Title :
Use of a spreadsheet program in electromagnetics
Author :
Yamani, Ahmad ; Kharab, Abdelwahab
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
fDate :
8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes how a spreadsheet program can assist electromagnetics education at the undergraduate level. Spreadsheet software has proven to be an important pedagogical tool for a variety of problems in electrical engineering education. Using the power of the 123 macros, a menu driven spreadsheet program is used to compute the solution of some electrostatic boundary value problems for an introductory-level electromagnetics course. With the on-screen numerical and visual feedback and the ease of entering data, students will be able to take a close look at the effects of varying the input data of the model problems
Keywords :
boundary-value problems; educational computing; educational courses; electrical engineering education; electromagnetism; spreadsheet programs; electrical engineering education; electrostatic boundary value problems; introductory-level electromagnetics course; macros; pedagogical tool; spreadsheet program; spreadsheet software; students; undergraduate electromagnetics education; Boundary value problems; Educational programs; Electric potential; Electromagnetics; Electrostatics; Feedback; Minerals; Petroleum; Poisson equations; Spreadsheet programs;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
