Applied Electromagnetics Using QuickField and MATLAB is intended as an introductory level textbook for teaching computer-based electricity, magnetism and multiphysics. The text is easily accessible to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and engineering. Many exercises and demonstrations may be implemented using QuickField and MATLAB in a traditional introductory level physics course. This second audience will benefit from the visualization of electric and magnetic field distributions and force calculations without a working knowledge of the finite element method or potential theory.

QuickField is a window-based, Finite Element Method (FEM) software package that supports Electrostatics, DC and AC conduction, Magnetostatics, AC and Transient Magnetics, Steady State and Transient Heat Transfer and Stress Analysis problem types. Models are created in a 'point-and-click' CAD environment, where material properties and boundary conditions are assigned. Automatic mesh generation and post processing are fast and user-friendly. Solutions to most problems in the textbook can be displayed in a matter of seconds after the model has been created.

The textbook is packaged with a companion CD with a student version of the software capable of solving all the problems in the text. Additional examples are included with the software. The student version of QuickField may also be downloaded from the Tera Analysis website at www.quickfield.com. The user's guide and demonstration videos are also available on the website.

Application-based examples in the text and on the website include the calculation of currents in biological tissue under electrical stimulation, superconducting magnetic shielding, magnetic levitation,...