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The Center archives environmental inquiry projects conducted by SSU students. Launched in 2010, the archive now contains results from over 140 student projects on a wide range of topics. We provide abstracts, research methods, results and data sets where possible. 

poster presentation reading "stream disconnect monitor"
Stream Disconnect Monitor

Spring 2022

Faculty: Rob Rowlands, Neil Hancock

students take measurements in a creek
Impacts of sediment removal project

2019 to present

Faculty: Jackie Guilford

Partners: Sonoma Water

A woman holds a plastic plate next to vat of algae
Biodegradation of Polylactate Bioplastic

2021

Faculty: Michael Cohen

Title slide showing rocks under trees
A roadmap to restrooms

2021

Faculty: Armand Gilinksy

Partners: Sonoma Water

title slide dark blue with white writing and Zoom face
Aligning the universe on homelessness and water quality in Sonoma County

2021

Faculty: Megan Burke

Partners: Sonoma Water

title slide white background black text globe
Where are resources needed?

2021

Faculty: David Sul

Partners: Sonoma Water

graphic of algae and seagrass
Sea Otters and Aquatic Vegetation

2021

Faculty: Wendy St. John

A Chinook salmon leaps out of turbulent water
Effect of Droughts on Chinook Salmon

2021

Faculty: Martha Shott

California bay laurel leaves with brown tips
Sudden Oak Death in northern California

2021

Faculty: Nathan Rank

Map of California with red gradient indicating burned areas
Rainfall and Vegetation Growth in Wildfire Areas

2020

Faculty: José Javier Hernández Ayala