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LA SPE Scholarship Information
Application Submission Deadline is April 6, 2012
Decision will be at board meeting on May 8, 2012
The purpose of LASPE’s scholarship program is to encourage students to pursue science and engineering curriculums and to increase their awareness of career opportunities in the petroleum industry. The LASPE awards scholarships to local university graduate, undergraduate students and local high school students.
Scholarship criteria and application forms may be downloaded from this web page.
For more information, please contact:
Jack Smith
SPE Scholarship Chairperson pro tem
c/o California State Lands Commission.
200 Oceangate, 12th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4331
(562) 256-1526
E-mail: Jack.Smith@slc.ca.govThe scholarships that are available are:
Mei Chang Memorial Scholarship: $500 awards are available for local high school graduates entering college in the fall of their graduating year. This scholarship is a tribute to Ms. Mei Chang, a Sr. Research Scientist with Chevron. She is remembered for her steady contributions to LASPE and for tutoring science and math high school students. The awards are available to children, grandchildren and siblings of LASPE members. The 2011 award winners were Erica Withjack and Kyle Walker.
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Application in PDFUndergraduate Scholarships: $500 scholarships are available for regional undergraduate college students pursuing petroleum engineering or geology, chemical, civil, mechanical, environmental or related engineering curriculums. The 2011 award winners were Matthew Perry and George Romero.
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Application in PDFGraduate Scholarships: $1,000 scholarships are available for college graduate students pursuing studies or conducting research in energy and petroleum related subjects in the southern California regional area. The 2011 award winners were Shahram Nia, Hamid Jahangiri, Mohammad Javaheri, Kingsley Madiebo, Sanaz Norouzi, Robert Saldana, Hasan Shojaei, Tayeb Tafti, Mohammad Yadecuri, and Asal Zeynal.
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Application in PDFBruce Davis Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 plus awards are available for USC students pursuing graduate studies in petroleum related fields, chemical engineering and chemistry. Dr. Davis, a 26-year employee of Chevron, considered himself an experimental chemist and wished to encourage students with science backgrounds to pursue a future career in the Petroleum Industry. The 2011 award winner was Parham Ghods.
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Application in PDFRobert & Elly Visser Scholarship: Robert C. Visser is a private consultant in Torrance, California with over forty years experience in offshore oil and gas field development. The Vissers are sponsoring a LASPE Graduate student scholarship to help an academically deserving student in the pursuit of an advanced degree and future career as an engineer in the offshore petroleum industry. To this end they have generously sponsored a $1,000 award available each year to a southern California university student who is pursuing engineering graduate studies with an emphasis in offshore development, structures or systems. The 2011 award winner was Siamak Koloushani.
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Application in PDFThe main funding vehicle for the LASPE Scholarship Program is the annual LASPE Charity Golf Tournament. The Davis family generously donates funds in support of the Bruce Davis Memorial scholarship. Additional funds come from other sources and SPE International supports the scholarship program through annual rebates to the Section for a portion of the awards.
In addition to the above, the SPE Foundation annually awards the Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship, a four-year, $6,000 annual grant to the outstanding college freshman pursuing an undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering. The application for this scholarship can be found on the SPE website.