ECE 3300 Introduction to Electromagnetics
Lecture Notes,
Portfolio Questions, Homework 2011
This
schedule may be adjusted throughout the semester. Watch the web for changes. If
you find broken links, please email cfurse@ece.utah.edu
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Review material:
Complex
Numbers
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Phasors |
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Line, Surface, Volume Integrals (see
multivariate calculus section) << This professor has LOTS of
useful math videos!
Here is his YouTube page. Search on ‘double’ or ‘triple’ to see useful integral
examples in rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
Mathematics Online
Review Help:
Free Math Videos for the World
Khan
Academy (YouTube Channel)
EM Online Resources:
You Tube Helps (How to find the videos, How to
Download to IPOD)
More cool online lectures (click on ECE 320 for the EM class)
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Date Textbook section is
listed below each date |
Lecture Notes
For Faculty: How and why I make the video lectures More info HERE |
Handouts and Other Helpful Stuff
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Portfolio Questions and
Homework. Due Monday of
each week by 5pm in the homework lockers across the hall from the ECE
office. Work assigned Monday is due
the following Monday. If we don’t have
class on Monday, turn it in on Wed. HW will be
returned in the student mailboxes across and down the hall from the ECE
office. |
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Ch. 1-2 |
Read Why
Study EM (lots of applications of EM)
OR Essential
Principles of Signal Integrity (EM applied to digital and circuits) IF you
missed class. Please fill out homework return permission sheet. You can find
it on www.ece.utah.edu
(Undergrad-Forms). Turn it in to the ECE office. You need to do this again
EACH YEAR. If you are
a transfer student new-to-the-U, Welcome! Please make an appointment with Arlene to review your transfer
classes. Are you
having trouble getting signed up for a class or lab? Debbie in the ECE office (MEB 3280) has a
waiting list. debbie.colgan@utah.edu 801 581 6941 |
Portfolio/HW 1: EM Applications Bring this
assignment TO CLASS next time (don’t turn this one in to the locker). Prize
given for largest # of applications. J When is this due? 5pm on the Monday
following this class. Homework Due Aug. 29 Where do I turn it in? Homework lockers
at top of stairs near ECE office MEB 3280. |
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Extra credit points can be used to bring
homework and lab scores up to a maximum of 100%. |
Look
for this symbol throughout the semester for extra credit lectures and activities. You can always get extra credit for finding
my mistakes! If you are the first
person to find an error (a technical error, not just a little typo) in the
videos, the closed captioning, the text, my lecture notes, the labs, or my
exam keys, I will give you 5 points extra credit (that’s half a day’s
homework) for reporting that error. I
will also give you 5 points extra credit if you point out something confusing
in the lab write-ups and rewrite it in a more clear fashion. Maximum
‘mistake points’ per student is 40. |
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Aug.24 Ch. 1-3,6,7
(may also need your physics book) |
Video Lectures #2:
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(When you see this
little icon, it means I think there is something cool here that will make you
think!) How
are E and H fields measured? OK, that part about
‘no magnetic charges’? Check this out… Interested in finding a research
position on campus? Check out My
University research Experience MURE. |
Portfolio 2: What are electric
and magnetic fields, and what causes them? (What are the sources?) What are
their units, and the units on all related constants? What do I turn in
next Monday?
Answer the portfolio questions 1-2 in words and equations (approx half to 1
page each). This should be like a mini textbook section, written in your own
words, that you can later use on the exam. Turn in the portfolio question,
along with HW 1,2
When is this due? 5pm on the Monday
following this class (Aug 29). Where do I turn it
in?
Homework lockers at top of stairs near ECE office MEB 3280. |
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Aug 26 Dr. Furse
out of town |
Special Lecture Today
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Dr.Rock Hadley, RF Engineer, Utah Center for Advanced Medical
Imaging – Building specialized MRI coils for the eye and neck. |
Note: Homework Solutions Are now linked on the left
bar of this website. The solutions
also include the problems, for easy access. |
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Aug. 29 Ch 1-4 |
Video Lectures #3:
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Video
of Velocity of Propagation (how fast is the crest of the wave moving?) Review: Complex Numbers and Phasors Be
sure you know how to use your calculator for complex # operations.
