Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE)

WISE 2002的目标是支持每年15名工程专业学生参加2002-2004年华盛顿工程专业(WISE)项目的实习。自1980年以来，WISE计划每年夏天都会为18名学生带来多达324名学生，让他们来到华盛顿特区，亲身了解政府官员如何在复杂的技术问题上做出决策，以及工程师如何为立法和监管公共政策决策做出贡献。在整个十周里，学生们与国会和政府、行业和著名的非政府组织的领导人进行了互动。与国会委员会、行政办公室部门和企业政府事务办公室的会议是日常活动。此外，每个学生都研究并完成了一篇关于当前与工程相关的公共政策问题的论文。

The objective of WISE 2002 is to support the participation of fifteen engineering students each year in the 2002 - 2004 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 324 thusfar to Washington, DC to learn first-hand how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues 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.