The Earth and Soil Sciences Department is now the Natural Resources Management and Environmental Science Department.
Please visit digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/nrmsp to view recent senior projects from the newly titled department.
Please submit your senior project to the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Department only.
Senior Projects from 2011
Evidence of Tectonic Uplift along the Oceanic Fault near San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California, George Gecy
A Map of Relict Landscapes and Landslides: Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Kern County, California, USA, Colin Lawson and Jeanette McCracken
Brizzolara Creek Revegetation & Restoration Plan, Cailin O'Meara
Soil Development Processes on the Western Slope of the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains: a Geographic Study, Kristopher (Kris) Osterloh
Soil Survey Report for Saucelito Canyon Vineyard Proposed Vineyard Site, Thomas E. Richardson and Ryan S. Stirm
Senior Projects from 2010
Creation of a Revised Site Specific Liquefaction Potential Map Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology and ArcGIS® Software, Michael S. Armstrong
Management and Control Plan for Zinfandel Vines in South Paso Robles, CA., Tanner E. Campbell
adaptiveARC and the Future of the Energy Industry, Trevor Chase
Earth Science for Secondary Schools: Earth Science Teaching Curriculum, Chelsea DeVries
Soil Infiltration Study: Measuring the Difference in Leachate Quality Between Surface Compost Application and Incorporated Compost Application, Christopher Gallo and Kristin Roberts
Analysis of anthropogenic effects on topsoil throughout the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo, Brooke L. Hamilton
The Influence of Vegetation and Landscape Position on Soil Temperature Change in a Sagebrush-Steppe Eastern Sierra Environment: Implications on Soil Taxonomy, Nathan Michael Lurie
Fragaria species grown in a Greenhouse Cropping System chemigated by Phosfite® and Bacillus® in subsidence of Phytophthora fragariae and Verticillium dahliae, Russell L. Morgan
Environmental Impacts of Human Activity Associated With Geocaching, Brendon G. Patubo
Urban Heat Island Expansion in the Greater Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, Alex Remar
A Study of Soil Development on Marine and Stream Terraces of Swanton Pacific Ranch, Davenport, CA, Genevieve M. Widrig, Kristine W. Johnson, and Anna E. Tornincasa
Senior Projects from 2009
Creation of Soil Liquefaction Susceptibility Maps for San Luis Obispo & Marin Counties using Geographic Information Systems., Amelia M. Lowman
Organic Carbon Content in Surface and Subsurface Soil on a Toposequence on the Peterson Ranch in Poly Canyon, San Luis Obispo, Renee Michelle Nall
Social Behaviors of Modern and Indigenous Peoples Impacting the Ecology of the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil, Josef W. Schaffer
Land Rehabilitation of Construction Damaged Parcel at Santa Fe Road and Hoover Avenue in San Luis Obispo, California, Patience J. West
Senior Projects from 2006
Quaternary Deposits Near the San Emigdio Mountains, California: Evidence for a Paleolandscape?, Paul G. Lavelle