Honors and Senior Theses in EEP
Have you thought about writing a thesis? If requirements are met, you can enroll in:
- Senior Thesis Program in EEP or
- Honors Program in EEP.
You can also apply for research funding for your thesis in the Student Initiated Portal of SPUR.
Congrats to the EEP Honors Students in the Fall 2020: Jerry, Ariana, and Yanling!
Watch the video of the Entire symposium for Fall 2020 HERE
A Sample of EEP Alumni Honors' Thesis
- Scott Kaplan. 2014. "Alternative Crop Adoption: A Study from Cote d'Ivoire," PRESENTATION (mentor David Zilberman, ARE)
- Natalie Mezaki. 2017. "Using Econometrics to Test the Effects of Environmental Injustice on Performance in School" THESIS, PRESENTATION (mentor: Brian Wright, ARE)
- Sophie Andrews. 2018. "Temperature Response in U.S. Electricity Demand, an Investigation into Adaptive Preferences," PRESENTATION (mentor: James Sallee, ARE) Melis Medalist.
- Ryan Saraie. 2018. "Impacts of the California Solar Initiative on Solar Energy Adoption" THESIS (mentor: Meredith Fowlie) Melis Medalist.
- Tyler Jacobson. 2019. " Estimating Willingness to Pay for Cleaner Air" VIDEO, THESIS (mentors David Card, Economics; Sofia B. Villas-Boas, ARE). Melis Medalist.
- Kipper Berven. 2020. "The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act's Impact on Ground Water Withdrawal in the Sacramento Hydrologic Region," THESIS (mentors Sofia B. Villas-Boas, ARE; Ellen Bruno, ARE).
- Ryan Andresen, 2020. "Does Drought Surcharge Pricing Induce Water Conservation?" THESIS (mentor Sofia Villas-Boas, ARE).
- Xinyue Gao, 2020. "Analysis of Factors Influencing Organic Consumption Among Young Adults in California" THESIS (mentor Sofia Villas-Boas, ARE).
- Ariana Jessa, 2020. "Exploring Climate Change Adaptation Pathways for the Guna Yala in San Blas, Panama."
Thesis,
PRESENTATION (mentor Sofia Villas-Boas, ARE)
- Jerry Zhu, 2020. "A State on Fire: Effect of California Wildfire on Perceived Risks and Home Values."
Thesis,
PRESENTATION (mentor Sofia Villas-Boas, ARE) Melis Medalist.
- Yanling Liu, 2020. "Bioplastic(Petrochemical Plastic Substitutes): Price Burden and Path to Cost Reduction."
PRESENTATION (mentor Brian Wright, ARE)