Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Seaweed: The Solution to Pollution? A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of LDPE and Algal Flexible Film Packaging

MESM 2023 Group Project

Group Members: Taylor Gries, Marielena (Mari) Herbst de Cortina, John (Jack) Miller, Devin Ngo, Jonah Seif

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: PANGAIA

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A Sustainable Agrifinance Solution? Lending to Reward Environmental Performance

​Through modeling the effects of lending behavior on groundwater supplies and economic productivity, this project seeks to uncover how an economic incentive can affect agricultural sustainability in the Salinas Valley.

Group Members: Grace Brofman, Haley Grant, Becca Reynolds, Alexandria Wilkins, Janelle Christensen

Clients: Sustainable Conservation

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Burbank Sustainable Water Master Plan

This project provided Burbank with a portfolio of tools and analytically justified strategies to enhance water sustainability:

Faculty Advisors: Robert Wilkinson

Clients: Burbank Water and Power

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Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Planning: A Guide for Small Municipal Utilities

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Planning: A Guide for Small Municipal Utilities

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Clients: Burbank Water and Power