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Portfolio Question 3: How is a traveling
wave described mathematically?Understand all of the
variables in chapter 1-3. HW 3: Text Problems 1.1,2,6,7,8 It’s
Monday! Turn in Portfolios and
Homework from last week (HW1 and 2) today by 5pm in the homework lockers near
the ECE office. Portfolio/HW3
will be due next Monday. MONDAY – Remember you have a prelab due at the start of EACH lab. Please see the lab
website for details. |
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Aug. 31 Ch.2-1,2 |
Video Lectures #4:
ERROR IN THE TEXT (p.52)! When calculating RLGC for
coaxial lines, you use the radii of the inner (a) and outer (b)
conductors. This is drawn correctly on
figure 2-7, but is described incorrectly in the words. |
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Portfolio Question 4: What is a transmission
line? What is the lumped element model, and how are the RLGC parameters
related to the physical parameters of the transmission line? HW 4: Text Problems 2.1,6 Write a matlab
code to solve Problem 2.6. You will
use this in Lab 2. THURSDAY AFTERNOON LAB cancelled this week. It will be held next week instead. |
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Sept. 2 Ch. 2-3,4 |
TL Eqns,
Wave Eqn. (NOTE: some material in these notes is not in the text) Review: Node and Loop
Equations Video Lectures #5:
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Check
out this cool resource: Microwaves 101 |
Portfolio Question 5: Understand the
telegraphers equations, wave equations, and impedance. What does it mean to
have a 50-ohm transmission line? HW 5: Text Problems 2.3,8 Write a matlab
code to solve Problem 2.8. You will
use this in Lab 2. |
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Sept 2 |
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Fire and Ice – Electrical
Engineers in Antarctica Dr. Furse Graduate Seminar 2:45- 4,
WEB 1250 |
Write down 2 interesting things about this
lecture. Get my signature or any other
professor. Turn in to the homework
locker. 10 points extra credit (= 1 days’ homework
+ portfolio) |
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Sept 5 |
Do you ever wonder why you might learn
differently than others in your class?
Learning
Styles |
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Sept.7 Ch. 2-5,6 |
Lossless TL, Standing Waves (NOTE:
Some material in these notes is not in the text.) Video Lecture #6:
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Picture
of a Slotted Line Want
to see other standing waves? Just
search YouTube for ‘standing waves’. Thank
you to James Nagel for the videos in today’s lecture! |
Portfolio Question 6: What is a standing
wave, and how is it produced? Understand what is plotted in Figs 2-14
and 2-15. Also understand the
‘envelope of the standing wave’ plotted in the notes. If you missed the THURSDAY AFTERNOON LAB (or any
other lab) last week, remember it will be held tomorrow instead. |
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Ch. 2-7 |
Video Lecture #7:
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Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) Think you might be interested in a CAREER in patent law? (ECE is a great pre-law degree.) Here are the FDR patents: Patent1 Patent2 |
HW 7: Text problems 2.28,31,33 ECE3300 TUTORING AVAILABLE in the Tutoring
Center (across from the Dean’s Office) EVERY FRIDAY Quinn
Tate 11-2 Katie
Furse 12-2 |
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Sept. 12 Ch. 2-8 Another
reference (This is really helpful
to do the HW.) |
How to create L and C from
Transmission Lines Video Lecture #8:
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CRITICAL
ERROR IN TEXTBOOK eqn 2.79 (the equation given in the solution to
problem 2.28 is correct, the book is not) TA DAVID LUBBERS will hold OFFICE
HOURS to help answer questions (including homework questions) MONDAYS 3:00 - 5:00 in MEB 4142 |
Portfolio 8: What is a quarter
wave transformer, and how do you design one? How can a short circuit look
like a capacitor or an inductor? HW 8: Text Problems 2.37,40,and one more |
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Sept 13 |
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Discover Engineering is a
traveling exhibit our college takes to local high schools to encourage the
students to consider engineering as a career option. It will be on display in the foyer of WEB
today. Check it out! We want to upgrade the ECE
exhibit, and will be making two different exhibits, one for EE and one for
CE. |
Think up and write up a description of a
cool Discover Engineering exhibit for EE or CE. Turn it in to Dr. Furse, because I want to
read it. 10 points extra credit (= 1 days’ homework
+ portfolio) |
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Ch. 2-12 |
Video Lecture #9:
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This
lecture information is needed for Lab 2.
Application: 3D Ray Tracing |
Portfolio 9: How do you find
the voltage or current at any location on the line as a function of time? How
do you find the voltage or current distribution at a given time as a function
of distance along the line? HW 9: Text Problems 2.75,76,78 CRITICAL
ERROR IN TEXTBOOK eqn 2.79 (the equation given in the solution to
problem 2.28 is correct, the book is not) |
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Sept 14 12-1 |
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2011 Gould Lecture. These are typically really excellent
lectures. |
Write down 2 things you found interesting
in this lecture. Get ANY professor to
sign it. Turn it in to the HW locker
for 10 points extra credit |
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Ch. 2-12 |
Video Lecture #10:
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Portfolio 10: How do you find the
voltage or current at any location on the line as a function of time when you
have a pulsed input? How do you find the voltage or current distribution at a
given time as a function of distance along the line when you have a pulsed
input? HW 10:
Text Problems 2.80,81 |
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Sept.
