Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Drone shot of surfers in the water

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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Many computer servers in a dark room in a data center

Understanding the tradeoffs of embedded energy and water use associated with Equinix's CA-based data center cooling needs

MESM 2025 Group Project: Understanding the tradeoffs of embedded energy and water use associated with Equinix's CA-based data center cooling needs

Group Members: Michaela Galarza, Tulsi Mistry, Matilde Saucedo, Vrunda Tol

Faculty Advisors: Eric Masanet

Clients: Equinix

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Snowy mountain and forest

Improving Usability of Snow Data Through Web Based Visualizations and Tutorials

Expanding the Snow Today website's spatial domain coverage from the Western United States to all of North America, Greenland, and High Mountain Asia.

Group Members: Ryan Munnikhuis, Julia Parish, Marie Rivers

Faculty Advisors: Samantha Stevenson

Clients: UCSB Earth Research Institute

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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