Master's Project Directory

Assessing How Groundwater Availability Coincides with Wildfire Risk

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Jillian Allison, Meagan Brown, Andre Dextre, Wade Sedgwick

Faculty Advisors: Max Moritz

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Climate Futures for Ecohydrological Modeling of Emerging Fire Regimes in Central Coast California

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Victoria Cutler, Erica Dale, Mallory Giesie, Lewis White

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: UC Disaster Resilience Network + UCSB Natural Reserve System Collaborative

Developing a Geospatial Model for Kelp Forest Cultivation and Restoration

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Erika Egg, Jessica French, Javier Patrón, Elke Windschitl

Faculty Advisors: Samantha Stevenson

Client: Ocean Rainforest, Inc. and UCSB Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science

Evaluating Steel Plant Emissions in the United States

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Erica Bishop, Ruth Enriquez, Amritpal (Amrit) Sandhu, Michael Zargari

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Global Energy Monitor

Identifying Optimal Wind and Solar Co-Location Sites in the United States

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Michelle Lam, Colleen McCamy, Alessandra Vidal Meza

Faculty Advisors: Grace Wu

Client: UCSB Environmental Studies Department

Improving Monitoring and Evaluation of Marine Enforcement in Coastal Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Kiran Favre, Elise Gonzales, Jared Petry, Adelaide Robinson

Faculty Advisors: Gavin McDonald

Client: WildAid

Informing Forest Conservation Regulations in Paraguay

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Atahualpa (Ata) Ayala, Dalila Lara, Alexandria (Alex) Reed, Guillermo Romero

Faculty Advisors: Robert Heilmayr

Client: UCSB Bren School & Environmental Studies Department

Measuring Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Zambia Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

Master of Environmental Data Science (2023)

Group Members: Andrew Bartnik, Carl (Carlo) Broderick, Gabrielle Smith, Hailey Veirs

Faculty Advisors: Tamma Carleton

Client: UCSB Bren School

A Reproducible Machine Learning Approach for Interpreting Ecohydrologic Model Outputs

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Alex Clippinger, Wylie Hampson, Shale Hunter, Peter Menzies

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: UCSB Bren School

An Open-source Pipeline for Remote Sensing of Crop Yields: a Zambia Case Study

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Steven Cognac, Juliet Cohen, Grace Lewin, Cullen Molitor

Faculty Advisors: Tamma Carleton

Client: UCSB Bren School

Assessing Environmental Justice Implications of US Food Production

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Connor Flynn, Mia Forsline, Scout Leonard, Alex Yousefivand (Vand)

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Client: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

Improving Usability of Snow Data Through Web Based Visualizations and Tutorials

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Ryan Munnikhuis, Julia Parish, Marie Rivers

Faculty Advisors: Samantha Stevenson

Client: UCSB Earth Research Institute

Understanding US Wind and Solar Energy Siting

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Paloma Cartwright, Joseph (Joe) DeCesaro, Daniel Kerstan, Desik Somasundaram

Faculty Advisors: Ranjit Deshmukh

Client: UCSB Environmental Science Department

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

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

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

Faculty Advisors: Deron Burkepile

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

Visualizing Visitor Use Trends at California Campsites to Explore Equitable Access

Master of Environmental Data Science (2022)

Group Members: Clarissa Boyajian, Halina Do-Linh

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), University of Montana