19,21 Ch. 2-10 Note, this
is TWO days lecture. We will do
lectures 1-6 first day, 6-10 second day. |
Video Lectures #12: |
TLINE Software and its Smith Chart >> Your book has a good interactive Smith Chart program on the CD. Another Smith Chart Program And
another Smith Chart Tutorial
EVERYTHING
you ever wanted to know about the Smith Chart! TA DAVID LUBBERS will hold OFFICE HOURS to help
answer questions (including homework questions) MONDAYS 3:00 - 5:00 in MEB 4142 |
Portfolio 11: How do you use a
Smith Chart to find: input impedance, VSWR, refl.coef.,
location of voltage mins,maxs, and Zin (or ZL)? 2.47,49,50 and 2.53,58,61
For more examples,
see Exams (with solutions) (Midterm I and Final) |
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Sept 20 Junior
Seminar 1045-1135 WEB 102 |
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Aircraft Wiring, the Hidden
Hazard – Finding Faults in Aircraft Wiring (this is transmission line
theory applied in some creative ways) Dr. Furse |
Write down 2 interesting things about this
lecture. Get my signature or any other
professor. Turn in to the homework
locker. 10 points extra credit (= 1 days’ homework
+ portfolio) |
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Sept. 23 Ch. 2-11 |
Video Lecture #13:
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Portfolio 12: How do you design a
single-stub matching network? Homework 12: Text problems
2.63,68 See
Old Exams OR Use TLine software (see Smith Chart Lecture above) |
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Old
exams and study aids are on the Exam link |
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Sept 28 |
(Please
keep your homework that is due this week until after the exam) |
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Sept 30 Ch. 9-1,2 Dr. Furse out of town |
COME to
class today, portfolio will be answered. |
Antenna Elmer (a really good
resource for all kinds of antennas)
Recent
media coverage on ‘do cell phones cause cancer?’ The iphone
antenna song. Hmm… |
Portfolio 13: Define the
following antenna parameters: input impedance, resonant frequency, bandwidth,
radiation pattern, gain. How would you measure them?
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Oct.3 Ch 3 Also your
math and physics books. |
Vectors
and Coordinate Systems (We will not have time to cover all of the
vector operations in class, so please review these notes and refer to Ch3 as
needed during the following sections.) Video Lectures #14: I have
done several review sections and examples of line, surface, and volume
integrals in all 3 coordinate systems.
Please listen to the ones that are highlighted before class. The others you can leave for reference as
needed later.
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The Right
Hand Rule Picture Book A review
of coordinate systems by Daniel Fleisch
Cell
Phones and Popcorn: Search
YouTube for ‘cell phone popcorn’ for some really great EM amusement. I especially like this one, because of the
direction of the antennas (WHICH direction does power come out of an
antenna???) And after you’ve seen a few of the eye poppers, check this one
out too. And guess what?! Bananas can pop corn too! . |
Portfolio 14: How do you compute
line, surface, and volume integrals in each coordinate system? Homework #14: Text Problems 3.25ad,26,28,32,34cd,35bc If
you need more review, just work through more of the problems and use the
solution manual to check yourself. ** NOTE!!! Correction … Do problem 32
not 31. FAQ:
Are lab reports individual or group?
See bottom of lab website for specifics: http://www.ece.utah.edu/~ece3300/Labs/index.htm |
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Oct
5 Ch
4-3,7 |
I will
refer to Coulomb’s
Cookbook and Textbook Table 3-1.
Have them handy when you watch the videos. Video Lecture #15:
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Portfolio 15: What is the
electric field (physically)? What causes it? How do you compute the electric
field from point, line, surface, or volume charge distributions? Homework #15: Textbook Problems
4. 12,14,15 |
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Oct 7 |
Intro
to FDTD (for Lab 4)
Video Lectures:
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More
detailed FDTD Lectures: These
are for E,H equations instead of V,I, and done (initially) in 3D. Reference
Material: Nyquist Sampling Theorem (this is why dt
<= dx/(2c) ) |
No
homework today ! (Do the prelab for
Lab 4) |
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Oct10-14 |
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Oct. 17 Ch. 5-2 |
YouTube Video Lecture #16: (Oops! The YouTube Lecture #(16) and the
Actual Lecture Number (17) may not add up from here on out. The YouTube number tells you what to watch
(or just click below), and the Lecture number (17) tells you what number to
turn in with your homework. This is
just a test of your ability to follow peculiar numbering systems created
after my laziness in not going back and changing the titles of all the
YouTube lectures.)
