2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
WISE Internship: An Opportunity to Apply Engineering to Policy in D.C.
The Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program is a collaboration of several professional engineering societies who select students for a summer internship in Washington D.C. The interns research and write a public policy paper on a topical engineering-related issue and present them on Capitol Hill. The interns have remarked on the invaluable experience of learning how to develop a public policy paper, lobby for legislation, and develop a network of contacts that often lead to future endeavors.
Dr. Martin Abraham, Past Chair of the PAIC and a WISE Mentor, will introduce Aicha Sama, Brown University, Courtney Cochran, Mississippi State Univ., and Evan Erickson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, who were the 2023 AIChE WISE Summer interns. The Interns will discuss their experiences as a WISE intern and present a short synopsis of their papers.