Master's Project Directory

Air-Based Land Management – Assessing Drone and Imaging Tools for the Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Cheryl Bube, Ellie Campbell, Amanda Kelley, Kalli Kilmer, Jonathan Pham

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Better Groundwater Management for Agriculture, Habitat and Society

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Wendy Bagnasco, Kelly Bourque, Cristobal Loyola Angosto, Lindsay McPhail, Anna Schiller

Faculty Advisors: Ashley Larsen

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Chester Lindley, Jia Liu, Michael Patton, Alexander Prescott, Natalie Shahbol

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Roxanne Diaz, Fabio Castagnino Ugolotti, Denise Garcia, Sarah Salem, Camila Vargas

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: The Summit Foundation

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Taylor Briglio, Lily (Eunhee) Lee, Erica Petrofsky, Cooper Tamayo, Symphony Yu

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Client: Center for Climate Protection

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Bluenote: Streamlining Water Quality Monitoring

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2018)

Group Members: Matt Gargiulo, Josh Graybiel, Alex McCutcheon

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, Emily Cotter

Environmental Impacts of Utility-Scale Battery Storage in California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Anu Balakrishnan, Eddie Brutsch, Alex Jamis, Whitney Reyes, Maddy Strutner

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: First Solar, Inc.

Exploring the Return on Investment Case for Drinking Water Protection in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Sravan Chalasani, Karina Herrera, John Sisser, Zach Voss

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Nathan Grimes, Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Annie Daly, Diego Undurraga, Kathrin Wagner

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Incentivizing Incidental Groundwater Recharge in Teton Valley, Idaho

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Kate Burchenal, Morgan Campbell, Lucy Hedley, Emily Honn, Tessa Reeder

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Client: LegacyWorks Group

Locating Ocean Acidification Monitoring Gaps and Hotspots within the California Current

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Courtney Cochran, Kelly Ferron, Madi Harris, Rae Taylor-Burns, Courtney Thomas

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: West Coast Regional Planning Body

Next Generation Water Action Plan for General Electric

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Zhiping Bao, Rowena Eng, Jon McKoy, Erika Petroy, Zhiqi (Ryan) Qi

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: General Electric

Prioritizing Cost-Effective Dust Mitigation at the Salton Sea

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Justin Breck, Luke Eisenhardt, Sean Mueller, Annette Tran

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: San Diego County Water Authority

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Vivon Crawford, Chris Schmuckal, Gokce Sencan, Erica Slowik, Alina Werth

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Client: The Nature Conservancy

The Living Laboratories- Improving Management at Two University of California Natural Reserves

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Elizabeth (Bitian) Chen, Tia Kordell, Christin Palmstrom, Rebecca Payne

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: University of California Natural Reserve System

EVMatch: Reducing the Barriers to Electric Vehicle Use by Matching EV Owners With Reliable Charging Options in Their Community (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Heather Hochrein, Kelsey Johnson, Shannon Walker, Erin Williamson

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Kyle C. Meng

Eco-Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2018)

Group Members: Arun Bird, Ankur Dass, Easton Williams

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Sangwon Suh

Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2018)

Group Members: Lauren Menzer, Kendall Miller

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski, Emily Cotter

Motivating Private-Public Collaboration to Reduce Fire Severity in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Justin Heyerdahl, Chris Hughes, Tess Morgridge, Craig O'Neill, Jason White

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Sierra Resource Conservation District

Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Henry Bart, Brandon Kaysen, Melissa Maggass, Hye Min Park, Owen Watson

Faculty Advisors: Sangwon Suh

Client: UCSB Chancellor's Sustainability Committee