I really disliked Pamarti. Probably the worst professor I've ever had. Every time I see a picture of him I start reaching for the toilet paper to wipe the shit off my monit- oh wait that's Pamarti.

He's just the biggest asshole of all time. Here's a conversation I had with him:

Me: So why didn't I get any points for this question? My setup equations are correct, but I put the R in the numerator instead of the denominator.
P (interrupting loudly): Yes, your setup is correct. I can give you three points (out of 40) for that. Your answer is wrong though.
Me: My answer would be right if I put R in the denominator. Even with my wrong setup, though, all my followup algebra is correct.
P: That's true, but your answer isn't right. You just don't understand the fundamentals. You shouldn't even have done the math, I don't know why you did. You need to go back and learn the basics.
Me (somewhat confused): I was just trying to show my thought process.
P (interrupting again): Yes, but your thought process is wrong. I won't give points for wrong work, even if it's correct work.
And I'm just like ?????????????????? Fuck this guy

Most useless and unintuitive professor I've had the displeasure of having. Easily one of the top 3 worst professor I had here. His only redeeming factor is that he posted the lectures notes online and posted the audio recording of the lecture. I have never hated a subject more after taking this class.

This class was a bit strange, since the exams were both open-note and open-book. However, the exams were fairly challenging, especially because lectures were focused on derivations and not applications of the knowledge, and the exams were focused on application. The median for the midterm was 64% and the median for the final was 59%. I believe the median translates to approximately a B in the class.

There is weekly homework, and each problem is graded for correctness. Sometimes, he would create his own problems and those were significantly more difficult than textbook problems.

The professor consistently went overtime each lecture by 5-10 minutes, which is not ideal when you have another class immediately after. Fortunately, notes are uploaded online.

A damn passionate man.

It's pretty difficult to encounter a professor who is very passionate about his field (well, they are probably passionate but they don't know how to convey it). Pamarti is definitely one of those who can really ignite that burning EE flame within you.

Lectures are what like other people said. Very effective, engaging, and easy to follow. He does go overboard in covering some very basic material but I liked it because sometimes, I forget the most basic things and covering it again just reminds me what happened. He didn't seem all that disappointed in going it over again. It's just that some of us were a bit shy in asking because he kind of implicitly give that "judging" vibe.

Homework and tests were rough. Very challenging, nothing like the lecture. It's like in class, you learn how to write simple sentences (e.g. "I love to eat apples." or "I love to eat apples because they are healthy.") and then come homework and tests, it becomes a gigantic research essay on the history of apples combined with a philosophical discussion of the meaning of apple and a lengthy footnote explanation of the health benefits of an apple. Indeed, I exaggerate but the homework and tests are difficult and challenge you to think intuitively.

Not sure how he curves/grades but I ended up with C+ and C on EE10 and EE110 respectively with Pamarti. I am definitely not the brightest bulb around the engineering school but I felt taking these two foundation EE classes with Pamarti was hella worth it. Take him if you can!!

The professor does his best to help students. HOWEVER, this is not an easy class. Maybe it's because I'm not an EE major and I did not take 115A, but I spent most of my time this quarter on this class and still ended up with a D+.

First off, Pamarati is nice, well-spoken, clear, and clearly takes his job seriously. I would be lying if I said he was a bad professor, as he does a great job instructing. With that out of the way, the tests were far harder than the homework, and graded harshly. I knew 3 other students in the class, and the best grade was a C, I know for a fact all of us were putting some serious work in, but it wasn't enough to do good on the tests. Midterm 1 had a mean of 33/50, midterm 2 had a mean of 30/50, and the final had a mean of 46/100. While there is a posted curve, it is set up to ensure everyone passes, you will have to perform well on the tests to get a decent grade.

ECE 10 is a very difficult class and you will need to spend a lot of time with the material to understand it. Prof Pamarti is a great lecturer and works hard to make students understand the material. He does not mind being interrupted in class and will take time out of the lecture to explain things if you do not understand any part. My biggest mistake with this class was not practicing enough before the midterms and not attending lectures toward the tail end of the class.

This class was ok. Pamarti is kind of boring but more or less clear. He says the tests are easier than the homework which I would disagree with- for context the first two midterms averaged around 60% and the final averaged around 50%. He doesn't really seem to curve, but he does have his own grading scheme (minimum passing grade is a 56%)

Great class. Professor is very organized. I ended up using the lecture notes instead of my own notes by the end of the class. The class is heavy on Matlab. There were 3 homeworks worth 40%, a Final Project worth 20% and Final Exam worth 40%. The homeworks and final project were difficult in my opinion and time consuming. But the final project was graded very leniently. The final exam was a take home exam and very difficult and long. Overall great class, I came out with a much better understanding of digital filters and signal processing in general.

In my opinion, Pamarti is by far the best lecturer in the ECE department. He explains the material in a super clear way that no other professor I had so far could explain. At the beginning of the quarter, he goes somewhat slow in order to ensure everyone is on the same page when it comes to knowing the prerequisite material before diving deeper into the circuit analysis parts. Throughout the lectures, he gave plenty of examples of how to solve different problems, so make sure to pay attention to them.

The homework for this class were somewhat challenging, but as long as you start them early, you will be fine. When it comes to studying for the tests, the best thing you can do to prepare is to study the homework problems as the test questions are slightly easier variations of the homework problems. When I took the class, the averages for the midterms and final were fairly high (around the low 80s), so the exams weren't too difficult.