Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship Grant

Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Society Of Civil Engineers Inc
Last Updated: November 30, 2025

Summary

The Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship, established in 2022 by Robert P. Wadell, P.E., MSCE, F.ASCE, supports undergraduate students in civil engineering with a focus on transportation. Funded through the ASCE Foundation, the scholarship aims to aid up to two deserving students annually with tuition and fees. Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled in an ABET-accredited program and members of the ASCE. Preference is given to those in their final two years of study.

Overview

American Society of Civil Engineers The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 160,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest national civil engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment. Through the expertise of its active membership, ASCE is a leading provider of technical and professional conferences and continuing education, the world’s largest publisher of civil engineering content, and an authoritative source for codes and standards that protect the public. The Society advances civil engineering technical specialties through nine dynamic institutes and leads with its many professional- and public-focused programs. Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship Robert P. Wadell, P.E., MSCE, F.ASCE, donated the funds for this scholarship in 2022, with a donation to the ASCE Foundation. Robert P. Wadell, P.E., MSCE, F.ASCE, joined ASCE in 1968, as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, while earning his BSCE and MSCE degrees. He later served as president of the San Francisco Younger Member group, then known as the Associate Member Forum, and secretary of the San Francisco Section. In his twenties, he established Wadell Engineering Corporation, with a practice limited to airport planning, engineering and management completing over 500 domestic and international airport projects in almost 50 years. He established the Civil Engineering Scholarship to encourage students to further their civil engineering education with a focus on transportation engineering. It was instituted by the Board of Direction in December, 2022. The Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship may be presented annually to not more than two undergraduate civil engineering students, who will use the scholarship for tuition expenses and fees. The purpose of the scholarship is to further the education of worthy students in the transportation engineering discipline. Funds may be applied to tuition expenses and academic fees reasonably and logically associated with an undergraduate engineering program while continuing formal undergraduate education.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. At the time of application and award the individual must be a student enrolled in and who will continue as an undergraduate in an ABET-accredited or equivalent program in civil engineering with emphasis on transportation engineering.Applicants must be a member of the Society and in good standing at the time of application and award and must be U.S. citizens.Previous recipients are eligible to apply in any succeeding competition for these awards provided the other requirements of eligibility are satisfied. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.