Energy Efficiency Education
The 2014 Team Energy worked on raising awareness about energy usage, by creating a culture of stair-taking that will benefit the environment, public health, and UCLA's bank. Burn calories, not electricity!
Projects
Estimating the Mass of VOC Pollutants in the West Coast Los Angeles Groundwater Basin
Students: Soseh Baboumian, Maya Keiko Bruguera, Albert Lu, Emilio Mendoza Ronquillo, Evan Tang, Ziqi Wan, Shihao Zhu Client: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Advisor: Travis Longcore and Travis…
Evaluating Certified Wildlife Habitats and the Minds Behind Them
Students: Jennifer Mariko Chan, Terry Hugo Chen, Yuxin Jin, Nicole M Tachiki, Sara Louiz Vetter, Megan Leigh Vyenielo, Gina Yuan Zheng Client: National Wildlife Federation Advisor: Assoc. Adj. Prof. Travis Longcore…
Evaluating factors that impact aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California
Students: Rita Chang, Mark Sien-Gwun Chong, Nathaniel Willis Clark, Valentina Lin, Kevin Michael Tang, Jazmin Tostado, Alice Wong Client: Heal The Bay Advisor: Dr. Mark Gold Final Report
Hermosa Beach Carbon Neutral Scoping Plan
As part of a broader effort to become a more livable, sustainable beach city, in 2010, the City of Hermosa Beach City Council set a goal achieving “carbon neutrality” for…
LEED certification of Residential Buildings
The Green Buildings Team worked on LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for all the on-campus residential buildings for UCLA Housing. In order to do so, they collected LEED credits for energy, water, waste, indoor air, site purchasing and green cleaning.
Phytoplankton biological community assessment: Case study at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
Students: Vanessa De Anda, Jessie Marie Jaeger, Jacquelyn Rose Lam, Kristine Leon, Anthony Rees Noren, Mahsa Ostowari, Ellisa Hannah Soberon Client: The Bay Foundation Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Shipe Final Report…
Rethinking Water at UCLA Unicamp
Students: Hunter Leigh Connell, Charles Mcintyre Falconer, Daniel Ryan Fong, Kyle Sigdian Graycar, Diana Nguyen, Emily Ann Parker, Nathan Kai Tsang Client: UCLA Unicamp Advisor: Dr. Michael McGuire Final Report…
Sustainable Food Systems: Food Waste
The 2014 Sustainable Food Systems Team (SFS) measured food waste in on-campus eateries and educated the UCLA campus about the many linkages between food, waste, water, and climate change. The…
Sustainable Water Research Projects at the Luskin Center for Innovation
UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation hosts a Sustainable Water Systems Initiative program to improve science-based decision-making for managing the state’s precious water resources. Focusing largely on water supply reliability issues…
Toxic Release Inventory University Challenge
Student(s): Ha Hyun Chung, Carmen Marie-Therese Ehlinger, Fannie Hsieh, Leanna Huynh, Larry Yulin Lai, Amy Tat, Audrey Vinant-Tang Client: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advisor: Prof. Magali Delmas Final Report
Tuning the white light spectrum of residential lamps for reducing nocturnal insect attraction
Students: Hannah Lins Aldern, John Franklin Eggers, Steve Flores, Lesly Joanne Franco, Eric Hirshfield-Yamanishi, Laina Natalia Petrinec, Wilson Alexander Yan Client: Philips Lighting Advisor: Assoc. Adj. Prof. Travis Longcore Final…