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Masters Program. Petitioner did not complete the requirements
for a Master of Science degree until December 19, 1987. He then
passed the examination given by the University that qualified him
for advancement to the Doctoral Program as a candidate for a
Ph.D. Petitioner was admitted to the Doctoral Program as a
candidate for a Ph.D. in physics in the spring of 1988.3
During 1992, petitioner's director for his Ph.D.
dissertation was Professor K. C. Hsieh of the Physics Department.
At some point in time, not specified in the record,
Professor Lyle Broadfoot of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at
the University submitted a proposed contract to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to obtain a research
grant. Professor Broadfoot received a grant from NASA which
outlined research that was to be performed to assist NASA in
accomplishing various space missions.
In 1992, Professor Broadfoot had approximately six Ph.D.
candidates working for him pursuant to the NASA grant. Each of
the Ph.D. candidates was assigned a piece of the puzzle that
constituted the research required under the NASA grant.
Petitioner was one of those who was employed to perform research
under the NASA grant. Professor Broadfoot assigned petitioner
his piece of the puzzle to research. Professor Broadfoot
3 Petitioner has not obtained a Ph.D. and, in fact, left
the Doctoral Program in the summer of 1995 to take full-time
employment.
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