Electricity and Electromagnetism

Code:

EBE0166

Acronym:

ELEL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Basic Sciences

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Engineering Physics
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Bioengineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIB	77	Syllabus	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Objectives: Present electromagnetism as a unifying model of many phenomena which are observed in nature and used in the technologies, with an emphasis on biomedical phenomena.

Learning outcomes and competences

Skills and learning outcomes: - Problem solving skills, acquaintance with the mathematical tools and the mathematical language used in electromagnetism and subsequent courses. - Physical intuition and conceptual problem solving skills in electromagnetism. - Team work skills, the capacity and discipline to work continuously during the semester and an attitude of respect of ethical values, for example respect for colleagues and honesty.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

It is assumed that the students have assimilated the contents of the curricular units Physics Fundaments and Mathematics II.

Program

1. Charge and electric current 2. Electrostatics 3. Magnetostatics 4. Electrodynamics 5. DC and AC circuits 6. Electromagnetics in matter 7. Electromagnetic waves

Mandatory literature

Umran S. Inan, Aziz S. Inan; Engineering electromagnetics. ISBN: 0-8053-4423-3
Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku; Fundamentals of electric circuits. ISBN: 0-07-115126-5

Complementary Bibliography

H. Moysés Nussenzveig; Curso de física básica. ISBN: 85-212-0134-6 (vol. 3)
D. T. Edmonds; Electricity and magnetism in biological systems. ISBN: 978-0-19-850679-9
David J. Griffiths, Reed College; Introduction to electrodynamics. ISBN: 0-13-805326-X (At a more advanced level.)
John D. Kraus, Daniel A. Fleisch; Electromagnetics with applications. ISBN: 0-07-116429-4
Daniel Fleisch; A student.s guide to Maxwell.s Equations. ISBN: 978-0-521-70147-1
James W. Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel; Electric circuits. ISBN: 0-13-032120-6
David K. Cheng; Field and wave electromagnetics. ISBN: 0-201-12819-5
Matthew N. O. Sadiku; Elements of electromagnetics. ISBN: 0-19-513477-X
Alfredo Barbosa Henriques, Jorge Crispim Romão; Electromagnetismo. ISBN: 972-8469-45-4

Comments from the literature

The student should use only one bibliographic reference for electromagnetics and another for circuits. Several references are given allowing borrowing in the library.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture classes: presentation by the lecturer of concepts; their illustration by solving key problems; problem solving by students under the supervision of the lecturer.

Laboratory: experimental ilustrastration of the curricular units concepts.

Moodle site: power-point presentations of the lectures, multimedia resources, problem sheets, self-evaluation tests, general information of the course and evaluation results.

Office hours: personalized tutorship where doubts on the theory and applications are clarified.

keywords

Physical sciences > Physics > Electromagnetism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	94,50
Total:	94,50

Eligibility for exams

Students with a previous inscription in the course obtain frequency if:

- Obtain a mark of 10 valores in the distributed evaluation (AD).
- The laboratory mark is that of the previous year, if larger than 10 marks.

Student with a first inscription in the course obtain frequency if:

- Do not miss more than 7 recitation/laboratory classes;

- Obtain a mark of 10 valores in the distributed evaluation (AD).

The distributed evaluation (AD) consists in:

- mid-term test with the format of an exam;

- multiple choice electricity test;

- two labs in pre-defined dates.

The DE mark is the average of the previous items.

Students without frequency cannot pass any exam, including the "recurso exam".

Calculation formula of final grade

If EF >= 8 then CF = 0.5 * AD + 0.5 * EF + B

If EF < 8 then CF = EF.

where CF is the final mark (0 to 20), AD the distributed evaluation mark (0 to 20), EF the final exam mark (0 to 20), B the optional project mark (0 to 2)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Optionally groups can participate in a laboratory project. The mark in the laboratory projecto is zero for students with 0.5 * AD + 0.5 * EF < 16, and up to 2 for students with 0.5 * AD + 0.5 * EF >= 16.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For the students that during the present academic year have a working student or military statute both the frequency conditions and obligatory distributed evaluation are optional. The students in the conditions described above and that have decided to opt out from the distributed evaluation scheme or decided not to use the previous academic year distributed evaluation mark are admitted to exam with the final mark given by the exam mark. The students with the “dirigente associativo” statute cannot opt out from the distributed evaluation scheme.

Classification improvement

Through the “Recurso” exam, the final mark will be computed as: CF = MAX (CFN, 0.5 * DE + 0.5 * R + B, R) where CFN is the final mark in the “Épocal normal” (0 to 20), DE is the distributed evaluation mark (0 to 20), R the “Recurso” exam mark (0 to 20) and B the optional laboratory project.

Observations

Office hours: Friday, 9h00-11h00, office I317. It is expected that students dedicate 4 to 6 hours of weekly study to the course, further to the normal attendance to the theoretical and recitation lectures. Those students who have not attended a distributed evaluation test and have a justification accepted by the secretariat can do an extra test, Any fraud attempt during the distributed evaluation process will lead to loss of frequency and non-admission to the final exam.