Master's Project Directory

Zero Waste Strategies and Innovations for Sustainability

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: Gills Onions, LLC

Development of a Standard Tool to Predict the Environmental Footprint of Footwear for Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Clients: Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Development of Conceptual Models and Ecological Baselines to Support the Creation of an Adaptive Management Plan for Tejon Ranch, California

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Economic viability and sustainable management of a California red abalone fishing cooperative

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: California Abalone Association

Using Surface Winds to Improve the Accuracy of Fire Spread Modeling for Hazard Assessment: A Case Study in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Christina Tague

Clients: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Developing a Product Water Footprinting Methodology for Patagonia Outdoor Clothing

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: Patagonia

Current Practices and Perceived Risks Related to Environmental Health, Safety & Product Stewardship in Nanomaterials Industry

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Clients: UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society, UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

From Sea to Table: Recommendations for Tracing Seafood

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan, John Melack

Clients: Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Initiative

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