Class Hours:M,W,F 10:45 AM to 11:35 AM (WEB L114)


Instructor: Dr. Om P Gandhi
Phone: 581-7743
Email: gandhi@ece.utah.edu
Office:MEB 4508
Office Hours: M,W,F 2.00-3.00 PM


T.A/Grader: Siva Sandeep Garigipati
Phone:801- 867-2936
Email: s.garigipati@utah.edu
Office Hours: M,W,F 2.00-3.00 PM


Announcements

• 01/10/2013 - Class Website is now online
• 01/10/2013 - Syllabus posted
• 01/10/2013 - Class notes 1 posted
• 01/16/2013 - Homework1 posted
• 01/18/2013 - Class notes 2 posted
• 01/23/2012 - Reading Assignment1 posted
• 01/23/2013 - Homework Assignments 3, 4, 5 and 6 posted
• 01/29/2013 - Solutions for Homework 1 & 2 were posted in 'Homework Assignments' section
• 01/29/2013 - Graded papers for Homework 1 & 2 were kept in the corresponding lockers. Please collect them
• 01/27/2013 - Reading Assignment2 is posted in 'Reading Assignment' section
• 02/02/2013 - Solutions for Homework 3 & 4 were posted in 'Homework Assignments' section
• 02/04/2013 - Graded papers for Homework 3 & 4 were kept in the corresponding lockers. Please collect them
• 02/04/2013 - Grades for homeworks 1, 2, 3 & 4 were updated in the Grades section. Please check your marks and let me know in case of any mismatch.
• 02/04/2013 - Some of you have to submit the homeworks which are supposed to be submitted on Friday of last week(02/01/2012). Please submit the due homeworks as soon as possible.
• 02/04/2013 - Due dates for homeworks 5 and 6 have been changed. Please visit 'Homework Assignments' section for new dates.
• 02/04/2013 - 'Pave Paws Radar' PDF was posted in 'Handouts' section
• 02/08/2012 - Here are some of the names for which there are no specific lockers. Isaac Myers, John Whitaker, Anthun Henriqu Souza Gubell, Gregory Wanderley Miyerhi Maga, Giman Lee, Mariana R. Ginta. Please contact me to collect your assignment papers. However, you can see your grades in the 'Grades' section.
• 02/08/2013 - Enoch Lee and Traris Jeppson, I have only your Homework5, and I didnot receive any of the first four homeworks and Hassain Bagarish I had only homeworks 3 and 4 but I didnot receive your first two homeworks. All three of you guys please checkout with this and let me know as soon as possible.
• 02/08/2013 - Please checkout your corresponding names in the 'Grades' section, and let me know in case of any spelling errors. I request you to write your names and UID numbers properly on the assignment papers.
• 02/08/2013 - Please submit your assignments in time. No late submissions would be accepted and in case of late submissions you may directly interact with the instructor.
• 02/12/2013 - Homeworks 7 and 8 were posted in 'Homework Assignments' section
• 02/13/2013 - Grades for homeworks 5 and 6 were posted in 'Grades' section
• 02/13/2013 - Solutions for homeworks 5 and 6 were posted in 'Homework Assignments' section
• 02/13/2013 - Important: I still have to get some of your first four assignments to be graded. Please check the 'Grades' section and let me know incase of any issues. This shouldn't be a problem at the end of the semester.
• 02/13/2013 - Graded papers for homeworks 5 and 6 were kept in the lockers. Please collect them accordingly.
• 02/13/2013 - Sample Midterm questions with solutions were posted in 'Handouts' section under 'Sample Midterm1 with solutions'
• 02/13/2013 - Material covered for Midterm1 exam is mentioned in the 'Handouts' section.
• 02/26/2013 - Homework 7 graded
• 02/26/2013 - Created new reading assignment under Reading Assignment section
• 02/26/2013 - Solutions for Midterm1 exam and Homework 7 were posted under Homework Assignment section
• 02/26/2013 - Total class notes was posted in Handout section
• Address for NEC Code: http://home.ict.nl/~arivoors/
• 03/04/2013 - Homeworks 9, 10 and 11 were posted under 'Homework Assignments' section
• 03/04/2013 - Reading Assignment created under 'Reading Assignments' section
• 03/08/2013 - Homework 8 was graded so please check your Grades section regarding this. Please collect the graded papers from your lockers correspondingly.
• 03/08/2013 - Some of you have to still submit your Homeworks 7 and 8. Please submit them as soon as possible.
• 03/12/2013 - An update on the homeworks that are supposed to be submitted last week of March 4-8th was mentioned in Homework Assignments section. Please check the Homework Assignments section for more details.
• 03/18/2013 - Posted solutions for homeworks 7 and 8 in Homework Assignments section.
• 03/19/2013 - An update on the Research Project has been mentioned in the 'Research Project' section
• 03/20/2013 - New Reading Assignment created. Please go through the 'Reading Assingments' section for more details.
• 03/21/2013 - New Homework Assignments created. Please go through the 'Homework Assingments' section for more details.
• 03/26/2013 - Material covered for Midterm II and Sample Midterm II with solutions were posted under 'Handouts' section
• 03/27/2013 - Homeworks 9, 10, 11 and 12 were graded. Please check 'Grades' section.
• 03/27/2013 - Graded papers for homeworks 9, 10, 11 and 12 were kept in the lockers. Please collect them accordingly.
• 03/27/2013 - Important:I came to know that some of the students are unable to find the sample midterm II paper. The Sample Midterm II with solutions were posted under 'Handouts' section yesterday
• 03/29/2013 - Homeworks 13 and 14 were graded. Please check 'Grades' section.
• 03/29/2013 - Graded papers for homeworks 13 and 14 were kept in the lockers. Please collect them accordingly.
