Professors S. Ashok and B. Tittmann have been approved for spring semester 2009 sabbatical leaves. Professor Ashok will spend his sabbatical collaborating with faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Professor Tittmann will collaborate with faculty at the University of California, Irvine, University of Windsor, Canada and Penn State in the development of a multi-disciplinary research.