Undergraduates gain public policy experience through internships in the nation's capital.
WHAT DO THE offices of several leading senators, the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, the White House Office of Management and Budget, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Bank have in common? (1) All influence what engineers work on, how they do it, and even how much they are paid. (2) All typically are run by lawyers or those with M.B.A.'s who don't always understand how engineers work or think. (3) And all sing the praises of the talented engineering students that MIT and the University of Virginia (UVa) are sending them each summer, free of …