Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship
Congratulations to our 2011 Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship Recipient!
Sharjeel Aziz
California Institute of Technology
The Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship is supported by the Archie Fund of the SPE Foundation. Each year the SPE Foundation, working with the SPE Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship Committee, awards the Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship to the most outstanding student preparing to attend university for the first time. The curriculum must lead to an undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering.
The Archie Fund endows each scholarship at $6,000 per year. The program provides support of an individual student through up to four years of university study, provided the recipient makes satisfactory academic progress and conforms to the regulations of the program. Students rotate off the program after four years of scholarship support..
Scholarship Application Deadline
Applications must be submitted by 30 April annually.
Because US law prohibits provision of certain services to individuals residing in embargoed countries, not all applicants may be eligible to participate in the Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship program. Please go to www.spe.org/about/uslaws.php for more information.
Qualifications for Submitting Scholarship Applications
Requirements for submitting SPE Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship applications:
- You must submit the statement indicating your intent to enroll in petroleum engineering in a recognized university program according to your country or region.
- Your principal, advisor or counselor must submit an appraisal of you.
- You must submit scores/marks from one of the following:
- High School/Secondary School exit examination marks
- University Entrance exam
Gus Archie, a pioneer in the area of formation evaluation, developed the fundamental quantitative relationships among porosity, electrical resistivity, and hydrocarbon saturation of rocks that laid the foundation for modern log interpretation. His study, titled “The Electrical Resistivity Log as an Aid in Determining Some Reservoir Characteristics” (Transactions of AIME, 1942), is a milestone in petroleum technology. Archie is credited with coining the term “petrophysics,” and his fundamental formula is known throughout the industry as the “Archie Formula.”
A native of Wisconsin, Archie earned an MS degree in mining engineering from the U. of Wisconsin in 1933 after receiving BS degrees in mining and electrical engineering. He joined Shell Oil Co. the following year as a production department trainee in the mid-continent area of the United States. After numerous field assignments, Archie was promoted to chief logging engineer with the Technical Services Division in 1951 and to assistant manager of Production Technical Services in 1956.
He became manager of the Exploitation Engineering Department of Shell Development Co.’s E&P Research Division in 1958. He was named assistant to the vice president of that division in June 1966 and held that position until his retirement on Nov. 1, 1967.
Archie received SPE’s Lester C. Uren Award in 1964 and AIME’s Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 1978 in recognition of his pioneering achievements. His death saddened the hearts of many who knew him as a friend and teacher, as well as an exceptional engineer.
