ENEL290-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Waves and Materials in Electrical Engineering

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

Waves in electrical engineering. Static electric and magnetic fields. Transmission lines: equivalent circuit, wave propagation, reflections and matching. Plane waves: time varying fields and Maxwell’s Equations. Electrical engineering materials: conductors, insulators and semiconductors.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:
  • LO1: Analyse static electric and magnetic fields for electrical engineering applications (WA1, WA2)

  • LO2: Apply mathematics to describe, analyse and interpret the propagation of electromagnetic plane waves in different media (WA1, WA2)

  • LO3: Identify how atomic structure relates to the electrical properties of materials, and how atomic structure can be tailored to suit different applications. (WA1, WA2)

  • LO4: Gather and evaluate experimental data, interpret outcomes, draw reasoned conclusions, and communicate outcomes using written reports. (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA9, WA10)

  • LO5: Design, build and test a sensor based on the material properties of electronic components in a team environment, and report results as a device datasheet (WA3, WA4, WA9, WA10)
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

Subject to Approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 E7 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 E7 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 E7 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Drop in Class A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
22 Sep - 5 Oct
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
21 Jul - 27 Jul
02 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
28 Jul - 3 Aug
03 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
4 Aug - 10 Aug
04 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
11 Aug - 17 Aug
05 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
18 Aug - 24 Aug
Lab B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
21 Jul - 27 Jul
02 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
28 Jul - 3 Aug
03 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
4 Aug - 10 Aug
04 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
11 Aug - 17 Aug
05 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
18 Aug - 24 Aug
Lab C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 High Voltage Lab 101
28 Jul - 3 Aug
02 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 High Voltage Lab 101
4 Aug - 10 Aug
03 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 High Voltage Lab 101
11 Aug - 17 Aug
04 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 High Voltage Lab 101
18 Aug - 24 Aug
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Rehua 102
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Richard Clare

Lecturer

Ciaran Moore

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test 15%
Homework 10%
Lab Assignments 6%
Lab Report (Individual) 9%
Assignment (Group) 10%
Final Exam 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,122.00

International fee $6,238.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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