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Robert L. Wiegel Scholarship for Coastal Studies

In 2002, the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA) established "The Robert L. Wiegel Scholarship for Coastal Studies", named for Bob Wiegel, Professor Emeritus of Coastal Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Annual awards of $1,000 have been made to students pursuing graduate marine studies at a California university or college. A CSBPA subcommittee reviews the scholarship applications and grants the award to the student who produces the most outstanding research effort related to coastal problems in the marine environment.

The funds that created the scholarship were donated from private individuals, corporate entities, and the conference earnings of the CSBPA. The Scholarship is now managed by the San Diego Foundation. As the endowment fund grows through future donations and earnings, larger annual awards are anticipated. Previous scholarship winners and their diverse study topics are listed below. As the endowment fund has grown, two recipients received $1,000 awards each year in 2007 and 2008. Donations to the Wiegel Scholarship Fund are greatly appreciated.

Call For Applicants

April 2007 Keynote Address to CSBPA

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

• 2009 ($1,000 via San Diego Foundation) Dmitri Jarocki, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo: "Ocean Wave Energy"
• 2008 (2 Awards @ $1,000 each) Heather D'Anna, San Diego State University: "Copper Contamination in National City Marina, San Diego", and Kate Dallas, UC Santa Cruz: "Linking Sediment Management Practices, Ebb-tidal Delta Evolution, and Shoreline Change in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System"
• 2007 (2 Awards @ $1,000 each via San Diego Foundation) Marissa L. Yates, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego: "Sand Level and Wave Variability on Southern California Beaches", and Nicole E. M. Kinsman, UC Santa Cruz: "California Shoreline Sand Retention: Existing Retention Structures and Future Potential"
• 2006 ($1,000 via San Diego Foundation) Brian Cheng, San Diego State University: "Invasion Resistance of Eelgrass Beds: Relative Effects of Predation, Habitat Configuration, Recruitment, and Disturbance"
• 2005 ($1,000 via CSBPA) Adam Young, Department of Structural Engineering, UC San Diego: "LIDAR Applications for Evaluating Coastal Bluff Morphology"
• 2004 ($1,000 via CSBPA) Carla D. Chenault, UC Santa Cruz: "History of Long-Term Beach Width Change, Oceanside Littoral Cell, California"
• 2003- No award
• 2002 ($1,000 via CSBPA) Elizabeth Watson, UC Berkeley: "Sea Level Rise in a Tidal Marsh Near San Jose, California"