Industrial Engineering
Benefits to Employers

  • Evaluate potential employees under actual working conditions.
  • Completion of a project or task that might not otherwise be accomplished because regular staff do not have time.
  • Cost effective strategy to meet immediate and long-term staffing needs.
  • Employ a talented student with a higher skill and energy level than someone hired on a temporary basis.
Benefits to Students

  • Acquire professional work experience.
  • Learn new skills, explore career interests, and meet new intellectual challenges.
  • Great professional networking opportunity.
  • Gain practical experience and increase marketability to future employers.
  • Foster increased initiative, responsibility, and self-directedness.

"Educating Leaders for a Changing World."

Welcome to the University of Washington Industrial & Systems Engineering internship website. Industrial & Systems Engineering prepares students for careers in an increasingly diverse, dynamic, and technological world. Graduate exit interviews revealed that 75-90% of IE students work part-time jobs to support their education. The ISE internship program was launched with the belief that it would be more valuable if students worked in positions that helped expand their understanding of industrial and systems engineering.

An internship is a career-related work experience that integrates classroom theory with "real world" practical experience. The ISE Internship Program matches companies and community organizations with talented ISE students.


Students Seeking Internships

Once you have created an online account, you will be able to review and apply for posted internships.

Employers Seeking Interns

Once you have created an online account, you will be able to post your internship. When the internship is completed we simply ask for an online evaluation of the process.


The IE internship project was initiated and is sponsored by the IE Visiting Committee whose members include:
Mr. Jeff Alberts, The Boeing Company
Mr. Brad Bjorklund, United Parcel Service
Mr. Scott Cherry, Cingular Wireless
Mr. Dale Daniels, Tektronix
Ms. Shelley Fukui Kolar, Nordstrom, Inc.
Mr. Richard Hansen, Dept. of Homeland Security
Dr. Joe Heim, Genie Industries
Mr. Mohammad Kaddoura, Starbucks
Mr. Jeff Kimbell, Microsoft
Dr. Wolf Kohn, Clearsight Systems, Inc.
Dr. Brian Kuttner, Computer Tool & Die
Ms.Trisha Larson, Mercer Island High School
Ms. Kristen Lenci, Point B Solutions Group

For more information about the IE internship program, please contact the IE department advisor at (206) 543-5041 or by email at ieadvise@u.washington.edu