Teaching Electromagnetics

Dr. Krishnasamy T. Selvan is Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, since June 2012.Dr. Karl F. Warnick is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU.

"The book’s structure allows for reading the chapters independently and in no particular order.…This nonbinding structure of independent and easy-to-read, stand-alone chapters is no coincidence. It clearly results from the editors’ effort to adequately capture the richness and variety of approaches to education and ideas on teaching. To this end, they assembled a lineup of 20 contributors, varying in their disciplinary backgrounds as well as geographic location, seniority, and gender. The resulting diversity of topics, writing styles, and offered techniques and strategies guarantees that there will be something of interest in the book for everyone. Personally, I found very inspiring and eye-opening many of the numerous examples for interactive numerical exercises as well as the review of available mobile apps for EM education. Chapter 7 stood out to me, as it (very enjoyably) put me back in the student role for a short while, but each of the chapters contains some ideas that I found appealing and suitable to my teaching style. Although carefully curated with a general philosophy in mind, the book does not advocate for one approach, nor does it impose a rigid teaching paradigm. It is more of a snapshot of contemporary thought on EM education and newly available teaching tools and techniques, suggested by peers, which serves as a substrate for further discussion. Indeed, my urge while the reading to bring up these topics with my colleagues immediately sparked some very passionate and intriguing conversations. Evidently, the book achieves its primary aim: to further the ever-continuing discussion among teachers and students on bettering education in our field." - Yaniv Brick, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel/IEEE Antennas and Propogation Magazine

• 1. Introduction.2.Teaching and Learning Electromagnetics in 2020. 3. An Experiential Learning Approach in Electromagnetics Education. 4. Teaching and Learning Electromagnetics through MATLAB® Programming of Electromagnetic Fields. 5. Interactive Computational Tools for Electromagnetics Education Enhancement. 6. Computational Electromagnetics and Mobile Apps For Electromagnetics Education. 7. Teaching Electromagnetic Field Theory Using Differential Forms.8. Maxwell’s Displacement Current: A Teaching Approach Infusing Ideas of Innovation and Creativity.9. Teaching Electromagnetic Waves to Electrical Engineering Students: An Abridged Approach. 10. Taking Electromagnetics Beyond Electrical and Electronics Engineering.11. HyFlex Flipping: Combining In-Person and On-Line Teaching for the Flexible Generation. 12. Learning and Teaching in a Time of Pandemic.13. Conclusion and Outlook.