2022 Summer Internship Program
The Institute for Software-Integrated Systems' Summer Internship Program offers paid summer internship opportunities to current undergraduate and graduate students from both Vanderbilt and other universities. The Institute interns participate in a variety of projects that offer students challenging and engaging experiences. The internship duration is 10 weeks starting on either May 16 - July 22, 2022 or June 6 - August 12, 2022. While the structure of each project is different, the internships provide:
- Opportunities to gain real world experience in applied research in advanced technical fields
- Experience with electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science research
- Chances to work with premier universities, research labs, and industry partners
- Competitive stipends
ABOUT ISIS
The Institute is a professional research organization at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, located just off campus on Nashville's Music Row. Our work focuses on sytems, with deeply integrated software, that are networked, embedded and cyber-physical. We conduct cutting-edge, world-class research on real-world problems in the following areas:
- Model-Integrated Computing
- Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Model-Based Design of Cyber-Physical Systems
- Systems Security and Privacy
ELIGIBILITY
- Be an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited institution
- Have completed at least one year of college at the time of application
- Have an undergraduate cumulative minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale
- Be 18 years or older prior to the start of the internship
- Must physically reside in the U.S. for the duration of the program
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Applicants review VU-ISIS research areas and exemplar project descriptions as listed on the project descriptions page and indicate preferences in their application
- PIs review applications and offers are extended
- Applicants accept or decline the offer
- Selected applicants work with the VU-ISIS administrative team to complete the intake webform and other onboarding tasks
IMPORTANT DATES
The 2022 dates are listed below to give you a general idea of the timeline:
Applications Open: January 12th, 2022
Open House: February 9th, 2022 3-5 p.m. (virtual) CST
Application deadline: February 28th, 2022
Latest notification of acceptance decisions: March 25th, 2022
Student decision deadline: April 1st, 2022
Intake forms due: April 8th, 2022
Program Dates: Typically 10 weeks beginning in late May to early June
Please contact isis.internships@vanderbilt.edu for questions regarding the application and application deadline for the 2022 program.
PROJECT EXEMPLARS
In 2020 & 2021, VU-ISIS enrolled interns in some of the following projects:
2020
- CPS Network Simulation with Variable Fidelity
- Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization
- Cybersecurity AI, and Autonomous Systems Research
- Data Science for Micro-Mobility
- Innovative Illustrations of Climate Change in the Classroom
- Neural Network and Machine Learning Verification
- Tools for Assured Autonomy
- Traffic Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
2021