Biking in On-Campus Housing
The team worked with UCLA’s Housing & Hospitality Services and UCLA Transportation to encourage and better accommodate bike ridership on the residential Hill. The team advised on the addition of…
Projects
Biodiversity survey of manicured and non-manicured areas of UCLA
The 2015 Biodiversity Action Research Team indexed the biodiversity of flora and fauna between manicured and non-manicured regions of campus. The data helped indicated what ecosystem is more beneficial for the…
Butterfly survey by La Kretz Center and Natural History Museum scientist
As a La Kretz/Natural History Museum postdoc, Elizabeth Long conducted a comprehensive resurvey of butterflies across the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles
Campus Energy
The Energy Team conducted an energy audit of the Physics and Astronomy Building on campus, using light and occupancy data loggers to examine if unoccupied rooms had lights consistently turned…
Climate Action Scorecard and Indicators
Students: Samuel Geldin, McKenzie Hoffman, Danielle Pocta, Xiaoya Qiu, Sidhaant Shah Client: Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Advisor: Katie Bickel Goldman (Greenhouse Gas Management Institute) Final Report
Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region
The most comprehensive study of climate change in LA to date, the Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region Project was conducted by Center for Climate Science Faculty Director Alex Hall and his research group between 2010 and 2015. Dr. Hall and his team developed a novel method for bringing global climate model projections to high spatial resolution, creating neighborhood-by-neighborhood projections of future climate over the greater Los Angeles region under different scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions.
Developing Landscape Ecology Parameters for the Natural History Museum BioSCAN Project
Students: Rachel Chung, Trevor Johnson, Jonathan Kalmanson, Amanda Russell, Sarah Toback, Joanna Shen, Jennifer Truong Client: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Advisor: Prof. Tom Gillespie (UCLA Geography) Final…
Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air and Water Samples From Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Regions of CA
Students: Cody Ericksen, Elizabeth Ficara, Isabel Melendez, Michael Sanchez, Nghi Tran, Devin Walpert, Tony Yuan Client: Natural Resources Defense Council Advisor: Prof. Jenny Jay and Cristina Echeverria (UCLA Dept. of…
Ecological and Environmental Effects of Turf Replacement in Southern California
Pilot Study of the Ecological and Environmental Effects of Metropolitan’s Turf Replacement Program Study Objectives The principal objectives of this study are to identify and, to the extent possible, to…
Energy and Air Quality Environmental Report Card
In conjunction with Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, CCSC staff contribute to the the development of environmental report cards to evaluate LA county’s progress towards environmental sustainability. In 2015, UCLA’s Institute…
Evaluating Opportunities for Habitat Restoration Along the Pacoima Wash
Students: Yue Ming Huang, Adam Joseph, Guo Li, Vivian Li, Thea Percival, Steven St. Germain, Erin Wilson Client: Pacoima Beautiful Advisor: Tim Bevins (Global Green USA)
Geographic Study of Industrial Stormwater Discharges in the Dominguez Channel Watershed
Students: Franz Anunciacion, Kristelle Batucal, Zoe Filippenko, Amy Mitchell, Jacqueline Ostermann, Yiwei Shen, Xiaoyun (Cloudy) Xiu Client: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Advisor: Noah Garrison (IoES)