From ER to E.T.: How Electromagnetic Technologies Are Changing Our Lives

This book sweeps the broad field of applied electromagnetics and describes how electromagnetic technologies affect our daily lives.

From ER to ET: How Electromagnetic Technologies Are Changing Our Lives explores electromagnetics including its founders, scientific underpinnings, ethical issues, and myriad applications. Utilizing a format of math–free short essays, this book explains in an engaging style how electromagnetic technologies are changing the world we live in and the future they may create for us.  Notes at the end of each essay provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the material.This book is a valuable resource for RF/microwave engineers of varying levels of experience, and for instructors of courses in electromagnetics to motivate their students and add variety to their assignments.  In addition, this book:

Presents topics that investigate many aspects of electromagnetic technology throughout history Explores societal and global issues that relate to the field of electrical engineering (emphasized in current ABET accreditation criteria) Includes light–hearted quizzes (with answers) relevant to every chapter, which add additional zest to the technical material

Rajeev Bansal, PhD, is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He is a member of IEEE and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy. His editing credits include Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics and  Engineering Electromagnetics: Applications. Dr. Bansal contributes regular columns to IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine and IEEE Microwave Magazine.