WISE 2000-Sponsorship of Two WISE Students Interns

abstractcts - 9909801 r。莫里斯/ SAE Fdn。WISE 2000的目标是支持每年增加两名工程专业学生参加1999-2001年华盛顿工程专业学生实习（WISE）项目。美国国家科学基金会的资助将用于帮助促进来自代表性不足的少数群体和目前代表性不足的工程学科的学生的参与，使该项目真正多学科和多样化。自1980年以来，WISE项目每年夏天将多达18名学生送到华盛顿特区，学习政府官员如何就复杂的技术问题做出决策，以及工程师如何为立法和监管公共政策决策做出贡献。在这十周的时间里，学生们与国会、政府、工业界和著名非政府组织的领导人进行了互动。与国会委员会、行政部门和公司政府事务办公室的会议是日常活动。此外，每位学生研究并完成一篇关于当前和热门工程相关的公共政策问题的论文。

ABSTRACTCTS-9909801R. Morris/SAE Fdn.The objectives of WISE 2000 is to support the participation of two additional engineering students each year in the 1999-2001 Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) programs. The NSF grant will be used to help facilitate the participation of students from underrepresented minority groups and currently underrepresented engineering disciplines to make the program truly multidisciplinary and diverse.Since 1980, the WISE program has brought up to 18 students each summer a total of 279 thus far-to Washington, DC to learn first-hand how government officials make decisions on complex technological isssues and how engineers contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions. Throughout the ten weeks, the students interacted with leaders in the Congress and the Administration, industry, and prominent non- governmental organizations. Meetings with Congressional committees, executive office departments, and corporate government affairs offices were daily activities. In addition, each student researched and completed a paper on a current and topical engineering-related public policy issue.