ESYS Senior Projects 2014-2015
| Organization | Topic | Site Supervisor | Faculty Mentor |
| Noble Environmental Technologies | Research, testing and development on ECOR | Robert Mellott | Lihini Aluwihare |
| UC San Diego - Shurin Lab | Interactions between algae and fungal pathogens | Jonathan Shurin | Jonathan Shurin |
| Transportation Services; Commute Solutions | Alternative transportation as a method of reducing emissions for UCSD | Curt Lutz | Sarah Gille |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Ohman Lab | Euphausiid net avoidance | Catherine Nickels | Mark Ohman |
| Nautilus Environmental | Project Assistant in Environmental Toxicology lab testing | Beverly Geiszier | Ron Burton |
| Cabrillo National Monument | National Park Service, Introduction to park resources and operations | Emily Floyd | Geoff Cook |
| California Wolf Center | Wolf enrichment at California Wolf Center | Erin Hunt | Jonathan Shurin |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | Environmental Education Intern | Kristin Kuhn | Eric Allen |
| American Integrated Services, Inc. | Environmental Remediation of DCB's, Heavy Metals, Asbestors | Carlos Pelayo | Mark Jacobsen |
| San Diego Resource Management Association / Zero Waste San Diego | Achieving 80%+ diversion at EarthFair | Richard Anthony | Mark Jacobsen |
| Lakeside River Park Conservancy | Effects of sand mining on Lakeside River Park | Robin Rierdan | Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell |
| Solana Center for Environmental Intervention | Esl & Solana Center Recycling Project | Tricia Pogue | Heather Henter |
| Kasai Consulting | Kasai Environmental, Health, and Safety Internship | David Burcin | Geoff Cook |
| Solana Center for Environmental Intervention | ESL Soccer Recycling Project and Environmental Education | Diane Hazard | Meg Eckles |
| UCSD - Environment, Health & Safety | Industrial user discharge permit with the City of San Diego | Valerie Fanning | Robert Pomeroy |
| UC San Diego Physical and Community Planning | Bicycle and Pedestrian improvements on campus | Todd Pitman | Kathy Garcia |
| DOI - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement (UCDC) | Surface mining/SMCRA and its effects on environmental justice issues in West Virginia | Peter Mali | |
| California State Parks - Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve | Recording the Health of Torrey Pine Trees within Torrey Pines SNR | Kyle Knox | Heather Henter |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | San Diego Bay Debris Study | Kristin Kuhn | Dimitri Deheyn |
| UC San Diego Student Sustainability Collective | Director of Finance for the Green Initiative Fund | Sara McKinstry | Mark Jacobsen |
| Green Restaurant Association | Invasive Species as Food | Becky Malamut | Elsa Cleland |
| Birch Aquarium at Scripps | Sustainability Assesment & Action Plan for Birch Aquarium at Scripps | Krista Mays | Cheryl Peach |
| San Diego River Park Foundation | Ecosystem productivity along the San Diego River watershed | Shannon Quigley-Raymond | Jonathan Shurin |
| CalIT 2, Social Computing for Sustainability | Effects of regulatory and market forces on corporate sustainability | Angela Chen | Jonathan Shurin |
| UC San Diego - Mayfield Lab | Algae Protein Analysis | Melissa Scranton | Stephen Mayfield |
| Clean Harbors, San Diego Branch | Community cleanup, hazmat, pickups, and lab packs | Timothy lee | Eric Allen |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | School-based Initiative Internship | Rochelle Mothokakobo | Jonathan Shurin |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Deheyn Lab | Adhesion of pollen and fungal spores | Maryann Hawke | Dimitri Deheyn |
| UC San Diego School for International Relation and Pacific Studies | Sustainable Farming: Ecosystem Services Valuation Analysis on California's Organic and Conventional Farming System | Jennifer Burney | Jennifer Burney |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Sandin Lab | Data imaging space use patterns on coral reefs: An application of photo mosaic technology | Clinton Edwards | Stuart Sandin |
| UC San Diego, EH & S Environmental Affairs Div | Calculating GHG in the construction of a LEED building (MESOM) | Julie Hampel | Jan Kleissl |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | Watershed Avengers Assistant Coordinator | Carla Pisbe | Geoff Cook |
| Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) | Development of 100% Renewable Energies in Vietnam | Peter Meisen | Stephen Mayfield |
| Global TIES, Jacobs School of Engineering | SISTERS (Sustaining Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Research in Society) | Mandy Bratton PhD | Jan Kleissl |
| UC San Diego - Kurle Lab | Stable isotope analysis of long-term zooplankton & sea turtle data sets | Carolyn Kurle | Carolyn Kurle |
| City of San Diego Solid Waste LEA | Management Intern - City of San Diego Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency | Daron Warkentin and Christina Buchanan | Amro Hamdoun |
| City of Encinitas | City of Encinitas Clean Water Program | Mayela Manasjan | Geoff Cook |
| City of San Diego Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division | GIS / Biological Monitoring Intern | Kimberly Roeland | Lisa Tauxe |
| UC San Diego, Biocircuits Institute | Mechanisms of learning in the Argentine ant | Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman | Jane Teranes |
| UCSD Dept of Pharmacology | Impact of triclosan on various tissues in mice | Mei-Fei Yueh | Robert Tukey |
| The Alternative Consumer | Study of Sustainable Ecofriendly Consumerism | Maureen O'Connor | Amro Hamdoun |
| American Council on Renewable Energy | UCDC -Renewable Energy | Alla Lipsky | Amy Bridges |
| J. Craig Venter Institute | Examination of Bacteria/Phytoplankton interations | Rachel Diner | Andrew Allen |
| California Dept of Fish & Wildlife | Drought monitoring of rainbow trout populations of Southern California | Russell Barabe | Eric Allen |
| UCSD - Environment, Health & Safety | GIS Intergration for UCSD Stormwater Program | Kimberly O'Connell | Geoff Cook |
| Cabrillo National Monument | Human visitation impact on the rocky intertidal | Tavio Del Rio | Carolyn Kurle |
| 1 to 1 Movement | 1 to 1 Movement: Curriculum development and implementation | Jonathan Zaidman | Eric Allen |
| Zero Waste San Diego | Zero Waste Manager Curriculum | Laura Anthony | John Hildebrand |
| California Trout, South Coast Steelhead Coalition | Protocol Development for Improved Trout Population Surveys by underwater videograhy | Sandra Jacobsen | Jane Teranes |