Payman Zarkesh-Ha is a Professor in the ECE Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He teaches graduate and undergraduate VLSI, digital, and analog electronics. Prior to joining UNM, he worked for five years at LSI Logic Corporation, where he developed interconnect architecture design for the next ASIC generations. He has published over 60 refereed papers and holds 12 issued patents. His research interests are statistical modeling of nanoelectronic devices and systems, and design for manufacturability, low-power, and high performance VLSI designs.