Numerical Approaches to Teaching Electromagnetics: Lessons from Structural Engineerig

Summary from only given, as follows. The use of numerical techniques in teaching engineering electromagnetic appears to be in a state of intense debate. While electromagnetic continues to the taught the way it was a generation back, efforts at modernizing the curriculum using the computer methods now used routinely in industry, are still controversial because of the crowded nature of the curriculum. However, civil engineers in the teaching of structures have already gone through similar soul-searching. The mix between explicit approaches and numerical approaches has now reached a pint of stability, and numerical techniques are routinely used in undergraduate education. The purpose of this article is to survey the developments in the teaching of structural engineering and draw from it the relevant lessons to the teaching of electromagnetic.