Overview of MEDS Capstone projects     Overview of MESM Group projects    

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: Marketainer: Closed-Loop Packaging Solutions

The 2010 Eco-E project Marketainer aimed to eliminate sources of waste throughout the supply chain for a wide range of flowable liquid and solid products.

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: PWS (Progressive Water Solutions)

The 2010 Eco-E project Progressive Water Solutions LLC (PWS) aimed to be a groundwater brokerage and consulting firm, providing groundwater rights holders with a central marketplace to trade pumping rights and more.

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

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Developing a Product Water Footprinting Methodology for Patagonia Outdoor Clothing

Developing a Product Water Footprinting Methodology for Patagonia Outdoor Clothing

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: Patagonia

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: Edwards Air Force Base

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Playa Viva, LLC

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

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

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: The New Media Studio

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Clients: Yardi Systems, Inc.

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Development of a Sustainable Community in Santa Paula, California

Development of a Sustainable Community in Santa Paula, California

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Clients: The Limoneira Company

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: Southern California Edison

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Clients: Zurich Financial Services

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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Lowering Barriers to Alternative Management Strategies and Collaborative Fisheries Research

Lowering Barriers to Alternative Management Strategies and Collaborative Fisheries Research

Group Members: Kristine Duarte

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Clients: California State Water Resources Control Board

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: Toyota - Environmental Coordination Office

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: Business Plan for Green Modular Housing

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Business Plan for Green Modular Housing

Clients: Workshop/APD