Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Assessing Marine Debris in the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

MESM 2024 Group Project

Group Members: Tatiana Bok, Elizabeth Braun, Eleri Griffiths, Heather Luedke, Anne Youngdahl

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Aerial view of channel islands and pacific ocean

Seal Bomb Impacts to Cetaceans in California National Marine Sanctuaries

Analyzing the impacts of a legal marine mammal acoustic deterrent known as a “seal bomb," underwater explosives used in purse seine fisheries.

Group Members: Ian Brunjes, Anastasia Kunz, Taylor Lockmann, Caitlin Manley

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: An Environmental and Economics Analysis

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: An Environmental and Economics Analysis

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: American Motor Honda Company