Master's Project Directory

California’s Hydrogen Hub: Meeting 2030 Demand

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Kristin Art, Hannah Irish , Lillian Liu, Nadine Snyder, Seth Villanueva

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine, Ashley Larsen

Client: California Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Climate Hazards Data Integration and Visualization for the Climate Adaptation Solutions Accelerator (CASA) through School-Community Hubs

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Liane Chen, Charles (Charlie) Curtin, Kristina Glass, Hazel Vaquero

Faculty Advisors: Simone Pulver, Associate Professor, Vice Chair, UCSB Environmental Studies

Client: Climate Adaptations Solutions Accelerator, funded by the National Science Foundation

Creating a Reproducible Model of Annual Emissions Outputs for a Sock Manufacturer’s Supply Chain

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Annaliese (Annie) Adams, Carly Caswell, Linus Ghanadan, Flora Hamilton

Faculty Advisors: Enze Jin

Client: Darn Tough Vermont

Development of an Interactive Visualization and Training Toolkit for Climate Impacts on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Olivia (Liv) Holt, Diana Navarro, Patricia Park

Faculty Advisors: Samantha Stevenson

Client: UCSB Bren School

Environmental Justice, Marine Protected Areas & Ocean Access in California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Ariel Daniels, Kennedy Flavin, Morgan Plummer, Melissa Vezard

Faculty Advisors: Anastasia Quintana

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Global Food Production Hotspot and Mitigation Analysis

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Henry Bushell, Isaiah Fowler, Sridhar Iyengar, Darlene (Mika) Munoz, Kathryn Tomasi

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer, David Tilman

Client: United Nations Environmental Programme

Green Credit: An Online Community Solar Subscription Platform (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2024)

Group Members: Lindsay Edelman, Gabe Ingman, Meet Muchhala

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Don Fullerton

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for a Professional Services Firm

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Hailey Burke, Erin Clem, Adele Colwell, Alexis Grana , Katharine (Kat) Mackay

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Client: FORVIS

Identifying Priority Survey Sites for Early-Season Milkweed Conservation

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Amanda Herbst, Sam Muir, Anna Ramji, Melissa Widas

Faculty Advisors: Ruth Oliver

Client: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: Empowering Effective and Efficient Interventions

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Ashley Cooper , Sydney Mayes, Isabella (Bella) Rothenberg, Chloe Swick, Eleanor Thomas

Faculty Advisors: Chris Free

Client: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Skylight)

Improving Access to Fish Consumption Advisories and Maintaining Confidence in California’s Healthy Seafood Products

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Kate Becker, Hope Hahn, Luna Herschenfeld-Catalan, Benjamin (Ben) Versteeg

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)

Managing Human-Wildlife Interactions: Ecological and Financial Assessment of Elk Feedground Closure in Teton County

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Katherine (Kat) Aristi, Delores Chan, Justine Lang, Samuel Desre

Faculty Advisors: Andrew MacDonald

Client: Property & Environment Research Center (PERC)

Mapping Tree Species Drought Sensitivity Under Climate Change

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Briana Barajas, Rosemary Juarez, Fletcher McConnell, Vanessa Salgado

Faculty Advisors: Joan Dudney

Client: UCSB Bren School

Policy Evaluation for Decarbonization of the U.S. Iron/Steel and Cement Industries

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Jenna Anderson, Andrea Bianca Carlos, Kimberly (Kaytee) Dobbs, Caitlin Mori

Faculty Advisors: Eric Masanet

Client: Evergreen Action

Prioritizing Chinook Salmon Habitat Restoration for Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Raymond (Ray) Hunter, Lars Nelson, Meghan Roberts, Logan Ruggles

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Redesigning Modern Portfolio Theory to Improve Spatial Recovery Planning for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Alicia Canales, Jaden Husser, Stephanie Luu, Olivia Somhegyi

Faculty Advisors: Tamma Carleton, Kyle C. Meng

Client: Wild Salmon Center

Sunstone Energy: Solar and Battery Microgrids as a Solution to the Tribal "Energy Gap" (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2024)

Group Members: Austin Sonnier, Marissa Sisk, Ignacio Requena, Casey Walker, Sage Davis

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Robert Heilmayr

Understanding the Influence of Parameter Value Uncertainty on Climate Model Output: Developing an Interactive Dashboard

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Sujan Bhattarai, Heather Childers, Sofia Ingersoll

Faculty Advisors: Daniel Kennedy

Client: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Water Footprint Methodology for Everlane’s Supply Chain

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Lauren Barnum , Abby Celentano, Danielle Hoekstra, Julia Kuhlman, Nhi Phan

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: Everlane

Exploring Advanced Treatment Options for California Water Security

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2023)

Group Members: Savana Gonzales, Renee LaManna , Thomas Lenihan, Trevor Maggart, Matthew (Matt) McCafferty, Taylor Medina

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: State Water Resources Control Board