Master's Project Directory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Slightly Nutty

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2015)

Group Members: Tyler Isaac, Megan Miranda, Jacob Skaggs

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Matthew Potoski

Incorporating Life Cycle Screening into Alternatives Analysis

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Jordan Chamberlain, Kristen Magnuson, Britta Meier, Yu Yu

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: California Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Environmental Protection Agency

Addressing Sedimentation of Ecuador's Rio Chone Estuary: A Watershed Perspective

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Francesca de Leon, Steven Johnson, Jacob Marcon, Natalie Phares

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Global Student Embassy

TURFtools: A Community-Inclusive Management Design Tool for Small-Scale Fisheries

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Jennifer Macy Humberstone, Kaia Joye Moyer, Rodrigo Oyanedel, Salvador Rodriguez Van Dyke, Keith Shattenkirk

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Life Cycle Assessment of a Feature Film

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Eric Cerretani, Claire Dooley, Erin Fabris, Spencer Middleton, Diana Rosenberg

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Informing Biodiversity Conservation and Water-Quality Management in the Morro Bay Watershed

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Heather Dennis, Stephanie Falzone, Hilary Walecka, Kari Zajac, Ashley Zavagno

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Client: Morro Bay National Estuary Program

Burbank Sustainable Water Master Plan

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Dan Gold, Chris Heckman, Chris Hewes, Alyssa Krag-Arnold, Lila Spring

Faculty Advisors: Robert Wilkinson

Client: Burbank Water and Power

Motivating Water Conservation in Southern California through Allocation and Market Mechanisms

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Jim Bond, Mary-Sophia Motlow, Lauren Steely, Dean Wang

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Client: Long Beach Water