• 03/29/2013 - Solutions for homeworks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 were updated in the 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/01/2013 - Solutions for Midterm II was posted under 'Solutions' section in 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/01/2013 - There is no Homework due this week and for Monday April 8.
• 04/01/2013 - I(Prof. Gandhi) would like you to focus on your individual research topics, some of which were suggested a couple of weeks back so that you can submit your required 6-8 page report/s by the due date of April 15 (2 weeks from today).
• 04/01/2013 - ECE 5324 students wanting to receive extra credit may work of 2 topics instead of one research topic that is required.
• 04/01/2013 - I(Prof. Gandhi) will not assign any Group Projects this semester in order to focus more on the assigned research topics. However, a couple of sample reports* on the Group Projects done in previous years are posted here for your perusal. Those sample reports were posted under 'Research Project' section.
• 04/01/2013 - The class on Wednesday April 3 will be taught by Prof. Furse and would be held in Building MSBB room 2650 ( for Wednesday only).
• 04/01/2013 - No class on Friday April 5.
• 04/01/2013 - Reading Assignment created under 'Reading Assignments' section
• 04/01/2013 - Homework 15 was posted under 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/01/2013 - Important:Two reports, one on 'Dual Brand Patch Antennas' and other one on 'Tril Brand Patch Antennas' were updated under 'Research Projects' section
• 04/08/2013 - Materials for the topics Wave Propagation on Ground and via the Ionosphere, Traveling Wave Antennas to supplement the material, Dual Frequency PIFA Patch Antennas for Mobile Devices, Sample Problem on calculation of satellite antenna HPBW to cover an area of the earth, Sample Problem on calculation of satellite antenna HPBW to cover a larger area of the earth and Supplemental Material for Slot Antennas were uploaded in 'Handouts' section.
• 04/10/2013 - Homeworks 16 and 17 were posted under 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/14/2013 - Solutions for homework 15 were posted under 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/14/2013 - The Problems 9.3-17 and 9.6-15 in the Text ( 4 th. Edition) and similar to the Problems in Chapter 7 of the 3 rd. Edition of the previously used Text. The hints for these problems are attached in the 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/14/2013 - Homework 15 was graded. Solutions were posted under 'Homework Assignments' section. Please collect your papers in your corresponding lockers. Please refer 'Grades' section regarding this.
• 04/16/2013 - Reading assignments 8 and 9 are created under 'Reading Assignments' section.
• 04/16/2013 - Homeworks 18 and 19 are posted under 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/16/2013 - Modify Prob. 9.6-15 to read " The -3 dB points correspond to the East to West Coast distance of the U.S. i.e. 6000 Km rather than the edges of the Earth disk"
• 04/16/2013 - Hints for Probs. 9.3-17 and 9.6-15: Read the Example Problems 7.3-17 and 7.6-15 posted under 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/19/2013 - Homework 16 was graded. Please check 'Grades' section. Also please collect your homework papers graded, from your corresponding lockers.
• 04/19/2013 - Solutions for homework 16 was posted in 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/22/2013 - Homework 17 was graded. Please check 'Grades' section. Also please collect your homework papers graded, from your corresponding lockers.
• 04/22/2013 - Solutions for homework 17 was posted in 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/22/2013 - Material covered for the semester and sample final exam with solutions are posted under 'Handouts' section.
• 04/23/2013 - Homework 18 was graded. Please check 'Grades' section. Also please collect your homework papers graded, from your corresponding lockers.
• 04/23/2013 - Solutions for homework 18 was posted in 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/24/2013 - Homework 19 was graded. Please check 'Grades' section. Also please collect your homework papers graded, from your corresponding lockers.
• 04/24/2013 - Solutions for homework 19 was posted in 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 04/24/2013 - Since Homework 13 and 18 are the same the grade which was scored in Homework 13 is given to the Homework 18 too.
• 04/24/2013 - Important!!For the names mentioned here I couldn't find the lockers in the 'Locker room'. I will be in T.A office from 10.00 AM to 11.00 AM tomorrow. Please collect your papers from me in that time. Fred Clavell, Gregory, Giman Lee, Isaac Myers
• 04/29/2013 - Total scores for the homework assignments have been calculated and that score was then normalized to 50. Please refer 'Grades' section.
• 05/06/2013 - Solutions for Final Exam were posted under 'Homework Assignments' section.
• 05/06/2013 - The Max, Avg., and Min. scores for the Final Exam are as follows. ----------ECE 5324 Max. 101/110; Avg. 69.3/ 110 ( 63%); Min. 37-----------ECE 6324 Max. 97/110; Avg. 78.2/ 110 ( 71.1%); Min. 63-------------
• 05/06/2013 - Normalized Score to 50: Since each student has a chance of waiving one homework I waived away the least score in all the homework assignments. Then I normalized the total score to 50. Please let me know in case of any querries.
• 05/06/2013 - Its a great experience working with you all. Thanks a lot for all your support through out the entire semester. Good luck ahead to all of you with your future endeavors.

