When Vijayakumar Bhagavatula gave the opening remarks at the recent Milestone Moments talk, the interim dean of the College of Engineering seemed to genuinely wonder what the secret was to Maysam Chamanzar’s success.
In addition to touting the vitally important neuroscience breakthroughs the professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) has made in the development of next-generation brain-computer interfaces, Bhagavatula also marveled at the unusually high faculty course evaluations scores he received teaching Electromagnetics, one of the program’s toughest courses.
Chamanzar’s scores were not just high, they were a perfect 5.0 out of 5.0, noted Larry Pileggi, department head and professor of electrical and computer engineering, when he introduced Chamanzar.
“He is an incredible lecturer, and his research work is inspiring,” said Pileggi.
Chamanzar then revealed what may well be the secret to his success: the accomplished engineer is a philosopher at heart.
