Search Projects

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

Sonoma State University acknowledges the Coast Miwok, Central and Southern Pomo, and the Wappo as the traditional stewards of our preserved lands. Let it be acknowledged that the Sonoma State University campus is located within the traditional homelands of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Sonoma State offers deep gratitude to the original stewards of this land and recognizes its immense historical, spiritual, and personal significance to the Native nations and peoples of this region.