ES&P Final M.A. Project Topics

The Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) Graduate Program held its third annual ES&P Graduate Program Annual Symposium on Wednesday, February 6, 2009.

2009 Graduates and their Topics

Siddhida Acharya
Organizational Response to Regulations on Mercury-Added Products

Elizabeth Bullock
Outdoor Education from Theory to Practice

Maria Camila Calvache
A Community-Based Participatory Study of Indoor Pollutants in Household Environments of Worcester, Massachusetts

Xiongzhen Chen
Study on Prospect Approaches for Improving Food Safety in China

Ashley Curtis
Importance of Pseudo-Absence Generation Methods for Describing Species Distributions Using a Back Propagation Network Model

Elena Fedorova
Assessing the Impact of Impervious Surfaces on Massachusetts Streams: Implications for Policy Formulation and Decision Support

Clayton Fielding
Food Policy Councils as a Tool for Local Food System Sustainability

Dawn Gedenberg
An Evaluation of the Methodology Used to Conduct Vulnerability Assessments of Two New England Fishing Communities

Desiree Hoskins
Exploration of Agroforestry Potential in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of India

Khoa Dang Le
Fungus Formation and Ochratoxin-A (OTA) Occurrence in Robusta Coffee of Vietnam During Storage: Implications for Storage Practice and Human Health Risk

John Magnant
Bridging the Niche with the Mainstream: Case of Zero Energy Single Family Development in Townsend, Massachusetts

Shrikanta Mohanta
Prospects and Problems of Cultivating Jatropha as a Biodiesel in India

Susan Moynagh
The Grasshopper Sparrow: (Almost) Dead and Buried in the Northeastern U.S.?

Julie Muszalski
Evaluating Climate Policy: The Case of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Kelly Piersanti
Addressing Health Vulnerability in Worcester, Massachusetts: Implications for Community Based Participatory Research

Manuel Pinto
Addressing the Problem of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Luanda City, Angola

Gabriel Rand
The Effects of Wind Turbines on Sustainable Behaviors

Jared Silva
Managing Georges Banks Multi-Species Groundfishing Industry: Understanding Failures of the Past and Developing Workable Policy for the Future

Asha Singh
Biogas–a Potential Renewable Energy Technology for Nepal: Analysis from a Gendered Perspective

Gregory Sixt
Water and Soil Quality Assessment of Wastewater Irrigation Practice in the Aleppo Region of Syria

Amy Stout
Critical Assessment of Collaboration among Nonprofits in the James River Watershed, Virginia: Characteristics and Lessons

Yuzhu Wu
Prospects for Employing a City-wide Bicycle Project in the City of Toronto: What Toronto Can Learn from Paris

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