Science, Technology & Public Policy

The Science, Technology & Public Policy Program examines the role of the government in issues related to scientific discoveries and technological advances. PC Scholars receive a firsthand look at the political responses to scientific advances, environmental quality, space exploration, disease control and changing technology. Students also study hot topics in the biotechnology community. The Junior Engineering Technical Society and the Engineering Foundation assisted in the development of this program.

Program Highlights

• National Security Agency on-site seminar and small group meetings with agency officials
• Seminar on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Seminar with a NASA astronaut
• On-site seminars/visits to facilities such as the Navy Medical Research Center, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center or the U.S. Army Night Vision facility
• National Academy of Sciences seminar
• National Science Foundation seminar
• Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Visits
• Capitol Hill Visits
• Meeting with an inventor and venture capitalist
• "Careers in Engineering" panel