In 2026 Semester 2, I’m lecturer of this third-year compulsory course (>230 students) and co-teach with a senior colleague (Prof. Aleksandar D. Rakić). See course profile

My teaching duties (12 teaching weeks + 1 swotvac week + …):

• 40% course coordination (with tutors, Ed discussion board, applied class assessment allocation, grades, feedback, etc)
• Revise lecture slides as appropriate and also add animations and stuff, also calibrating student expectations of this course as appropirate by any means.
• Deliver lectures (Maxwell Equations, Wave Propogation, Lossy Media, Interface Reflection, Waveguide, EM Potentials, Radiation, and Antenna) [2 hrs / wk],
• Prepare weekly 12 new problems and solutions for weekly one-to-one oral assessments in applied class and also demonstrated problem sessions (offer on-site help) [8+ hrs / wk],
• Deliver weekly contact-hour session with 6 demonstrated problems [2 hrs / wk],
• Deal with posted questions on online Ed discussion boards (Q&A sessions) [> 3 hrs / week],
• Prepare final exam and supplementary exam problems, solutions, and step-by-step marking criteria,
• Prepare and coordinate oral examination (applied class) with tutors to update weekly marking progress.

Course Curriculum

• Phasor Representations, Vector Calculus, and so on
• Transmission Line Theory (Lossless and Lossy lines, Impedance Matching, Power Delivery, etc)
• Wave Equations and Maxwell Equations
• Boundary Conditions
• Plane wave in lossless and lossy media
• Group and Phase Velocity
• Wave in Dispersive Media, Plasma
• Polarisation
• Poynting’s Theorem and Power
• Interface, Normal and Oblique Incidence
• Metallic Rectagular Waveguide (No Special Functions)
• EM Potentials (Static and Retarded)
• Radiation and Antenna

Textbook

• Electromagnetics by Prof. Branislav M. Notaroš IEEE Profile
• Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics by Prof. Fawwaz T. Ulaby IEEE Profile
• Field and Wave Electromagnetics by Prof. David Keun Cheng DK Cheng’s Intro. on Syracuse University website & Wikipedia

The Wonderful Tutor Teams in 2026S2

Mr. Patrick Bartley (PhD Candidate, almost there Dr.Yellow : ))),

Mr. Tran Hien Bui (PhD Candidate),

Miss. Eden Mehr,

Miss. Kathleen Kiki Huddleston,

Miss. Androulla Lucas,

Mr. Haonan (Leo) Liu,

Mr. Daniel Willams,

Mr. Konstantin (Kosta) Belov,

Mr. Mac Rogers,

Mr. Mitchell Penfold,

Mr. Quang Tran,

Mr. Rene Kalla (PhD Candidate)