Master's Project Directory

Marine Protected Areas Along California's Central Coast: A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Network Design

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Allison Chan, Amanda Cundiff, Nadia Gardner, Yvana Hrovat, Lindsay Kircher, Carissa Klein

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)

Decision Support for Coral Reef Fisheries Management: Community Input as a Means of Informing Policy in American Samoa

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Stacey Kilarski, Daniel Klaus, Jennifer Lipscomb, Kimberly Matsoukas, Robert Newton, Abagail Nugent

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources

Waste Today, Wall Tomorrow: Assessment of an Innovative Straw Block for Residential Construction

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Betsy Abbott, Mark Frickel, Daniel Hall, Kara Shuster, Patrick Yellin

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Oryzatech, Inc.

Analysis of Water Resources Management Strategies for the Santa Ana River Watershed: Water Reuse, Recharge and Use Efficiency

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Nathan Adams, Heather Allen, Amy Burgard, Courtney Dietz, Po Chi Fung, Karl Rittger

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Client: Earth Resource Foundation

Conservation Planning and Policies for California Grasslands

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Christopher Bersbach, Jesse Fujukawa, Patrick Jantz, Joseph Kuhn, Bernhard Preusser

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Editors of California Grasslands, UC Press

Assessment of the California Spiny Lobster Panulirus Interruptus Recreational Fishery in the Santa Barbara Region

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Tal Ben-Horin, Caroline De Zutter, Andrew Ma, Geoffrey Ravenhill

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Assessment of Stressor Impact on Streams in the Los Padres National Forest Using Benthic Macroinvertebrate Indices

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Erin Hardison, Christopher Jones, Alexander Pappas, Kathryn Wuelfing

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Client: US Forest Service

Changing the Campus Climate: Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Fahmida Ahmed, Jeff Brown, David Felix, Todd Haurin, Betty Seto

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Client: National Association of Environmental Law Societies

Microbiological Water Quality Investigation for Las Palmas Creek, Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Sean Kilgore, Erin Nuccio, Pauling Sun, Niki Wilson

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: Hope Ranch Homeowner's Association

A Framework For Developing a Sustainable Watershed Management Plan for San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Karin Bencala, Rolf Hains, Eric Liu, Theresa Mogeire, Dan Segan, Samantha Stevens

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Potential Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Sulfides: A Case Study in Papua New Guinea

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Kristi Birney, Amber Griffin, Jonathan Gwiazda, Johnny Kefauver, Takehiko Nagai, Douglas Varchol

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: Nautilus Minerals Ltd., Conservation International, GSI

End of Life Management of Cell Phones in the United States

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Vered Doctori, Leigh Favret, Mihoyo Fuji, Sarvy Mahdavi, Robert Miller, Joaquin Neira

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Nokia

Assessment of Stressors on Fall-Run Chinook Salmon in Secret Ravine (Placer County)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Elizabeth Ayres, Eli Knapp, Suzanne Leiberman, Julie Love, Kirk Vodopals

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Carol McAusland

Client: California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Tracking the Way Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Linking Economics and Ecology at Sunnyside Farms (Washington, VA)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Lisa Berry, Tova Callender, Andrea Chang, Danielle Grabiel, Bryan Henson, Allison Turner

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Client: Sunnyside Farms, LLC

The Role of ISO 14001 in Environmental Management at U.S. Manufacturing Facilities

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Ryan Harding, Brandy O'Gorman, Jonathan Onderdonk, Derek Sweatt, Gregory Tamblyn

Faculty Advisors: James Frew, Magali Delmas, Catherine Ramus

Analysis of Management Strategies for Stormwater Conveyance Systems to Control Input of PCB Contaminated Sediments to San Francisco Bay

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Jennifer Gibson, Shelly Magier, Alessandra Pome, Robert Priola, Geoffrey Thomas, Duygu Tokat

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Santa Barbara County and Los Padres National Forest: Facilitating Community Collaboration in Recreation Management

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Nicholle Fratus, Jill Komoto, Carolina Morgan, Thomas Whitaker, Sarah Worth

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Catherine Ramus

Client: Los Padres National Forest

Wildlife Corridor Design and Implementation in Southern Ventura County

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Michael Casterline, Eric Fegraus, Ei Fujioka, Leigh Hagan, Catrina Mangiardi, Matthew Riley, Harshita Tiwari

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello, Michael McGinnis

Assessment of Seawater Desalination as a Water Supply Strategy for San Diego County

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Lisa Ackerman, Jeffrey Bannon, Achira Leophairatana, Kazuhiko Yamada

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Antonio Bento