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Portfolio 17: What is the
magnetic field, and what is its source? Explain how to find it using Biot-Savart's law from a line, surface, or volume current
distribution. (You may find it helpful to compare this to Coulomb's law.) Homework #17: Textbook Problems 5.8,10 and Midterm II – 2002 Problem 1 |
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Oct.19 Ch. 4-4 |
Divergence and Gauss Law
for E YouTube Video Lectures #17: |
What I
want you to learn from this song: !!!
Gauss Law for E is used ONLY for SYMMETRIC charge distributions!!! |
Portfolio 18: How do you compute
the electric field using Gauss Law for E? Work out the “Left Hand Side” and
“Right Hand Side” integrals for cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Homework #18: Textbook problems
4.22, and Midterm II-2006 Problem 1 (cylindrical),
and Midterm II-2007 (Spherical) Problem 1 |
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Ch. 5-3 |
Gauss Law for H &
Ampere’s Law YouTube Video Lectures #19:
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Ampere’s
Law is only used for SYMMETRIC current distributions.
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Portfolio 19: How do you compute
the magnetic field using Gauss Law for H (Ampere’s law)? Work out the “Left
Hand Side” and “Right Hand Side” integrals for cylindrical coordinates. Homework #19 |
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Oct.
24 Ch. 3-4,4-5 |
YouTube Video Lectures #20:
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Portfolio 20: How do you find E
from V and V from E? Homework #20: Textbook problems 4.36,38 |
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Oct. 26 12:30 Meet at the Gaus Haus (see link for details>>>) |
Tour of
the Gaus Haus (NMR Facility) |
If you have a
pacemaker, you should NOT go in this lab.
If this is the case, read about NMR online and turn in a short
description of NMR and an interesting fact or observation. |
Turn in a
note with some interesting fact or observation from the tour. Turn it in to
the homework locker. |
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NOW is a good time to PLAN YOUR FINAL
PROGRAM OF STUDY. What are
you planning to take now through graduation?
Figure out which technical electives you will take. Be sure to plan
the prereqs for the electives you want. Spreadsheet
resources are available on the department
advising website. It is STRONGLY
recommended that you meet with a faculty member (the website has a list of
your pre-assigned faculty advisor, or go to one in your technical area of interest). Here are my notes for EM Advising. |
Get one free homework: Turn in your
program of study signed by a faculty member in your technical area of
interest. OR Look up your
‘dream job’ on any career website (for instance the IEEE job site or Monster.com) and turn in a plan for how to
GET that job or one just like it in the future. |
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Ch. 4-8,5-6 |
YouTube Video Lectures #21 |
How
to find a vector normal to a plane (thank you to Eric Lundquist!) |
Portfolio 21: What are the
electric and magnetic field boundary conditions, and how do you apply them? Homework 21: Textbook problems
4.48,4.49,5.32,5.34 |
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Oct.28 Ch 6-1,2 Dr. Furse out of town |
Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws
(Time Varying Fields) YouTube Video Lectures #22
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M2 – 2004
– Prob 2 and M2 – 1998 – Prob
1 Simple Motor Demos: |
Portfolio 22: Explain Faraday's
and Lenz's Laws. Homework # 22: Textbook problems
6.1, 3,6,7 |
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Oct. 31 |
YouTube Video Lectures #23:
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Other
things you may need to review for this section (see Ch3) Divergence, Curl , Conduction Current
(MP3) (words) (sheet
music) |
Portfolio 23: How can there be a
current when there is no conductor?? Explain the current through a parallel
plate capacitor. Homework 23: 6.14,16,18 |
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Nov 2 |
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Old
exams and study aids are on the Exam link |
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Nov 4 |
(Please keep your homework due this week
until after the exam) |
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Nov 7 |
Review: Decibels |
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Nov 8 |
7:30 pm Skaggs
Biology Lecture Hall |
Write down 2 things you found interesting
in this lecture. Get ANY professor to
sign it. Turn it in to the HW locker
for 10 points extra credit |
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Nov 9 Ch 7-1,2 |
Plane Waves in Lossless
Material YouTube Video Lectures #28:
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Portfolio 25: Explain the
relationship between time domain and phasor forms
of Maxwell's equations. Explain complex permittivity. Homework #25: Text Problems
7.1,4,6 |
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Nov. 11 Ch 7-4,8-1 |
Plane Waves in
Lossy Layered Material NEW (note correction to
step 7): Smith
Chart for 3 Layer Cookbook YouTube Video Lectures: >> These videos are hard to
read. Sorry. See replacements below.
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