Master's Project Directory

Helping Consumers Navigate Green: Creating the Definitive Criteria for Green Consumer Products and Services Proposal: Consumers GPP (not public)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Douglas Mazeffa, Trevor McProud, Jeri Miller, Lena Moffit

Faculty Advisors: Magali Delmas

Client: Greenopia

Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing CO2 Emissions from Santa Barbara's Residential Sector: Implementation of the Architecture 2030 Challenge

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Greg Bratman, Evan Johnson, Crystal Mohr, Lindsey Taggart

Faculty Advisors: Ernst Von Weizsacker

Client: Santa Barbara Architecture 2030 Coalition

A Distributed Graduate Seminar to Analyze the Priorities, Obstacles and Opportunities That Exist for the Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Michela Adrian, Iara Lacher, Evan Lue, Anne Middleton, Jennifer Paludi

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: National Council for Science and the Environment, Doris Duke Foundation

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Tourists and Coastal Users in Morro Bay: Developing an Effective Survey Instrument

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Alexandra Brown, Breanna Flanagan, Michael Mosley, Trevor O'Grady

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Environmental and Economic Performance Analysis of Oakwood Distribution Centers

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Marie Fukudome, Matthew Maddox, Joshua Simmons

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, Charles Kolstad

Client: Oakwood

The San Joaquin River Settlement: Analysis and Implications for Future Negotiations and Funding

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Lauren Bauer, Natalija Glusac, Marina Kasa, Kara Matthews

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Analyzing the Environmental Impacts of Simple Shoes – A Life Cycle Assessment of the Supply Chain and Evaluation of End-of-Life Management Options

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Kyle Albers, Peter Canepa, Jennifer Miller

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Patricia Holden

Client: Simple Shoes

Integrating Commercial and Recreational Sectors in Fishery Management

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Steven Choy, Sean Guerin, Erin Myers, Ming Ng, Jesse Patterson

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Balancing Conservation and Commercial Fishing: Methods of Incorporating Socioeconomic Impacts in the Design of Marine Protected Areas in California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: James Anderson, Cheryl Chen, Emily Frost, Jessica G. Spence, Meghan Sullivan

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

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

Vegetated Roofs in the Los Angeles River Watershed: The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Stormwater Runoff and Management

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Samuel Bennett, Ashley Conrad-Saydah, Sean McCormick, Daniel Morris, Marcy Protteau

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Earth Pledge

Steelhead Passage Restoration Options for Canada de Santa Anita, Santa Barbara County, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Brandon Bunderson, Dakota Corey, Chris Helmer, Amy Locke, Matthew Meyers

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Developing Aquaculture to Support Restoration of the Native Oyster, Ostrea Conchaphila, in California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Erin Hudson, Josh Madeira, Dominique Monie, Katie Reytar

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Preserve

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Michelle Corti, Claire Early, Timothy Kidman, Wen-Yu Lee

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Toyota - Environmental Coordination Office

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Business Plan for Green Modular Housing

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2008)

Group Members: Jamie Britto, Nicole Dejonghe, Max DuBuisson, Kelly Schmandt

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Kotchen

Client: Workshop/APD

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Kavita Heyn, Reni Keane-Dengel, William Lewis, Jenny Phillips, Nicole Virgilio

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Client: California State Water Resources Control Board

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