Computational Methods in Electromagnetics

ECE 742 teaches computational methods for solving electromagnetic field equations using FDTD, FEM, and MoM.

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Historical reviews of Zongfu Yu: Reviewers rated the course difficulty as low, noting that the pace allowed for understanding core concepts and practical coding applications.

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ECE 742

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Fall 2026

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Historical reviews of Zongfu Yu: Zongfu Yu is described as a terrific lecturer who elegantly boils down core concepts at an easy pace, helping students understand commercial products and write code. Susan Hagness has no substantive review comments available.

SUSAN HAGNESS is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZONGFU YU is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Historical reviews of Zongfu Yu: Zongfu Yu provided a terrific lecture experience, elegantly boiling down core concepts at an easy pace to help students understand commercial products and write code.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.92 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Zongfu Yu: Reviewers rated the course difficulty as low, noting that the pace allowed for understanding core concepts and practical coding applications.

Historical reviews of Zongfu Yu: Students found the course excellent for gaining knowledge on commercial products and writing their own code, describing the instructor as a terrific lecturer.

Topics

  • Static, frequency-domain, and time-domain electromagnetic fields.
  • Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), finite-element method (FEM), and method of moments (MoM).

Skills

  • Solving differential and integral equations for electromagnetic fields.
  • Applying FDTD, FEM, and MoM to practical engineering problems.

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