Master's Project Directory

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: 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

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

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

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

Group Members: Jane Ballard, Jennifer Pezda, Devin Spencer

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project

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

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

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

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

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

Group Members: Ian Ladner, Shelby Oliver, Iwen Su, Shawn Wolfe

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Santa Barbara Mariculture, Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center

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

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

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

Group Members: Jennifer Bone, Elena Meza, Kendall Mills, Laura Lea Rubino, Lily Tsukayama

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2017)

Group Members: Lindsay Martien, Nicole Poletto, Rick Thomas

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski, Emily Cotter

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2017)

Group Members: Lauren Catlin, Jacob Levine

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Emily Cotter

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2017)

Group Members: Jess Leader, Ali Uribe, Sean Parker, Brian Jones

Faculty Advisors: Sangwon Suh, Emily Cotter

A Citizen Science Monitoring Protocol for the Rocky Intertidal Habitat

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Erica Felins, Tova Handelman, Aaron Howard, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management