ECE 6320: Applied Magnetism

Professor El-Ghazaly created an applied magnetism course in Fall 2019 and teaches it to graduate students (and a few brave senior undergraduates) in alternating years. The course delves deep into the many fundamental topics of magnetism and spintronics. Some topics covered in the course include:

  • Sources of Magnetism
  • Types of Magnets:
    • Ferro-, Ferri-, and Antiferromagnets
    • Permanent Magnets
  • Magnetic Anisotropy Energies
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetoresistance
  • Spin Hall Effects
  • Spin Torques
  • Spin Caloritronics
  • Magneto-Optics

Additionally, over the course of the semester, students design and build projects of their choice to demonstrate magnetic principles and applications at the macro-scale. Below are some student project examples from over the years.

 

Electro-Permanent Magnetic Robot
Students: Katherine Wilson and Jashan Singhal
Electro-permanent magnet structure and demonstration

 

Eddy Current Roller Coaster Breaks
Students: Yulan Chen
Eddy current roller coaster brakes. Parts and demonstration.

 

Planar Magnetic Speaker
Students: Parker Miller
Planar magnetic speaker construction

 

Magnetic Hard Disk Drive
Students: Raleigh Clemens
Homemade large-scale magnetic hard disk drive

 

Barbell Velocity Tracker
Students: Paul Beck
Operating mechanism of magnetic velocity tracker

 

Sensor-Assisted Fluxgate Enclosure (S.A.F.E.)
Students: Vinay Bhamidipati
Top view of constructed safe and circuit design