Each year, outstanding engineering students are selected to spend nine weeks in a special summer program in Washington, D.C. to learn 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 Video on IEEEtv
This five minute video prepared by IEEEtv features the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering, offering a program overview and feedback from Interns on the WISE experience.

2009 WISE Interns

Summer 2009 Program Underway
WISE welcomes the 2009 WISE Interns, whose nine week summer program began on June 8.  [Pictoral Highlights]

WISE Welcomes Faculty Advisor for Summer 2009 Program
The WISE program welcomes Dr. Daniel Deckler of the University of Akron as the Faculty-Member-in-Residence for the Summer 2009 Program.

2008 WISE Journal of Engineering & Public Policy
The final papers/presentations by the 2008 WISE Interns are available in the 2008 WISE Journal of Engineering and Public Policy.

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.

WISE Alumni Hail from 143 Colleges and Universities -- The 398 alumni of the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering 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 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.

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 Webmaster: Chris Brantley, c.brantley@ieee.org
(Last Update:  06/24/09)