Master's Project Directory

Overview of MEDS Capstone projects Overview of MESM Group projects

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Big Island Impacts: Analysis of Land-Use Conversion on Water Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Wildlife at the Kohala Institute

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: Kohala Institute

Quantifying the Economic Potential of Small-Scale Fisheries through Better Management in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Rare - Fish Forever Program

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Carbon Zero: Curbing Climate Change and Driving Energy Efficiency at UCSB

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer, James Frew

Clients: Institute for Energy Efficiency, TomKat UC Carbon Neutrality Project

A Framework for Restoration to Support Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise Recovery in the Western Mojave Desert

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Ben Halpern

Clients: Desert Tortoise Council

Salmonics: Quantifying the Benefits of River Restoration for Chinook Salmon on the Lower Yuba River, California

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Clients: South Yuba River Citizens League

Bridging Science and Management in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague, Lee Hannah

Clients: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

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Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

2017 Master's Group Projects

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Honda Marine Science Foundation

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson, James Frew

Clients: California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: The Boeing Company

Finding a Place for Conservation: A bio-economic analysis to inform the re-zoning of the Galápagos Marine Reserve

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: National Geographic Society Pristine Seas

Gallatin Valley Water Exchange: A market-based approach to sustainable water management in Western Montana

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited

A Citizen Science Monitoring Protocol for the Rocky Intertidal Habitat

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts and Benefits of PV-battery Microgrid Systems in Off-Grid Communities

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: First Solar, Inc.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Fire Mitigation Strategies in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Clients: City of Santa Barbara Fire Department

Factors Influencing the Expansion of Environmental Water Markets

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: Mammoth Trading, Inc., Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute - University of Nebraska

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