Electromagnetics Volume 1 (BETA)

PLEASE NOTE: This item has been superceded by a new version: Electromagnetics Volume 1 (August 2018) which is freely available at: https://doi.org/10.21061/electromagnetics-vol-1

Electromagnetics Volume 1 (BETA) (CC BY-SA 4.0) is a 224-page, peer-reviewed, open educational resource intended to serve as a primary textbook for a one-semester first course in undergraduate engineering electromagnetics, and includes: electric and magnetic fields; electromagnetic properties of materials; electromagnetic waves; and devices that operate according to associated electromagnetic principles including resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, generators, and transmission lines.

This book employs the "transmission lines first" approach, in which transmission lines are introduced using a lumped-element equivalent circuit model for a differential length of transmission line, leading to one-dimensional wave equations for voltage and current. This is intended for electrical engineering students in the third year of a bachelor of science degree program. An electronic version of this book is freely available at: https://doi.org/10.7294/W4WQ01ZM

This textbook is part of the Open Electromagnetics Project led by Steven W. Ellingson at Virginia Tech. The goal of the project is to create no-cost openly-licensed content for courses in undergraduate engineering electromagnetics. The project is motivated by two things: lowering learning material costs for students and giving faculty the freedom to adopt, modify, and improve their educational resources.