on equations related to electrostatic fields and their solutions. Electromagnetism is the basis for all fields related to electricity, such as circuits, devices, communications, and electrical power. This means electromagnetism is the basis for applications over a wide range in today's industries and daily life. This course facilitates students' understanding of formulas using vector calculus and the equations of electrostatic fields based on them, along with electric field distribution and electric field energy of systems including conductors and dielectric materials. Students will gain the ability to solve unfamiliar cases related to electromagnetism by applying techniques acquired through this course.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Express the formulas using vector calculus, including the Gauss's theorem.
2) Solve the equation of electrostatic field using the formulas
3) Express the electric field distribution and electric field energy of the system including conductor and dielectric materials.
4) Apply knowledge acquired through this course to solve problems.
Corresponding educational goals are:
(1)【Specialist skills】Fundamental specialist skills
(6) Firm fundamental specialist skills on electrical and electronic engineering, including areas such as electromagnetism, circuits, linear systems, and applied mathematics
Keywords
vector calculus, Gauss's theorem, Strokes' theorem, electrostatic field, Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation, conductor, dielectric material, electric field energy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Fundamental specialist skills on EEE
Class flow
At the beginning of each class, solutions to exercise problems assigned during the previous class are reviewed. Towards the end of a class or/and after it, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught on that day to solve. Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Scalar product and vector product, line integral | Understand and solve the exercises of scalar product, vector product and line integral. |
| Class 2 | Surface integral, solid angle | Understand and solve the exercises of surface integral and solid angle. |
| Class 3 | Gradient, divergence, Gauss's theorem | Understand and solve the exercises of gradient, divergence and Gauss's theorem. |
| Class 4 | Rotation (Curl), Strokes' theorem | Understand and solve the exercises of rotation (curl) and Strokes' theorem. |
| Class 5 | Coulomb's law, electric field distribution, Gauss's law | Understand and solve the exercises of Coulomb's law, electric field distribution and Gauss's law. |
| Class 6 | Electric potential distribution, Conductor and Electric field | Understand and solve the exercises of electric potential distribution and conductor and electric field. |
| Class 7 | Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation, solution of electrostatic field (Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation, boundary condition, uniqueness of solutions) | Understand and solve the exercises of Laplace's equation and Poisson's equation and electrostatic field (Laplace's and Poisson's equations). |
| Class 8 | Report 1(to evaluate understanding level) | Evaluate understanding level on Classes 1-7. |
| Class 9 | Solution of electrostatic field (method of images, numerical analysis) | Understand and solve the exercises of method of images, numerical analysis. covered, and evaluate one’s own progress. |
| Class 10 | Conductors, potential coefficient, capacity coefficient | Understand and solve the exercises of conductors, potential coefficient and capacity coefficient. |
| Class 11 | Capacitance | Understand and solve the exercises of capacitance. |
| Class 12 | Dielectric and polarization, electric flux density, basic equations | Understand and solve the exercises of dielectric and polarization, electric flux density and basic equations. |
| Class 13 | Electric field energy and forces, principle of virtual work | Understand and solve the exercises of electric field energy and forces and principle of virtual work. |
| Class 14 | Review | Review, understand and solve the exercises of all the contents. |
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. Lecture materials etc. will be distributed by T2SCHOLA.
Textbook(s)
Content of lecture will be uploaded to T2SCHOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Masahiro Asada and Takuichi Hirano, "Electromagnetism", Tokyo: Baifukan; ISBN-13: 978-4563069810. (Japanese), Yasuharu Suematsu, "Electromagnetism", Tokyo: Kyoritsu-shuppan; ISBN-13: 978-4320084179. (Japanese)
Makoto Katsurai, "Fundamental electromagnetism for science and engineering" Tokyo: Ohmsha; ISBN-13: 978-4274132186. (Japanese)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed on their understanding of the vector calculus, the equations of electrostatic field, the electric field distribution and electric field energy of the system including conductor and dielectric materials, and their ability to apply them to solve problems. Students' course scores are based on exams (written exams without using references to evaluate understanding level) at 2 times by face-to-face (about 70%), and exercise problems (about 30%). The planned face-to-face exams will be shifted to other modes or methods if the spread of COVID-19 worsens.
Related courses
- EEE.E202 ： Electricity and Magnetism II
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.