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FACULTY ADVISOR

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CLIENT

Permanent River Protection Strategies in China


CHINARIVERS website

contact

Freiberg, Matthew
Jacobsen, Hanna
Leclair, Lydia
Wilburton, Carly

Bob Wilkinson

Michael Gheleta
Kristen McDonald

Proposal

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

China Rivers

Project

Synergistic Commercial and Industrial Energy and Water Conservation Strategies 

SYNERGY website

contact

Nichols, Sarah
Pearlman, Isaac
Sampson, Gabriel
Showers, Jasmine
Turner, Randy

Arturo Keller

Arturo Keller
Randy Turner

Proposal

Southern

California Edison

Zero Waste Strategies for Gills Onions—Sustainable Innovation and Waste Management

ONIONS website

contact

French,LeeAnne
Hamman, Laura
Katz, Stacy
Kozaki, Yuji

James Frew

Nikki Rodoni

Proposal

Gills Onions

Development of a Standard Tool to Measure the Economic Footprint of Footwear

   

FOOTPRINT website

contact

Arcenas, Ariana
Holst, Julie
Ono, Takuma
Valdin, Matt

Sarah Anderson

Mark Fegley

Proposal

Deckers Outdoor

Corporation

Development of Conceptual Models and Ecological Baselines to Support Monitoring and Adaptive Management of Tejon Ranch, California

TEJON website

contact

Appelbaum, Jonathan
Brown, Erin
Forsyth, Shaina
Kashiwase, Lisa
Murray, Dana

Frank Davis

Michael White

Proposal

Tejon Ranch

Conservancy

Optimal Design and Management of a Commercial Fishing Cooperative for the San Miguel Island Red Abalone Fishery

ABALONE website

contact


Bor, Kristen
Hodges, Heather
Jacobs, Ariel
Ovando, Dan
Uecker, Josh

Chris Costello

Kristen Bor
Dan Ovando

Proposal

California Abalone Association

Assessing Fire Regime Change in the Santa Monica Mountains under Climate Change Scenarios: Policy and Management Implications

SAMO website

contact

Anderson, Adam
Koh, Kyung
Schaffer-Smith, Danica
Shapiro, Erin
Su, Wendy

Kendall/Tague

Marti Witter
Wendy Su

Proposal

Santa Monica

Mountains

National

Recreation Area

Patagonia’s Water Footprint

PATAGONIA website

contact

Bass, Lindsay
Close, Ainsley
Nuding, Amelia
Tam, Loretta
Young, Daniel

Tom Dunne

Amelia Nuding

Proposal

Patagonia

Environmental Risk and Emerging Regulation in the Nanomaterials Sector: A 2009 Inventory and Survey of Industry Perceptions and Practices

NANO website 

contact

Baumgartner, Lynn
Carr, Benjamin
Fish, Allison
Meyerhofer, John

Patricia Holden

Barbara Herr Harthorn

Proposal

Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB (CNS-UCSB) and

UC Center for

Environmental

Implications of

Nanotechnology

(UC CEIN)

Tracing Seafood Sources: a Pressing Technical Challenge for the Seafood Industry

SEAFOOD website

contact

Gibbon, James
Hastings, Connor
Hirsch, Tucker
Hislop, Kristen
Stevens, Eric

Hunter Lenihan/

John Melack

Kim Salkoe

Proposal

Monterey Bay

Aquarium

(Sustainable

Seafood Initiative)

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies for California Communities

AECOM website

contact

Conrardy, Michael
Feiger, Gavin
King, Allison
Sobel, Aaron
Whittet, Justin

Oran Young

AECOM Environment

Proposal

AECOM Environment

Integrating Urban Green Space into Downtown Los Angeles

GREENLA website

contact

Morgan, Theresa
Riley, Kathryn
Tannebring, Rebecca
Veldhuis, Leanne

Christina Tague

Kathryn Riley
Rebecca Tannebring

Proposal

Downtown Los

Angeles

Neighborhood

Council

Enhancing Business Operations and Scientific Capacity of Loreto Bay in Baja Sur, Baja, California, Mexico

BAJA website

contact

Holl, Gabriela
Meeker, Lara
Paez, Catrina
Soto, Grizelda
Vercruse, Robin

Catherine Ramus

Catrina Paez
Kristian Beadle

Proposal

Waterkeeper

Alliance

Eco-Entrepreneurship: "Marketainer" Closed-Loop Packagiolution

MARKETAINER website

contact

Cowan, Rori
Edingfield, Hylton
Tannenbaum, Kathryn
Vytla, Priya

Roland Geyer

Hylton Edingfield
Takuma Ono
Matt Valdin

Proposal

Isla Vista Food

Cooperative

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Creation of Pajaro Water Solutions LLC to Provide Innovative Water Resource Management Strategies to the Pajaro River Watershed

PWS website 

contact

Carlson, Zoe
Crocker, Daniel
Solis, Sara
Speers, Alexandra
Young, Matthew

Gary Libecap

Zoe Carlson

Proposal

Stakeholders in Pajaro River Watershed

Eco-Entrepreneurship—Energy Rubix: Developing a Business Plan for a Consulting/Brokerage Firm that Couples Energy-Efficiency Methodologies and Photovoltaic Installation

ENERGYRUBIX website

contact

Halabi, Linda
Lamartin, Andrea
Lin, Anna
Rohloff, Adam
Wdowin, Aaron

James Frew

Adam Rohloff
Aaron Wdowin

Proposal