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Golden West Section
Air & Waste Management Association

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GWS Scholarship Program

Each year, the Golden West Section Scholarship Committee selects one or more graduate or undergraduate students as recipients of the Golden West Section annual scholarship.  The selection is made on the basis of a detailed application including a statement of goals, academic transcripts, research and community accomplishments, and letters of recommendations.  In recent years, our Section has offered up to $3,500 in scholarship funding for selected finalists.  Candidates attend colleges and universities within the Golden West Section's geographic boundaries.  Each of the Golden West Section scholarship recipients also receives a 1-year Student Membership to the International Air and Waste Management Association.

The Golden West Section plans to provide one or more scholarship awards again during the 2011-2012 academic year for students attending colleges or universities in the Section's geographic area.  The deadline for submittal of applications will be January 31, 2012.

Many A&WMA Sections & Chapters also have scholarship programs in which students may be interested.  Details and deadlines vary.  Visit the individual A&WMA Sections/Chapters for more information.

2010-2011 Scholarship Recipients ↓ More
The Officers and Board of the Golden West Section awarded the Golden West Section 2010-2011 Scholarship Award to Ms. Diana Lin, a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student at Stanford University with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Caltech. Diana has professional experience as an air quality consultant and is now pursuing a Master's degree in Stanford's interdisciplinary environmental science program, including courses in environmental law, regulation, and policy. Diana's goal is to become research scientist who collaborates with regulators or public policy advocates and to teach at a college or university.
2009-2010 Scholarship Recipients ↓ More
The Officers and Board of the Golden West Section awarded three 2009-2010 Scholarship Awards to: Ms. Yu-Ting Huang, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management; Mr. Ethan Aumann, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Science at Stanford University; and Mr. Kyle Shimabuku, an M.S. candidate in Environmental Engineering at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo.  Ms. Huang's doctoral research at UC Berkeley focuses on water cycle modeling and its implications to water resource management and environmental protection.  Her interests include optimal combination of environmental conservation and economic development.  Mr. Aumann's doctoral research at Stanford involves the measurement and modeling of physiochemical properties of organic atmospheric aerosols.  He has interests in the effect of anthropogenic aerosols on the Earth's climate as well as sustainable energy systems.  Mr. Shimabuku begins his M.S. studies in Environmental Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Spring 2010.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from San Diego State University.  His interests include development of new technologies in wastewater treatment, such as improved water reclamation and production of biofuels.  He spent four months as a volunteer aid/relief engineer in the Southern Sudan, Africa.
2008-2009 Scholarship Recipients ↓ More
The Golden West Section 2008-2009 Scholarship Award was awarded to Ms. Emily Humphreys, a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student at Stanford. Ms. Humphreys received her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University's interdisciplinary Earth Systems program. The focus of Emily's work at Stanford is on energy and climate change mitigation.

GWS Scholarship Fund Donation

For many years the A&WMA-GWS has offered an annual scholarship to one or more students in the GWS Northern California region enrolled at an accredited university in undergraduate or graduate programs in atmospheric or environmental science and engineering; energy; environmental policy; or waste management.  We have established the A&WMA-GWS Scholarship Fund, separate from the rest of the A&WMA-GWS operating budget.  Your donation is tax deductible.

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