Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Developing a Water Risk Analysis Framework for Suppliers and Applying it to a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Developing a water risk analysis framework for suppliers and apply it to Eli Lilly’s supply chain for two insulin products, Humalog and Humulin.

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Clients: Kaiser Permanente, Eli Lilly and Company

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The City of Santa Barbara Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment

This project conducted a vulnerability assessment to determine the impacts of sea level rise on: human impacts, critical infrastructure, recreation and public access, and ecological resources. It also identified preliminary adaptation policies that address the impacts of sea level rise hazards.

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: City of Santa Barbara

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San Joaquin Valley Landscape-Scale Planning for Solar Energy and Conservation

Working with the Defenders of Wildlife, this project aims to ensure that the proper balance is achieved, with smart planning for renewable power that avoids and minimizes adverse impacts to wildlife and lands with known high-resource values (agriculture).

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: Defenders of Wildlife

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The Bathtub Ring: Implications of Low Water Levels in Lake Mead on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation, and the Environment

This project explores the impacts to each stakeholder group if Lake Mead reaches each key elevation outlined in the Interim Guidelines, as well as 1,000’.

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Western Water Policy Program - University of Colorado

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Evaluating Management Scenarios to Revitalize the California Commercial Swordfish Fishery

The goal of our project was to evaluate different management scenarios composed of the main gear types used to catch swordfish to simulate an increase in domestic swordfish catch while incorporating current and proposed conservation regulations in the California swordfish fishery.

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, The Nature Conservancy

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Developing a Wild Pig (Sus Scrofa) Management Plan for Tejon Ranch

Developing a Wild Pig (Sus Scrofa) Management Plan for Tejon Ranch

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

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Comparing Mitigation Alternatives: Ecological Outcomes and Policy Implications

Comparing Mitigation Alternatives: Ecological Outcomes and Policy Implications

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski

Clients: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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Data-driven Sustainable Food Purchasing

Data-driven Sustainable Food Purchasing

Clients: Google, Inc.

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Evaluating Offshore Wind Energy Feasibility off the California Central Coast

Evaluating Offshore Wind Energy Feasibility off the California Central Coast

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Clients: Community Environmental Council, Infinity Wind Power

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California Climate Action Plan Implementation

California Climate Action Plan Implementation

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Clients: DNV KEMA

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Reducing Plastic Debris in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watersheds

Reducing Plastic Debris in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watersheds

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Clients: Algalita Marine Research Institute

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Offshore Wind Energy in the Context of Multiple Ocean Uses on the Bermuda Platform

Offshore Wind Energy in the Context of Multiple Ocean Uses on the Bermuda Platform

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: Government of Bermuda

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Discover TURFs: A Global Assessment of Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries to Determine Variability in Success and Design

Discover TURFs: A Global Assessment of Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries to Determine Variability in Success and Design

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Rare Conservation

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Fish Scraps to Food: New Markets in Mexican Artisanal Fishing Communities

Fish Scraps to Food: New Markets in Mexican Artisanal Fishing Communities

Group Members: Jessica Couture

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga, Gary Libecap

Clients: Olazul

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Exploring Innovative Management for the Red Spiny Lobster Fishery in the Galápagos Islands

Exploring Innovative Management for the Red Spiny Lobster Fishery in the Galápagos Islands

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Conservation International

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The Restoration of the Catarina Scallop (Argopecten Ventricosus) in the Ensenada de La Paz

The Restoration of the Catarina Scallop (Argopecten Ventricosus) in the Ensenada de La Paz

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Noroeste Sustenable A.C.