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Tuesday
Thursday
8/21
Opening Remarks, Review of Phasors and Wave Equation.
8/23
Review of Plane Waves.
8/28
Rigorous Geometrical Optics (GO),
Gaussian Curvature
8/30
Geometrical Optics: Ray Reflections
9/4
Geometrical Optics: Ray Tracing Techniques
9/6
GO wrap-up
9/11
Uniqueness Theorem
 9/13
Green's Theorem, Scalar Diffraction, and KHIT
9/18
Fresnel Evaluation of KHIT; Fresnel Integral Functions
9/20
Rectangular Apertures; Knife-Edge Diffraction (KED)

9/25
Applications of KED in radio;
Review of Contour Integration; Residue Calculus

9/27
Introduction to the Plane Wave Spectrum
10/2
Boundary Conditions for the Diffracting PEC Half-Plane

10/4
Sommerfeld Solution to the Diffracting Half-plane;
sample paper: 3D Sommerfeld solution.
Test 1 Assigned

10/9
Fall Recess 		10/11
Asymptotic Approximations to Sommerfeld's Solution; Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD)
Test 1 Collected

10/16
Catalog of Diffraction Coefficents; Joseph Keller's GTD paper

 10/18
Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD);
Kouyoumjian UTD paper
10/23
Characterization of Random Rough Surfaces; Stochastic Processes and Spatial Fourier Transforms
 10/25
First-Order Rough Surface Scattering
10/30
Second-Order Spatial Statistics; Rough Surface Scattering with Perturbation Analysis
11/1
Random Surface Scattering
11/6
Examples of Surface Scattering
11/8
Applications in Rough Surface Scattering
11/11
Wave Inferference: First-Order Statistics
11/15
Wave Interference: Second-Order Statistics
11/20
Wave Interference: Radio Applications
Test 2 Assigned
 11/22
Thanksgiving Break
11/27
Test 2 Collected

11/29
Student Oral Presentations:
Ryan Pirkl and Girish Jain

12/4
Student Oral Presentations:
Chris Edmonds and Usman Saed

12/6
Student Oral Presentations:
Kiruthika Devaraj and Lorne Liechty

12/11
collect Final Project

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