Contact
Dr. Kevin H. Knuth
PH 211
Department of Physics
University at Albany
Albany NY 12222
USA
Phone: +1-518-442-4653
FAX: +1-518-442-5260
Email: kknuth@albany.edu
Electromagnetism II
A PHY 350
Spring 2008
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45 – 4:05
Physics Building Room 225
Instructor: Dr. Kevin Knuth
Contact: kknuth@albany.edu PH 211, 442 - 4653
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:30pm – 12:00pm, PH 211
Teaching Assistant: Danielle Kumpulanian
Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd Edition), David J. Griffiths
FINAL EXAM : Download [doc] [pdf]
DUE: Wednesday May 14, 2008 12:01pm
Week
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Dates
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Topic
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Homework
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Due on
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| 1 | ||||
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| Thurs Jan 24 | Ch 5: Biot-Savart Law | 5: 12, 13, 14, 16 | Jan 31 | |
| 2 | Tues Jan 29 | Ch 5: Ampere’s Law | ||
| Thurs Jan 31 | Ch 5: Magnetic Vector Potential | 5: 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, 39 | Feb 7 | |
| 3 | Tues Feb 5 | Solar Flares and Space Weather | ||
| Thurs Feb 7 | Ch 6: Magnetization | 6: 12, 16, 19 | Feb 14 | |
| 4 | Tues Feb 12 | Ch 6: Ampere’s Law in Matter | ||
| Thurs Feb 14 | Ch 6: Linear and Nonlinear Media | 6: 20, 21, 22, 25 | Feb 26 | |
| 5 | Tues Feb 21 | No Class | ||
| Thurs Feb 23 | Magnetic Storage | |||
| 6 | Tues Feb 26 | EXAM I | ||
| Thurs Feb 28 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |||
| 7 | Tues Mar 4 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | ||
| Thurs Mar 6 | Ch 7: EMF and Ohms Law | 7: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 | Mar 14 | |
| 8 | Tues Mar 11 | Cancelled | ||
| Thurs Mar 14 | Ch 7: Faraday’s Law | 7: 12, 16, 18, 22, 25 | Mar 20 | |
| 9 | Tues Mar 18 | Ch 7: RCL Circuits | ||
| Thurs Mar 20 | Ch 7: Faraday’s Law | |||
| Break | ||||
| 10 | Tues Apr 1 | Ch 7: Induction / Transformers | 7: 27, 29, 30 | Apr 8 |
| Thurs Apr 3 | Ch 7: Maxwell’s Equations | 7: 43, 53, 54, 59, 60 | Apr 10 | |
| 11 | Tues Apr 8 | EXAM II | ||
| Thurs Apr 10 | Ch 8: Poynting Vector | 8: 1, 2, 4 | Apr 17 | |
| 12 | Tues Apr 15 | Ch 9: Electromagnetic Waves | 9: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 | Apr 22 |
| Tues Apr 17 | Ch 9: Reflection and Refraction | |||
| 13 | Tues Apr 22 | Ch 9: Absorption and Dispersion | 9: 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 | Apr 29 |
| Thurs Apr 24 | Ch 9: Wave Guides | |||
| 14 | Tues Apr 29 | Ch 11: Electric Dipole Radiation | 11: 1, 2, 5 | May 6 |
| Thurs May 1 | Ch 12: Special Theory of Relativity | |||
| 15 | Tues May 6 | Ch 12: Transformation of Fields | ||
| Wed May 14 | TAKE HOME FINAL EXAM DUE | May 14, 12:01 pm, PHY 225 |