Projects

2016

Bringing Clean Drinking Water to Maywood, California

Students: Amanda Rose Mattes, Alana Rose Mckean, Kajori Purkayastha, Elizabeth Abigail Roswell, Jonathan Adam Saltzman, Kaylee Noelle Vanni, Kimberly Susan Wong Client: Environment Now Advisor: Noah Garrison (IoES) Final Report

2016

Developing a Soil Analysis and Remediation Toolkit for Landscape Construction and Management

Students: Lilian Chou, Kyle Gregory Kneeland, Alessandro Lorenzo Lallas, Kimberly See-Yan Mak, Victoria Suzanne Mcrae, Nicholas Chester Tom, Shiyi Zheng Client: Huntington Botanical Gardens and the Natural History Museum of…

2016

Developing Ecosystem Indicators for Los Angeles County

Students: Danielle Nicole Alvarez, Connie Kang, Denise Lihan Lin, June Ngoc Tran, Tiffany Lee Wu Client: National Park Service, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, The Nature Conservancy Advisor:…

2016

Enhancing Industrial Stormwater Regulatory Compliance in the Los Angeles Region

Students: Sarah Christine Chiang, Marina Danielle Lindsay, Gabrielle Nicole Ruxin, Jacqueline V Salem Client: Los Angeles Waterkeeper Advisor: Dr. Felicia Federico (IoES)  Final Report

2016

Examining the Impact of Eco-Labels for Household Cleaners in the Consumer Market

Students: Michael David Binger, Dominic Lee Butler, Terrance Tianyu Cao, Jonathan Carey Chin, Azeb Guesh, Amy Chu Ting Huang, Nicole Marie Remsburg Client: Green Seal Advisor: Dr. Jinghui Lim (Postdoctoral…

2015

An Analysis of Hazardous Materials Spills in California with a Focus on Oil and Gas

Students: Alexandra Caryotakis, Ian Davies, Sarah Hafiz, Justine Niketen, Daniel Noakes, Ruoyu Wang, Xunyi Wu Client: Natural Resources Defense Council Advisor: Dr. Felicia Federico (IoES) Final Report

2015

Aquaponics and the Future of Urban Agriculture

Students: Justin Brandt, Kendall Curtis, Kyle Gordon, Mallvinder Kahal, KellyAnneTang, Vanessa Villanueva, Sterling Wahlrab Client: Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles Advisor: Noah Garrison (IoES)

2015

Assessing the Environmental and Social Co-Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Offset Project

Students: Anais Marguerite Engel, Mark Allen Ginsburg, Erika Kristen Kidera, Hadley Kathryn Nolan, Sagarika Subramanian, Peilun Sun Team: CO2 Markets Client: Climate Action Reserve

2015

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

2015

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…

2015

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…

2015

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)