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Researchcoastengineer00wiegrich.Pdf Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California University History Series Robert L. Wiegel COASTAL ENGINEERING: RESEARCH, CONSULTING, AND TEACHING, 1946-1997 With Introductions by Rodney J. Sobey and Orville Magoon An Interview Conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1997 Underwritten by The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Copyright 1997 by the Regents' of the University of California Since 1954 the Regional Oral History Office has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the Nation. Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well- informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is indexed, bound with photographs and illustrative materials, and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ************************************ All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Robert L. Wiegel dated January 8, 1997. The manuscript is thereby made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. The legal agreement with Robert L. Wiegel requires that he be notified of the request and allowed thirty days in which to respond. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Robert L. Wiegel, "Coastal Engineering: Research, Consulting, and Teaching, 1946- 1997," an oral history conducted in 1997 by Eleanor Swent, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1997. Copy no. Robert L. Wiegel, 1976. Cataloguing information Wiegel, Robert L. (b. 1922) Civil engineer Coastal Engineering: Research, Consulting, and Teaching, 1946-1997, 1997, ix, 327 pp. Oakland childhood, UC Berkeley, 1940-1943; ROTC experience, Army Ordnance officer, England, France; graduate studies in coastal and ocean engineering at UCB: wave and beach research, tsunamis, risk analysis, turbulent motion; thoughts on synergy of sharing ideas, value of publication, advising and mentoring graduate students; UC Berkeley College of Engineering teaching and governance, 1957-1987: acting dean, 1972-1973, work with State Coordinating Council for Higher Education, State Technical Services Program from 1965 to 1968, and technology transfer; consulting and public service: Namibian diamond project, Hilo tsunami protection, Alaska beach nourishment, Nile Delta, Papua New Guinea port construction, Sines (Portugal) breakwater, Strait of Hormuz, Mica Dam, oil platforms in North Sea and Gulf of Mexico, pipelines in Patagonia and Alaska, Manfredonia (Italy) breakwater; contribution to California Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources, Office of Naval Research Natural Hazards Review Board, Coastal Engineering Research Board. Introductions by Rodney J. Sobey, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley; Orville Magoon, Vice Chairman, Coastal Engineering Research Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and President, Coastal Zone Foundation. Interviewed 1997 by Eleanor Swent for University History series. The Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. TABLE OF CONTENTSRobert Wiegel PREFACE i INTRODUCTION by Rodney J. Sobey iii INTRODUCTION by Orville Magoon iv INTERVIEW HISTORY vi BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ix I EARLY YEARS, 1922 TO 1940 1 The Wiegel Family 1 The Decker/Carothers Family, in California Since 1868 2 Father, Stanford 1906, and the Ocean Shore Railroad 4 Good Schools in Oakland 8 A Summer in Hawaii, 1930 11 II ENGINEERING STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FROM 1940 17 Before World War II 17 ROTC and Accelerated Studies in Wartime 20 Mechanical Engineering Professors Boelter, O'Brien, Folsom 23 Senior Laboratory: Terribly Difficult in One Semester 24 III ARMY ORDNANCE OFFICER IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE 27 Motor Vehicle Repair and Leadership Training 27 Ordnance Service near Cheltenham and in Paris 28 IV RETURN TO CAL, 1946: RESEARCH IN COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING 33 Full-time Research Employee 33 The Bikini Test: Would Operation Crossroads Cause a Tsunami? 34 Wave and Beach Research for the Bureau of Ships 42 Security Clearance 43 Beach Traf f icability, Liquefaction, Surf Forecasting 44 Harry Seed and Others: The Synergy of Sharing Ideas at the University 45 College Avenue Pool a Hydraulic Model Basin 48 Field Work and Theory; Engineering and Science 49 Improving Risk Analysis and Probabilistic Models 50 Project Engineer for Wave Research with the Marine Corps 52 Operation MIKI /Manual of Amphibious Oceanography 54 Pioneering Research on Seakeeping Capability of Ships 54 Curtis Crooke, Later of Global Marine 55 Development of The Morison Equation 55 Rapid Deployment Concepts for the Navy 56 Calculating Behavior of Moored Ships: Six Degrees of Freedom 59 Project Engineer to Study Drag and Inertia in the Ocean for Signal Oil and Gas 60 The Value of Publication in Journals to Disseminate Knowledge 62 Research on Portable Breakwaters Leads to Studies of Mixing Processes 64 Observations on Peak Load Anticipate Science by Thirty-Five Years 65 Analyzing Turbulent Motion; "We Don't Understand the Simplest Things" 65 The Caldwell Equation 69 TEACHING AT CAL, 1957 TO 1987 75 Irrigation 117 at the University of California at Davis 75 The Benefits and Effects of Consulting to Test Professional Engineering Ability 76 Consulting on a Breakwater Project at Subic Bay in the 1950s 77 Advising Bechtel and GE on a Power Plant in India 79 Professors Wiegel and Johnson Did Not Neglect Their Classes for Consulting Work 81 Committees for Engineering Education; Saving the Program at Irvine 82 The Importance of Faculty Socializing 84 Changing Academic Schedules from Semester to Quarter System 86 Teaching in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at Berkeley 87 The Pelton Wheel: Materials Change, but Principles Do Not 88 Full Professor of Civil Engineering, 1963 90 Environmental Engineering: Quantitative Treatment, Costs, and Tradeoffs 90 The Junior Course in Fluid Mechanics: Small Lecture Sections 92 Laboratory Sessions Were Also Essential 93 Outstanding Students Condit, Beebe, Prins, et al. 95 The Master of Engineering Degree with a Non-Scientific Minor 96 The Alumni Network of Worldwide Importance for International Understanding 97 Teaching Coastal Engineering at the National University of Mexico 98 The Successful Work-Study Program 101 Grade Inflation Did Not Mean Lower Quality Students 103 Berkeley's Successful Extension Program for Continuing Education 104 The First-Ever Short Course in Earthquake Engineering 105 The Resulting Textbook: Another Aspect of Teaching 106 Chair of the University-Wide Extension Program 108 Member and Chairman of Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Education of Military Officers (ROTC) 110 The Importance of Having Well-Trained Civilians in the Military 111 Advising Graduate Students: Matching Talents and Problems 112 A Practical Problem with Pumps in India Leads to Research Projects 113 Pioneering Research on Mixing of a Surface Buoyant Jet 116 Some Special Graduate Students from Egypt 118 The Richmond Field Station 122 Development of Pioneering Wave Generators 123 Pre-Feasibility Studies for the Polaris Missile 124 Graduate Students and Surfing 126 Teaching Students to Write and Speak Persuasively 126 Teaching the Use of a Specialized Library 128 Inventing the Term Oceanographical Engineering and Authoring the Book 128 VI UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO TEACHING 131 Director of the State Technical Services Program, 1965-1968 131 Attending Meetings of the California Coordinating Council for Higher Education 136 University Organization More Like a Symphony Than a Business 138 The Engineering Advisory Council Develops a Master Plan, 1965 139 Member of the Institute of Marine Resources Executive Committee, 1966-1972 141 Service on Coordinating Boards and Academic Senate Committees 145 The Most Difficult Year: Acting Dean, 1972-1973 153 More About the State Technical Service Program 158 The Challenge of the Information Age and Data Management 163 Wave Sensor; Example of Technology Transfer 165 Introducing Television Instruction through University Extension 171 VII ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES AS PUBLIC SERVICE 173 Publication Resulting from Conferences and Workshops 173
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