Master's Project Directory

Analyzing the Environmental Impacts of Simple Shoes – A Life Cycle Assessment of the Supply Chain and Evaluation of End-of-Life Management Options

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Patricia Holden

Clients: Simple Shoes

Vegetated Roofs in the Los Angeles River Watershed: The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Stormwater Runoff and Management

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Earth Pledge

A Distributed Graduate Seminar to Analyze the Priorities, Obstacles and Opportunities That Exist for the Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: National Council for Science and the Environment, Doris Duke Foundation

Steelhead Passage Restoration Options for Canada de Santa Anita, Santa Barbara County, California

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Integrating Commercial and Recreational Sectors in Fishery Management

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

Balancing Conservation and Commercial Fishing: Methods of Incorporating Socioeconomic Impacts in the Design of Marine Protected Areas in California

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

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

Environmental and Economic Performance Analysis of Oakwood Distribution Centers

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, Charles Kolstad

Clients: Oakwood

Developing Aquaculture to Support Restoration of the Native Oyster, Ostrea Conchaphila, in California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Preserve

The San Joaquin River Settlement: Analysis and Implications for Future Negotiations and Funding

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing CO2 Emissions from Santa Barbara's Residential Sector: Implementation of the Architecture 2030 Challenge

Clients: Santa Barbara Architecture 2030 Coalition

Mitigation of Impaired Stormwater Quality in Los Laureles Canyon, Tijuana, Mexico.

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Clients: California State Water Resources Control Board

Informing Packaging Design Decisions at Toyota Motor Sales Using Life Cycle Assessment

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: Toyota - Environmental Coordination Office

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Business Plan for Green Modular Housing

Clients: Workshop/APD

Conserving Monterey County's Ranchland: Trends and Strategies

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Frank Davis

Clients: Big Sur Land Trust

Conservation Planning for Blue Oak Woodlands in the Southern Sierra Foothills

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah

Clients: UC Integrated Hardwoods Range Management Program, The Nature Conservancy, County of Tulare

Prototyping a Campus Sustainability Management System

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: UCSB