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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.

trail camera images

Is there a difference in species movement between the trails and the power line right-of-way at Fairfield Osborn Preserve?

Spring 2017

Faculty: Martha Shott, Nathan Rank, Jeremy Qualls

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

system overview diagram

PLAD: Power Line Arc Detector

2019

Faculty: Mohamed Salem

student with clipboard in meadow under powerlines

The Impacts of Right-of-Way Management on Pollinators

2015 - 2017

Faculty: Chris Halle

Partners: PG&E, SMUD, Utility Arborist Association, Pollinator Partnership, Kerry Wininger

native bee on buttercup with fingers

Establishing a Western United States Vegetation Management Right-of-Way Research Network

2017

Faculty: Chris Halle

Partners: United Arborist Association, PG&E, SMUD, Pollinator Partnership, Eldorado National Forest, Pepperwood Preserve, Michelle Benson

board and wires with meter outside

Mobile Data Harvester

2016 to 2017

Faculty: Chris Halle, Farid Farahmand

Partners: Mr. Sean Headrick, Aerotestra

PLA lids

Optimizing degradation of PLA bioplastic by a thermophilic microbial consortium and downstream uses of spent medium

Spring 2023

Faculty: Michael Cohen

Correlations with Residential Water Usage

Spring 2023

Faculty: Kevin Fang

students stand in front of poster

How Hot is Too hot? Bull Kelp’s Response to Climate Change

Spring 2023

Faculty: Mackenzie Zippay

Partners: UC Davis

student next to poster

Plastic Pollution in Surface Waters of Sonoma County

Spring 2023

Faculty: Manza Atkinson

Partners: Russian Riverkeepers

diagram of raisins in different solutions

Osmosis Demonstration

Spring 2023

Faculty: Bogdan Negru