Dr. Valeriy Sukharev, who is the Technical Lead in the Calibre group of Mentor Graphics, visited MSLAB and EE department of UCR. Dr. Sukharev gave a department colloquium talk titled Beyond Blacks Equation: Full-Chip EM/SM Assessment in 3D IC Stack.  Dr. Sukharev is industry expert on th'e chip long-term reliability issues such as electro-migration and stress-migration.  He come to visit MSLAB is also part of the joint NSF/SRC project at UCR.