A team of distinguished professors, scientists and students led by Friend of PARI and Interim Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Dr. Bill Craft, visited PARI on Thursday and Friday May 15-16, 2008. They came to PARI to explore opportunities for collaboration. Joining Dr. Craft were: Dr. Keith Schimmel, Director of the Energy and Environmental Ph.D. Program; Dr. Yevgenii Rastigeyev, Assistant Professor of Physics/Energy & Environmental Studies; Dr. Yuh-Lang Lin Professor of Physics/Energy & Environmental Studies and Senior Scientist for NOAA ISET Center; Dr. Solomon Bililign, Professor of Physics/Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Anand Bhalerao, Dean of the College of Engineering at Bharati Vidyapeeth University in Pune, India; and Masters Student AJ Covell.