Master's Project Directory

Assessing Agricultural Carbon Quantification Methods

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Tyler Cobian, Gizem Ilayda Dinc, Alexandra Ivina, Karan Shetty

Faculty Advisors: Kyle C. Meng

Client: Patagonia

Assessing Brazil’s Marine Aquaculture Potential

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Caio Della Colleta Vianna, Eva Marrero, Kirby Bartlett, Anna Calle, Sandra Fogg

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: World Wildlife Fund Brazil

Climate Change Impacts to City of Santa Barbara Water Supplies

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Lydia Bleifuss, Jessica Jagdeo, Camila Bobroff, Juan Espinoza

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, John Melack

Client: City of Santa Barbara Public Works

Creating a Region-wide Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan for Maunalua Bay

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Natalie Dornan, Erica Johnson, Eleonore Durand, Tara Jagadeesh

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor, Samantha Stevenson

Client: Mālama Maunalua

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Powered by Moxie

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2020)

Group Members: Lauren Jack, Joslyn Fritz, Isabelle Radis, Jill Wirt

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski

Eco-Entrepreneuship: Bad Grass

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2020)

Group Members: Javier Ureta Saenz Peña, Sandro Lallas, Jeremy Knox

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Mark Buntaine

Evaluating Connectivity in the Northern Appalachian and Acadian Region to Improve Wildlife Mobility

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Renee Albrecht, Robert Saldivar, Jamie Miller, Rebecca Clow, Nelson Gould

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Evaluating the Multiple Benefits Associated with Distributed Rainwater Catchment Systems in Austin, Texas

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Kristan Culbert, Kelly Odion, Alex Brown, Madeline Gorchels

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Pacific Institute

Functional Forests: The Role of California Forests in Achieving Statewide Carbon Neutrality

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Samantha Smith, AnnaClaire Marley, Ben Edwards, Kyle Monper, Max Russer

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection

Managing the Impacts of Environmental Education in Protected Areas: A Case Study at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Daphne Virlar, Tess Hooper, Priscilla Hare, Robert Heim, Jessica Gomez

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Quantifying and Managing Microplastics From Footwear Use: Outsole Loss Through Wear

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Andrea Cheung, James Fuller, Teresa Fukuda, Andrew Paterson, Tyanna Bui

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer, Patricia Holden

Client: Adidas

Understanding Multiple Benefits of Managed Aquifer Recharge for the Resilience of California’s Water Supply

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Bridget Gibbons, Claire Madden, Jennifer Balmagia, Anna Perez Welter

Faculty Advisors: Scott Jasechko

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Using Food Waste to Reduce Food Waste: Evaluating the Impacts of Sourcing Food Waste as a Raw Material for Production

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Eamon Devlin, Geoffrey Cook, Adrienne Hewitt, Yingfei Jiang, Madeline Berger

Faculty Advisors: Kelsey Jack

Client: Apeel Sciences

Whales, Vessels, and Fish: Economic Valuation of Whale Watching and Marine Spatial Planning Surrounding Dominica

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Laura Ingulsrud, Shellby Johnson, Callie Steffen, Sidney Gerst

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Client: Dominica Sperm Whale Project

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Dannique Aalbu, Erik Martinez, Amber Reedy, Devin Rothman

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Ben Halpern

Client: Desert Tortoise Council

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Samuel Furtner, Stephanie Gad, Isabella Marill, Adam Quian

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Shannon Boyle, Vanessa De Anda, Kara Koenig, Erin O'Reilly, Monique Schafer

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Client: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Charlie Diamond, Evan Ritzinger, Lydia Rudnick, Dawnielle Tellez, Emily Waddington

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer, James Frew

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

Feasibility Analysis of Conservation Banking for the Greater Sage-Grouse in Montana

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Bradley Bowers, DJ Macaskill, Jeff Cedarbaum, Katie Day

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Client: American Prairie Reserve

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Diana Flores, Wagner Quirós, Ignacia Rivera, Alexandra Smith

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: Rare - Fish Forever Program