| 1. | Course Title | Electromagnetic Fields in the Environment and Their Measurement | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ06003 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 14-ESOR | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Blagoja Markovski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Identification and safe use of devices and systems that are sources of electromagnetic field. Introduction and application of protocols for measuring and protection from non-ionizing electromagnetic fields in the living and working environment. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Basic concepts in electromagnetics. Electromagnetic spectrum. Proven mechanisms of interaction of electromagnetic fields with biological systems. Influences on electronic systems. National and international regulations, reference values for the safe human exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic fields. Measuring equipment (constructive characteristics and special requirements from the equipment). Identifying sources and protocols for measuring non-ionizing electromagnetic fields in the living and working environment. Field measurements of electromagnetic fields and writing a report. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures with presentations; interactive lectures; teamwork and independent work; case study; independent preparation and defense of a project assignment through a seminar work, expert report or research paper; |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Completion of project assignment. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | Presentation of project assignment. | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Andrew W. Wood (Editor), Ken Karipidis (Editor) | Non-ionizing Radiation Protection: Summary of Research and Policy Options | Wiley, N.Y. | 2017 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | European Union | Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) | Official Journal of the European Union L 179/1 | 2013 | |||||||||
| 2. | ICNIRP | ICNIRP guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric and magnetic fields (1 Hz – 100 kHz) | HEALTH PHYSICS 99(6):818‐836 | 2010 | |||||||||
| 3. | ICNIRP | ICNIRP guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz) | HEALTH PHYS 118(5): 483–524 | 2020 | |||||||||
