Overview of MEDS Capstone projects     Overview of MESM Group projects    

Projects
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Clients: UCSB Chancellor's Sustainability Committee

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector

Eco-Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter

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An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California

An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Clients: Defenders of Wildlife

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Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: Center for Climate Protection

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Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project

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Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: US Fish and Wildlife Service

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Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski, Emily Cotter

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Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Santa Barbara Mariculture, Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center

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Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

Group Members: Nathan Grimes

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

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Exploring the Return on Investment Case for Drinking Water Protection in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Exploring the Return on Investment Case for Drinking Water Protection in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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Next Generation Water Action Plan for General Electric

Next Generation Water Action Plan for General Electric

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Clients: General Electric

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Prioritizing Cost-Effective Dust Mitigation at the Salton Sea

Prioritizing Cost-Effective Dust Mitigation at the Salton Sea

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: San Diego County Water Authority

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Motivating Private-Public Collaboration to Reduce Fire Severity in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Motivating Private-Public Collaboration to Reduce Fire Severity in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Sierra Resource Conservation District