Master's Project Directory

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

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

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

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

Group Members: Lina Barbosa, Sodavy Ou, Alex Tremblay, Elise Wall

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Client: The Boeing Company

Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

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

Group Members: Colleen Grant, Brianna Group, Desmond Ho, Emily Read, Erin Winslow

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Honda Marine Science Foundation

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

Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of a Green Hotel Certification on the City of Los Angeles

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

Group Members: Jay McConagha, Lillian Mirviss, Rucha Thakar, Natalie Vezina

Faculty Advisors: Kyle C. Meng

Client: Green Seal

Salmonics: Quantifying the Benefits of River Restoration for Chinook Salmon on the Lower Yuba River, California

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

Group Members: Jo Anna Beck, Nathan Burroughs, Leah Gonzales, Alyssa Obester, Elijah Papen

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Client: South Yuba River Citizens League

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

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

Group Members: Andrew Cawley, Sarah Halperin, Naomi Louchouarn, Michael Paccassi

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague, Lee Hannah

Client: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

The Waterfowl of Wall Street: Using Water Markets to Provide Habitat for Migratory Birds

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

Group Members: Andrew Hall, Cora Kammeyer, Justin Kroes, Jayme Ohlhaver, Leslie Regan

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

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

Group Members: Kathryn Collins, Tori Greenen, Adrienne Harris, Heather Martin, Real Wen

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson, James Frew

Client: California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

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

Assessing the Effectiveness of Fire Mitigation Strategies in the Wildland-Urban Interface

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

Group Members: Nico Alegria, Juliana Matos, Sarah McCutcheon

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Client: City of Santa Barbara Fire Department

Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts and Benefits of PV-battery Microgrid Systems in Off-Grid Communities

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

Group Members: Andy Bilich, Love Goyal, James Hansen, Anjana Krishnan, Kevin Langham

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: First Solar, Inc.

Biological and Social Tradeoffs of Implementing Fair Trade USA in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Costa Rican Snapper

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

Group Members: Juliana Herrera, Serena Lomonico, Katherine Millage, Iris Shin

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Conservation International

Eco-Entrepreneurship: EVMatch: Reducing the Barriers to Electric Vehicle Use by Matching EV Owners With Reliable Charging Options in Their Community

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Heather Hochrein, Kelsey Johnson, Shannon Walker, Erin Williamson

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Kyle C. Meng

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Fruit Forward: Recapturing the Beneficial Properties of Wine Grape Skins and Seeds to Produce an Organic Preservative

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Summer Broeckx-Smith, Jessica Sexton

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Bruce Kendall, David Tilman

Eco-Entrepreneurship: InGrain: Transforming Brewery Waste Into Sustainable Packaging and Marketing Solutions

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Terra Alpaugh, Cameron Dunning, Talia Ibarguen

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Matthew Potoski

Economic Analysis of Invasive Giant Reed (Arundo Donax) Control for the Lower Santa Clara River

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

Group Members: Ian Bell, Eliza Berry, Zachary McKelvey, Brooke Prentice-Dekker, Marc Steele

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Client: UCSB Riparian Invasion Research Lab

Factors Influencing the Expansion of Environmental Water Markets

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

Group Members: Alexander Bennett, Lillian Burns, Adriel Leon, Martin Merz, Patricia Song

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Client: Mammoth Trading, Inc., Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute - University of Nebraska

Finding a Place for Conservation: A bio-economic analysis to inform the re-zoning of the Galápagos Marine Reserve

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

Group Members: Jesse Goldstein, Smadar Levy, Juan Mayorga, Vanessa Perkins, Alexandra Vasquez

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: National Geographic Society Pristine Seas