Each year, outstanding engineering students are selected to spend nine weeks in Washington, D.C., learning about the public policy process, including how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions.  The WISE Program is ranked as one of the best Internship opportunities in the U.S. by the Princeton Review.

New and Notable

WISE Announces 2010 Interns

The 2010 WISE Interns have been selected and will begin their summer program on Monday, 7 June 2010.

Apply for WISE 2011

The application period for the summer 2011 program will be open in early September. At that time. you will find application forms for all of the sponsoring societies here. The deadline for 2011 applications is 31 December 2010.

The End of Another Great Summer - WISE 2009
The Summer 2009 WISE program closed on August 5th when the WISE interns delivered their final presentations in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. To view their powerpoint presentations and read their final reports, please visit the Journal of Engineering & Public Policy.

The 2009 WISE Interns with Senator Ted Kaufman of Delaware,
a mechanical engineer and a great supporter of
science & technology issues in Congress.

WISE Video on IEEEtv
IEEEtv prepared a five minute video, featuring the 2008 participants of the WISE program. The video offers a program overview and feedback from Interns on the WISE experience.

Calling All WISE Alumni!

We need your input to help WISE develop proposals for new sponsors and funding sources.  Tell us how the WISE experience affected your career, what you learned from WISE and how you have used that knowledge and experience in your work, in your professional activities, and in your personal life.  Use the Alumni update report form or send your email directly to Chris Brantley.  Testimonials are especially welcome and will be posted at the WISE website to help attract and inspire future WISE applicants.

The WISE Alumni Bulletin Board can help you keep in touch with your colleagues from the WISE program. Let us know where you are in your career. Send your input to Chris Brantley, c.brantley@ieee.org.

WISE Alumni Hail from 147 Colleges and Universities

The more than 400 alumni of the WISE program come from a wide variety of colleges and universities -- from national engineering universities like M.I.T. and Stanford to smaller schools such as Cedarville College, Calvin College and the Tuskegee Institute.  The wide distribution of students reflects the diversity of the program, one of the things that makes WISE a unique experience.

WISE Webmaster: Chris Brantley, c.brantley@ieee.org

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