Undergraduate Projects

Discover innovative and collaborative undergraduate projects in climate science at EOAS.

ENVR 400: Research Project in Environmental Science

ENVR 400, “Research Project in Environmental Science” is a capstone course for Environmental Science students. Student teams work with community partners on guided, community-based environmental science projects. Teams articulate project questions and goals, devise methods, conduct research and communicate results. 

Click the following dropdown to view projects from recent years. To find abstracts and reports from this course, search by title at the UBC cIRcle repository.

Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
Nina Dorsch, Audrey McBean, Emma Pantel, Callie Phelps 2023 Rethinking Riley Park’s Education Garden Border through the Selection of Culturally Significant Native Plants Little Mountain Neighbourhood House
Paul English, 
Yin Liu,
Janet Ng, 
Syd Treasure		 2023 Comparing Long-Term Effects of Two Herbicide Treatments for Controlling English Holly (Ilexaquifolium) in Pacific Spirit Regional Park Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
Morgan Frey, 
Jonathan Lai, Lauren Moody, Talia Morfopoulos		 2023 Analyzing spatial and temporal variation of residential woodsmoke pollution in Sechelt, British Columbia Society for Atmospheric Solutions
Avery Chan, Yoana Dinkova, Subin Lee, Sebastian Martinez Sotomayor 2023 Vancouver’s Batscape: Enhancing Urban Habitats for Our Winged Neighbours City of Vancouver
Niki Afsharpour, Keelie Beierbach, Peggy Pei-Chi Hsieh, Shanti Scarpetta-Lee 2023 Herring in the City Pacific Herring in False Creek and Coal Harbour, British Columbia City of Vancouver
Hayley Lai, Reta Wu, Bellie Zhu, Corrine Zhu 2023 Comparing the Carbon Impacts of Retrofit versus Redevelopment Options for the Alder Bay Housing Co-op in False Creek, Vancouver, British  Columbia False Creek South Neighbourhood Association
Grace Gooding, Lana Ladki, Luke Ni, Shaoxuan Peng, Emilie Robinson-Leith 2023 Investigation of Insect Abundance near the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant: Implications for Vancouver's Aerial Insectivore Populations Birds Canada
Anya Boardman, Kailey Chelswick, Sophia Collins, Pui Yi Law 2023 Spatial and Temporal Indicators of High Fecal Coliform Concentrations at Three Sites With Marine Shellfish Harvesting Activity on Vancouver Island BC Centre for Disease Control
Jasmine Kwok, Wenwen Wang, Vanessa Xiong, Shirley Zhou 2023 Predicting Dangerous Biotoxin Levels along the Coast of British Columbia: Achieving Food Sovereignty and Safety for Coastal Indigenous Communities First Nations Health Authority WATCH
Eric Li, Xinyi Liang, Peka Mueller, Helen Wang 2023 Towards a Circular Economy: Recommendations for Circularity at UBC IT SEEDs and UBC Campus and Community Planning, Sustainability and Engineering Department
Maria Bradley, Chadd Hennig, Christian Huang, Tanya Keenan 2023 Growing Together Village Vancouver
Nahaz Ferdous, 
Susan Huang, 
Liyuan Wang, Jennie Zhou		 2023 Rain Down the Drain: UBC Vancouver Green Rainwater Infrastructure Performance Monitoring and Future Weather Event Modelling SEEDS and UBC Campus and Community Planning
Jessica Debiasio, 
Damon Ellis, Arshia Uppal, Miku Yamada		 2023 Bolstering Intertidal Understanding: Collecting novel winter data using updated methodology, analyzing historical summer data and creating educational material Stanley Park Ecology Society
Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
Hazel Barthel, Sylvie Cox, Samantha (Sammy) Wilhelm, Thomas Gardner 2022 Mapping the distribution of Kretzschmaria deusta fruiting bodies along trails in mature Acer macrophyllum-dominant stands in Pacific Spirit Regional Park from 2022 to 2023 Metro Vancouver - Pacific Spirit Park (MVRP)
Giulio Saibene, Francesco Murdocco, Joyce Sam, Lyndsay Amat 2022 Evaluating the Predictors of the Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Population in False Creek in 2023 City of Vancouver / City Studio
Irina Roche, Meagan Mak, 
Chad Campbell, Clare Price		 2022 Preserving Vancouver’s Intertidal Zone : A Qualitative Assessment of Species Richness and the Influence of Abiotic and Biotic Characteristics on Ecosystem Wellness (2022 - 2023) City of Vancouver/ City Studio
Sarah Pudritz, 
Megan Francisco, Luke Meloche, 
Liam Brennan		 2022 Seeking shellfish harvesting safety, security, and sovereignty : Trends in Environmental variables, biotoxins, and shellfish harvesting closure instigations in coastal First Nations Territories in British Columbia First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Philip Bartha, 
Timothy Wong, 
Ryan Brehon, 
Mark Wen		 2022 Bats on Campus : Living with an Endangered Species UBC SEEDS
Emma Douglas, 
Nathan Mao, 
Zeqing Sun, 
Alyssa Yu		 2022 Animal Farm : An Analysis of Interspecies Interactions and Responses to Anthropogenic Influences at the UBC Farm UBC Farm
Yinzhi Li, Annabel Tse, 
Logan Hwang, 
Samantha Kortekaas		 2022 Water Quality Analysis of Lost Lagoon and Associated Biofiltration Ponds at Stanley Park Stanley Park Ecology Society
Alex Hernandez, Chloe Curry, 
Maia O'Donnell, Danica Graves		 2022 Planting Seeds and Growing Futures : Supporting Village Vancouver’s Seed Library Program Village Vancouver Seed Literacy
Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
Natasha Harland, Natalie Varga, Lauren Kummer, Haoyue Wang 2021 Greening the Marina: A Roadmap to Renewable Energy for the Clubhouse at Spruce Harbour Marina False Creek South Neighbourhood Association
Nicole Cheng, Emily Suchy, Felicia Tsui, Taylor Tulissi 2021 Accounting for Nature: Responding to the Climate Emergency by Valuing Natural Assets: A Primer City of Vancouver / City Studio
Shuhong Cao, Kelley MacDonald, Samantha Marohn, Xianyu Zhang 2021 Ecological literacy in Riley Park : Community accessible lesson plans for elementary school aged children Little Mountain Neighbourhood House
Teresa Trinh, Katie Eadon-Clarke, Brendan O'Callahan 2021 Mapping climate initiatives and climate policy in Metro Vancouver SPEC / CALP
Emma Menchions, Isla Francis, Victoria Knoblauch, Caleb Weinhagen 2021 Can species distribution modelling improve the climate threat assessment of at-risk mosses in Canada? UBC Herbarium
Justin Haw, Edmond Chen, Xizhen Wang, Matthew Loveland  2021 Electrifying Change: An Analysis of Streetlight Electric Vehicle Charging Around Multi-Family Residential Units in Vancouver 2 Degrees Institute
Trixie Li, Sophie Thornton, Oskar von Wahl 2021 Assessing Avian Biodiversity Data in the City of Surrey Birds Canada
Amelia Wohlers, Edward Le, Megan Stewart, Mikaela Frame 2021 LiteFarm Sustainability Assessment Framework LiteFarm / UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Hannah Bates, Marija Bozik, Chunyu Pan, Markus Thormeyer 2021 Monitoring and Mitigating Reed Canary Grass in Stanley Park, BC Stanley Park Ecology Society
Sara Alshanteer, Jessica Brown, Mark Pope, Joshua Shepherd 2021 A Living Classroom without its Teacher : Investigating the causes of, and possible solutions for poor Oncorhynchus keta (Chum salmon) returns to Spanish Bank Creek (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Spanish Bank Streamkeepers
Raymond Hao, Meg Sheline, Megan Yu 2021 Controlling the Invasion : The Progress of the EcoBLITZ and EcoRESTORATION Monitoring Project in Pacific Spirit Regional Park Metro Vancouver
Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
J. Lin,
M. Marcus,
T. Cui		 2020 Electrification of the Sunshine Coast Transit System: A Feasibility Study. 2 Degrees Institute
Z. Zhang,
P. Zhang,
Q. Lyu.,
Y. Tang		 2020 Evaluating municipal waste management strategies between Vancouver and world cities. Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
L. Faulkner,
M. Liu,
E. Newman		 2020 Increasing Riparian Habitat and Ecosystem Function in Lost Lagoon through Shoreline Restoration. Stanley Park Ecology Society
J. Cheng,
J. Mancer,
R. Hernandez		 2020

