Master's Project Directory

Marine Protected Areas Along California's Central Coast: A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Network Design

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Allison Chan, Amanda Cundiff, Nadia Gardner, Yvana Hrovat, Lindsay Kircher, Carissa Klein

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

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

Decision Support for Coral Reef Fisheries Management: Community Input as a Means of Informing Policy in American Samoa

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Stacey Kilarski, Daniel Klaus, Jennifer Lipscomb, Kimberly Matsoukas, Robert Newton, Abagail Nugent

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources

Waste Today, Wall Tomorrow: Assessment of an Innovative Straw Block for Residential Construction

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Betsy Abbott, Mark Frickel, Daniel Hall, Kara Shuster, Patrick Yellin

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Oryzatech, Inc.

Analysis of Water Resources Management Strategies for the Santa Ana River Watershed: Water Reuse, Recharge and Use Efficiency

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Nathan Adams, Heather Allen, Amy Burgard, Courtney Dietz, Po Chi Fung, Karl Rittger

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Client: Earth Resource Foundation

Conservation Planning and Policies for California Grasslands

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Christopher Bersbach, Jesse Fujukawa, Patrick Jantz, Joseph Kuhn, Bernhard Preusser

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Editors of California Grasslands, UC Press

Assessment of the California Spiny Lobster Panulirus Interruptus Recreational Fishery in the Santa Barbara Region

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Tal Ben-Horin, Caroline De Zutter, Andrew Ma, Geoffrey Ravenhill

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Assessment of Stressor Impact on Streams in the Los Padres National Forest Using Benthic Macroinvertebrate Indices

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Erin Hardison, Christopher Jones, Alexander Pappas, Kathryn Wuelfing

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Client: US Forest Service

Changing the Campus Climate: Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Fahmida Ahmed, Jeff Brown, David Felix, Todd Haurin, Betty Seto

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Client: National Association of Environmental Law Societies

Microbiological Water Quality Investigation for Las Palmas Creek, Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Sean Kilgore, Erin Nuccio, Pauling Sun, Niki Wilson

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: Hope Ranch Homeowner's Association

A Framework For Developing a Sustainable Watershed Management Plan for San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Karin Bencala, Rolf Hains, Eric Liu, Theresa Mogeire, Dan Segan, Samantha Stevens

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Potential Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Sulfides: A Case Study in Papua New Guinea

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Kristi Birney, Amber Griffin, Jonathan Gwiazda, Johnny Kefauver, Takehiko Nagai, Douglas Varchol

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: Nautilus Minerals Ltd., Conservation International, GSI

End of Life Management of Cell Phones in the United States

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Vered Doctori, Leigh Favret, Mihoyo Fuji, Sarvy Mahdavi, Robert Miller, Joaquin Neira

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Nokia

Analysis of Alternative Watershed Management Strategies Addressing Aquatic Toxicity: A Case Study in the Newport Bay Watershed

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Lee Harrison, Meighan Jackson, Giles Pettifor, Linda Purpus, Jot Splenda, Sarah White

Faculty Advisors: James Frew, Arturo Keller

Wetland Mitigation Alternatives for the Casmalia Resources Disposal Site, Santa Barbara, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Emily Bosanquet, Todd Cooper, Ann Hayden, Vicky Krikelas, Michelle Torrent

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden, Mike McGinnis

Client: US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9

Incentives and Patterns of Joining the U.S. EPA Energy Star® Program

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Andrea Cohen, Yasmin Cronin, Nicole Kranz, Fivos Magalopoulos, Kerry Anne Sawyer

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne, Magali Delmas

Marine Hydrocarbon Seep Capture: Feasibility and Potential Impacts, Santa Barbara, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Ali Ger, Misty Gonzales, Erin Mayberry, Farah Shamszadeh

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello, Natalie Mahowald

Interim Management Plan for the Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Pete Choi, Paola Gomez-Priego, William Sears, Alex Tuttle

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Casmalia Habitat Restoration Plan for the California Red-Legged Frog & Western Spadefoot Toad

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Timothy Carson, Amy Deweerd, Susan Erickson, Monica Hood, Christopher Minton

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden, Bruce Kendall, Sheldon Kamieniecki

Client: CB Consulting - Casmalia Steering Committee, US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9

The Nanocar: A Consumer Driven Solution for a More Sustainable California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Claudia Anticona, Jason Peery, Jonathan Saben, Joe Shohtoku, Clarice Wilson

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, Cathie Ramus

Client: Volvo

Predicting the Spatial Pressures of Development in San Luis Obispo County: Is the Transferable Development Credits Program Controlling Urban Sprawl?

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Christopher Casso, Jaime Dietenhofer, Amanda Eichel, Kevin Chih-Hung Huang

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Antonia Bento

Client: Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County