Modern advances in the fields of antennas, propagation, microwaves, millimeter waves, remote sensing, photonics, and many other related sciences have driven the need for highly qualified theorists and practitioners in electromagnetic (EM) engineering. Rapid scientific progress, combined with ever-shifting technological priorities, has created an urgent need to train new generations of EM engineers capable of meeting future challenges head on through a comprehensive understanding of EM. But how do we define this competence in 2020 and beyond, more than 150 years after James Clerk Maxwell published his famous equations? How do we build the crucial competencies in next-generation trainees to drive further innovation? This special issue of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine takes a close look at how educators can approach these questions from a variety of complementary and useful perspectives.

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从工程电磁学到电磁工程学：下一代的教学/培训[访客社论]

天线，传播，微波，毫米波，遥感，光子学和许多其他相关科学领域的现代进步推动了对电磁（EM）工程领域高素质的理论家和实践者的需求。科学的飞速发展，再加上不断变化的技术重点，迫切需要培训新一代的EM工程师，他们需要通过对EM的全面理解来应对未来的挑战。但是我们如何定义2020年及以后的能力，在James Clerk Maxwell发表他的著名方程式150多年后？我们如何在下一代学员中培养关键能力，以推动进一步的创新？本期《 IEEE天线和传播杂志》特刊仔细研究了教育工作者如何从各种互补和有用的角度来解决这些问题。