Modelling the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Suitable Dunlin Habitat in the Fraser River Delta.

Abstract Accepted: Salish Sea Ecology Conference, April 2020; Cancelled due to Covid-19)

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Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
R. Huang,
X. Huang,
Y. Xia		 2019 Assessing the Policies and Processes of Waste Management in Four Canadian Cities. Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
T. Kapoor,
G. Singh,
R. Park		 2019

Place-Based Learning (PBL) at Riley Park: An Outdoor Educational Tool for BC Schools.

External Funding: CCEL Community Partnership Grant

 Little Mountain Neighbourhood House
M. Poblacion,
G. Sharma		 2019

Energizing the Public: Designing and Installing a Renewable Energy Demonstration in Riley Park.

External Funding: CCEL Community Partnership Grant

 Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
O. Hester,
E. Milne,
K. Wang		 2019 A spatial analysis of terrestrial salamander distributions and disturbance levels in Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Metro Vancouver
Students Year Project Title Community
Partner
F. Ramsay,
X. Tang,
Y. Yuan		 2018 Beyond Styrofoam: A Life Cycle Analysis and Eco-Efficiency Portfolio of Single-Use Containers (Polystyrene, Plastic, Biodegradable Plastic, Paper, and Aluminum). Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
L. Munwar,
M. Niyaz,
K. Sano		 2018 Do Ponds on UBC Campus play a role in the well-being of Individuals? UBC SEEDS
M. Gray,
R. Lewko		 2018 The Impact of Experiential, Research- and Community-based Learning in Herbaria on First-year University Students. UBC BIOL121 / UBC Herbarium
C. Deduque,
J. Huynh		 2018 Physical Literacy and Nature Exploration (PLANE): Enhancing Connections Between Families and Nature. Little Mountain Neighbourhood House