SCIENTISTS:

• Scientists conducting important research have had the most success.
• Performing important research at prestigious institutions is a national interest winner
• Approved, in two weeks, the research doctor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University who was studying the pathogenesis of AIDS.
• Approved an electrical engineer with a Ph.D. in his field who was going to conduct studies on options for improving solar energy efficiency at a research institution with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
• Approved a scientist with a Ph.D. to perform research on hurricanes to predict their speed, power, and direction and who would develop instruments to assist in that goal.
• Approved a scientist with a Ph.D. to conduct research in satellite remote sensing technology, ecosystem dynamics simulation modeling, land-atmosphere interactions, and land surface climatological analysis which would be utilized by NASA.
• Approved a self-petitioning physicist with a Ph.D. to work as a telecommunications satellite engineer.
• Approved, in three weeks, a scientist with extensive experience in agricultural waste recycling.
• Approved an alien to work as a particle research scientist for a company engaged in the design and development of electrophoretic technology for a new flat panel display screen for the presentation of data and graphics.
• Approved a Biomedical Engineer.

BUSINESSPEOPLE:

• Approved a businessman who had rescued a phosphate fertilizer manufacturing plant from bankruptcy
• Approved the vice president of finance and business development of an international shipping company.
• Approved, in three weeks, the president and chief operating officer of a personal computer manufacturing company.
• Approved a businessman to work on the financial side of a company conducting research on the use of ozone to decontaminate blood and blood products, hoping it would inactivate lipid envelope viruses, which include HIV.
• Approved a waiver for the president of a company that sold tools and equipment to the U.S. horse industry.
• Approved a Decision Science and Engineering Systems Analyst who specialized in the identification and management of the risks associated with giving credit through credit cards.

ENGINEERS:

• Approved a Geological Environmental Engineer who specializes in environmental resources preservation
• Approved an Electrical Engineer who specializes in semiconductor physics research and development.
• Approved a Material Sciences Engineer who specializes in conductive composites.
• Approved an Environmental Engineer who specializes in the decontamination of hazardous materials.
• Approved a Material Science Engineer who specializes in aircraft coating systems.
• Approved a Transportation Engineer.

HEALTH-RELATED:

• Approved an internist where the area of intended employment had the lowest ratio of doctors to residents of any county in Mississippi.
• Approved an Endocrinologist.
• Approved a Medical researcher specializing in human genetics.
• Approved a Medical Informatics Researcher.

ARTISTS:

• Approved an acclaimed Bulgarian violinist.
• Approved an Austrian conductor.
• Approved a children's book illustrator from China.
• Approved a Chinese painter.

COMPUTERS:

• Approved software engineer who specializes in Software Optimization Technology and has a Ph.D. in computational mathematics.
• Approved a Computer Sciences Professor.
• Approved a Software Engineer specializing in Information Management Systems.

OTHER:

• Approved a self-petitioning attorney who was going to devote half of his time to representing indigent clients on a no-fee or low-fee basis.
• Approved a tennis player.