A graduate research assistant is involved in a company-sponsored research project while working on his thesis. For scientific reasons, he would like to expand data acquisition into another area--one that could also contribute to his thesis. The sponsor, however, is not interested in this research and would prefer to complete the project quickly.
The principal investigator (PI) is caught in the middle. While he agrees with the graduate student on the value of the additional data, he would like to remain on good terms with the company in the hope of receiving future funding.
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