This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.
To view capstones and theses separately, please see the links below:
Capstones/Theses from 2000
Capstone Project: Educating the public on dangers posed by northern elephant seals via an interactive map, Kristi West
Capstone Project: Emerita analoga (Stimpson) as an indicator species for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxicity along the California coast, Talitha J. Manouki
Capstone Project: Emerita analoga (Stimpson) -- possible new indicator species for the phycotoxin domoic acid in California coastal waters, Maria E. Ferdin
Capstone Project: Exploring the unincorporated status of Pajaro, CA, Ernesto SaÌnchez
Capstone Project: Intrinsic motivation as a core to educational achievement, Amy E. Carman
Capstone Project: Lead exposure analysis of the Fort Ord Deconstruction Project, David Johnston
Capstone Project: Monitoring Eriogonum populations on the coastal dunes of the former Fort Ord for the reestablishment of Euphilotes enoptes var. smithi, Carol A. Bowman
Capstone Project: Monitoring urban sprawl in Salinas city (1985 to 1999) : using remote sensing techniques, Bryant Bertrand
Capstone Project: Organic farming, agriculture and our food system : science, words and art, Zachary Knapp
Capstone Project: Processes linking wave exposure to periphyton load on Zostera marina leaves in the Chincoteague and Chesapeake Bays, Randy Lee
Capstone Project: The demographics of childhood lead poisoning in Monterey County, Darcie Loth
Capstone Project: The effects of human activity on the foraging behavior of sanderlings (Calidris alba), Kate Thomas
Capstone Project: The importance of meeting the needs of captive dolphins and the benefits of establishing a successful training program, Jennifer DePaolo
Capstone Project: The sea around us : improving ocean awareness for students through education that links classrooms and the community, Tyana Denali Thayer
Capstone Project: The use of GIS to analyze and visualize the source and extent of mercury contamination in the sediments of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento Delta watershed system, David C. Rosenow
Capstone Project: University life : living and flourishing in accordance with Jewish law, Jason Yehuda Leib Weiner
Capstone Project: What's a man? : gender discourse and Fort Ord newspapers during the Viet Nam war, John Klein
Master's Thesis: Emergent literacy and second language development : a case study of six English language learners in a Structured English Immersion kindergarten, Katherine Dixson-Clark
Master's Thesis: Family literacy project : achievement, motivation and connection, Kerry Conner
Master's Thesis: Fiji East Indian educational implications in Monterey County, Vinay Singh
Master's Thesis: Making comprehension comprehensible : using explicit instruction in comprehension skills and effective groupwork strategies to increase secondary student reading achievement, Kelly Kathryne Smith
Master's Thesis: Participatory community literacy in Peace Corps training, Natalie Ulrica Gray
Master's Thesis: Struggling in U.S. society : three ethnic group's [sic] perspective of U.S. society, Xiu Zhang
Master's Thesis: The emancipating power of education : reshaping the intellectual paradigm of California's Mexican-American community, Adrian Andrade
Master's Thesis: The invasive Asian clam Potamocorbula amurensis : potential effects on geochemical flux in South San Francisco Bay, California, K. Brynie Kaplan
Capstones/Theses from 1999
Capstone Project: 1999 amphibian survey of the former Fort Ord, Kim Stevens
Capstone Project: A characterization of the urban runoff that flows into Monterey Bay from the cities of Monterey, Seaside, Sand City and Del Rey Oaks, California, Bridget Hoover
Capstone Project: A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the waste disposal options of landfilling and composting at the California State University, Monterey Bay, Paul Gamble
Capstone Project: Analysis of runoff in the Elkhorn Slough Watershed as a result of land-use change using the BGC model, runoff rational method and GIS, Brandon Oberbauer
Capstone Project: Application of GIS and GPS to landform analysis in the Chualar Creek Watershed, Carolina Morgan
Capstone Project: A review of the feeding, migratory, and breeding ecology of the eastern Pacific gray whale and related anthropogenic environmental impacts, Rebecca Hager
Capstone Project: Community food security in Salinas : an evaluation of the Salinas Community Food Security Collaborative leadership strategies, Darcie Warden
Capstone Project: Costs to China of implementing the Kyoto Protocol, Charlotte Hadley
Capstone Project: Development, economics, and policies surrounding the use of DNA probes for harmful algal bloom monitoring programs, Saundra Butcher
Capstone Project: Ecological assessment applied to stream restoration and revegetation : El Toro Creek, Monterey County, California, Mya Martin
Capstone Project: Environmental education for historically under-educated and low-income homeowners, Ylena Shayne
Capstone Project: Impacts of elevated COâ‚‚ and climate change on watershed ecological processes, Bryan Murphy
Capstone Project: Interannual variability of poleward flow and mixed layer characteristics off Monterey Bay during ENSO 1997-98 relative to prior ENSO and non-ENSO years, Carolina Fayos
Capstone Project: Long Marine Lab : further development of education programs through teacher surveys, Laura Kovalek
Capstone Project: Modeling the Gabilan Creek Watershed with KINEROS, Mitchell Brian Fadem
Capstone Project: Monitoring Fort Ord dune restoration, Mike Hall
Capstone Project: Promoting public awareness about natural lands : a self-guided nature trail brochure, Thor N. Anderson
Capstone Project: Protozoa for use as bio indicator [i.e. bio-indicator] of ecosystem health : a preliminary study as to the effect of protozoa assessing differences between sites and as an indication of toxicity, Dak Sivertson
Capstone Project: The CDROM, GIS data of the Monterey Bay : inception, application, implementation, Randolph Bucciarelli
Capstone Project: The impact of urban sprawl in reducing the agricultural land base in the Salinas Valley : a GIS approach, Theresa Soliz
Capstone Project: The use of geographic information systems in understanding jubata grass infestations along the Big Sur coast, Ryan Heacock
Capstone Project: Using ecosystem process modelling to estimate a fire danger index rating in Monterey, California, Gina Lee Hamilton
Capstone Project: Why do rivers flood? : a visual and informative study about the problems and issues of flooding affecting the Carmel River, Jonathan Saiki
Master's Thesis: Multicultural learning environment for Mong children in the California north coast : home and school collaboration, Yer J. Thao
Capstones/Theses from 1998
Capstone Project: A study in progress on the effects of logging on sediment transport and runoff in the Torcido and Jaroso Watersheds of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado and some thoughts on potential ramifications to local irrigation, agriculture, economy and culture, Dale Thomas Hameister
Capstone Project: Evaluation & monitoring of Monterey County's efforts to improve the channel capacity of the Salinas River, Jeff Conger
Capstone Project: Innovations in earth systems science curriculum : a case study on methyl bromide, E Ross