Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Research Associate in Michigan in the Field of Mechanical Engineering
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Position at the Time of Case Filing: Research Associate
Country of Origin: Iran
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Michigan
Approval Notice Date: September 16th, 2014
Processing Time: 4 Months, 2 Days
Here we took on the case of a research associate in mechanical engineering from Iran. It was our goal to show that his continued employment in the field would serve the national interest of the United States to a significantly greater degree than the employment of others with similar education and experience, and would be of benefit to those in his field and to the citizens of the United States in general. He had published 3 peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 conference papers; his body of work is relevant to the subtopics of thermo-fluid engineering and microfluidics, focusing specifically on elucidating new tracing methods for inferring velocity in micro- and nano-scale devices. His work had received 105 citations at the time we filed, the majority of which came from independent researchers around the world. An independent recommender substantiated the importance of his work: “[Client’s] report is the first to ever detail how nanocrystal quantum dots (i.e., nanocrystal QDs) can be used to measure the velocity in fluid flows…[Client’s] report demonstrated that nanocrystal quantum dots are quite useful for velocimetry very close to surfaces. Since the emission wavelength of quantum dots depends directly on their size, they can be tuned across an unprecedentedly broad range of wavelengths. Importantly, QDs can be readily functionalized for chemical flexibility, which allows scientists to solubilize them in polar and non-polar solutions alike, including water. This technique is considerably better than conventional strategies, which do not allow scientists to accurately measure flow velocity at the area near the surface.” With the extensive documentation we submitted, we successfully argued that our client qualified for a National Interest Waiver and his petition was approved in four months and two days.