• 01/10/2013 - Website Created
• 01/10/2013 - Updated 'Syllabus' Section
• 01/10/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' Section
• 01/16/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 01/18/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' Section
• 01/23/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignment' section
• 01/23/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignment' section
• 01/29/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignment' section
• 01/27/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignment' section
• 02/02/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignment' section
• 02/04/2013 - Updated the 'Grades' section
• 02/04/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignment' section
• 02/04/2013 - Updatesd 'Handouts' section
• 02/08/2013 - Updated 'Grades'
• 02/08/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section
• 02/12/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 02/13/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section
• 02/13/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 02/13/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section
• 02/13/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section in which the material covered for Midterm1 exam is mentioned.
• 02/26/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section
• 02/26/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignment' section
• 02/26/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignment' section
• 02/26/2013 - Updated 'Handout' section
• 03/04/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 03/04/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignments' section
• 03/08/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section.
• 03/12/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 03/18/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section (Please refer Solutions section)
• 03/19/2013 - Updated 'Reserach Project' section
• 03/20/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignment' section
• 03/21/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 03/26/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section
• 03/27/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section
• 03/29/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 03/29/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section
• 04/01/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/01/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignment' section
• 04/01/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/01/2013 - Updated 'Reserach Project' section'
• 04/08/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section.
• 04/10/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/14/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Homework 15 solutions)
• 04/14/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section
• 04/14/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Hints on Probs 7.3-17 and 7.6-15)
• 04/16/2013 - Updated 'Reading Assignments' section
• 04/16/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section
• 04/16/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Hints for Probs. 9.3- 17 and 9.6-15)
• 04/19/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section.
• 04/19/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Homework 16 solutions)
• 04/22/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section.
• 04/22/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Homework 17 solutions)
• 04/22/2013 - Updated 'Handouts' section.
• 04/23/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section.
• 04/23/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Homework 18 solutions)
• 04/24/2013 - Updated 'Grades' section.
• 04/24/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Homework 19 solutions)
• 05/06/2013 - Updated 'Homework Assignments' section(Final Exam Solutions)