Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Page 12.1232.7 Computational Physics 51 Mathematical Statistics 47g. Particular characteristics of AU’s physics programIn addition to peculiarities of the university as a whole, the physics program at AU is structuredin a unique way. AU’s physics program is integrated within a single department along with twoother disciplines in the department of Computer Science, Audio Technology, and Physics (CAP).This structure was considered in devising the new curriculum as an opportunity to combine thestrengths of these different but related disciplines.One way of utilizing this opportunity is in offering courses that would be of benefit to thephysics program as well as to computer science

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

)Equations (28), (31), and (32) define the discrete electromagnetic system. This is not onlythe simplest discretization but also has some very nice properties. All the integralrelations and other theorems that are true of the continuum electric and magnetic fieldsare exactly true of this discretization, and can be proved using simple algebra. Forexample, adding up Equation (28) over a set of cells comprising a region of space givesthe integral form of the continuity equation, relating the sum of the charges in a region tothe sum of the discrete currents at its surface.The discrete electrodynamic system described above can be easily simulated on acomputer. The computation of electromagnetic fields is needed for an abundance ofeveryday applications