Master's Project Directory

Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association

Post-fire Sedimentation and Flood Risk Potential in the Mission Creek Watershed of Santa Barbara

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Overhead Versus Underground Power Distribution in Southern California

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: Southern California Edison

Conservation Assessment for the Cuyama Valley: Current Conditions and Planning Scenarios

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

Lowering Barriers to Alternative Management Strategies and Collaborative Fisheries Research

Group Members: Kristine Duarte

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

Management Recommendations for Piute Ponds, Edwards Air Force Base, California

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: Edwards Air Force Base

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in the Cofan Bermejo Reserve, Ecuador

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: La Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del Pueblo Cofan

Impacts of Rising Sea Level on Coastal Communities: A Santa Barbara Case Study

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: The New Media Studio

Sustainable Property Rewards Initiative: A Corporate Strategy for Greening Commercial Property Management

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Clients: Yardi Systems, Inc.

Development of a Sustainable Community in Santa Paula, California

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Clients: The Limoneira Company

Cumulative Impacts of Large-scale Renewable Energy Development in the West Mojave: Effects on Habitat Quality, Physical Movement of Species, and Gene Flow

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah

Clients: Professor Frank Davis

Strategies for Measurement and Reduction of the Carbon Footprint of Zurich Financial Services

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Clients: Zurich Financial Services

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Green Footwear Manufacturing in China for Deckers Outdoor Corporation: An Internal Business Plan to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Manufacturing Facilities

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Investing in Responsible Tourism and Conservation in Mexico

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Playa Viva, LLC

Helping Consumers Navigate Green: Creating the Definitive Criteria for Green Consumer Products and Services Proposal: Consumers GPP (not public)

Clients: Greenopia

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Tourists and Coastal Users in Morro Bay: Developing an Effective Survey Instrument

Faculty Advisors: James Frew