Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Conservation Gap Analysis and the Business Case for Protecting Surf Ecosystems

2025 MESM Group Project: Conservation Gap Analysis and the Business Case for Protecting Surf Ecosystems

Group Members: Ryan Anderson, Manuela Díaz, Sofia Gutierrez, Miranda Scalzo, Emma Tao

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Conservation International Indonesia

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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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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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Ridge to Reef: Land Use, Sedimentation, and Marine Resource Vulnerability in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Ridge to Reef: Land Use, Sedimentation, and Marine Resource Vulnerability in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: Conservation International Indonesia

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An Inventory and Evaluation of Environmental and Health Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Industry

An Inventory and Evaluation of Environmental and Health Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Industry

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Clients: International Council on Nanotechnology