Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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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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Plastic bag that says thank you

Environmental and Financial Analysis: Single-Use Plastic versus Reusable Recycling Bags

Analyzing environmental and financial factors to develop a calculator and marketing tool to help a commercial recycling company make decisions about transport packaging.

Group Members: Karla Bonilla Cordero, Kat Cotti, Larissa Neilson, Morganne Sigismonti

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski

Clients: WSP Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change Division

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Underwater photo of coral reef

Visualizing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coral Reef Stressors Surrounding Moorea, French Polynesia

Determining how coral reef communities have changed due to anthropogenic and environmental stressors.

Group Members: Ingrid (Allie) Cole, Felicia Cruz, Jake Eisaguirre, Charles Hendrickson

Clients: Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research (National Science Foundation), UCSB Marine Science Institute