Capstone Projects
Below you will find listed a collection of the capstone projects that our students undertake in their senior year. Advised by university faculty, these projects reflect the many disciplines and backgrounds of our students.
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Vegan Dogs? An integrated nutritional, environmental, marketable, and palatable approach to examine the rise of vegan dog food
Honey Stukes and Kaitlyn Donton, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Robichaud
Characterizing Midwest Ultra-Extreme Hydrometeorological Events
Teddy Daubenspeck, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Alan F. Hamlet
Creating Sustainable Consumption Habits In K-Pop for the Classroom
Avery Broughton, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Melissa Paulsen & Susan Kleiser
Carbon Food-Print: estimating food-related Scope 3 emissions of Notre Dame’s dining halls to research the effectiveness of a carbon labeling program on carbon-conscious consumption
Clayton Glasgow, Ellie Rey and Lauren Amrol, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Burns
Irish eating green: student sentiment and motivations towards sustainable dining at the University of Notre Dame
Brooke Puccini and Kaela Reisch, 2023
Faculty Advisors: Scott Griffith and Vanessa Chan
Challenge on the Horizon: Tensions between Human Use and Natural Value at Mount Rainier
Piper Shine, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Annie Gilbert Coleman
Storming ND: Identifying Stormwater Vulnerabilities and Strategies for Sustainable Stormwater Management on the University of Notre Dame’s Campus
Owen Richey and Elizabeth Anderson, 2023
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Alan Hamlet, Caitlin Jacobs and Chip Farrell
Philadelphia Toxics Profile: An Evaluation of the Neurological Risks Posed by Chemical Plant Releases
Kaitlin McGowan, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Anthony Serianni
Improving the United States Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Evaluating how the RGGI Can Adopt Similar Measures to its European Counterpart: The EU-ETS
Sonria Willis and Melissa Kelley, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Forrest Spence
EIH Waste Management and Application of Design for Sustainability Principles in the College of Engineering
Erin Goldman, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Go
Going Green by Removing Green: Invasive Species Guide for the South Bend and Notre Dame Area
Beau Martinez, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Nathanael Pilla
Irish Choose to Reuse: A Campaign to Reduce Coffee Cup Waste at Notre Dame’s Au Bon Pain.
Rachel Gutierrez and Emma Hamilton, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Anre Venter
Problematic Pipelines: An Analysis of the Performance of LiDAR Technology and Geographic Intelligence Systems to Mitigate Natural Gas Leakage in Appalachia
Shea Aquilano, 2023
Faculty Advisors: Richard Marcantonio and Katherine Kraft
Traditional Adobe Construction: A Future Sustainable Building Practice
Savannah Valerio, 2023
Faculty Advisor: John Odhiambo Onyango
Play Like a Green Champion Today: How to Make Notre Dame Athletics More Sustainable
Isabella Balder and Erin Maron, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Annie G. Coleman
Game Day Farmer’s Booth Pilot
Megan Hilbert and Regan Hultquist, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Phil Sakimoto
Biofilm colonization, nitrate, and labile carbon control nitrate removal in experimental streams
Jonathan Gilman, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Tank
Moving Toward A Greener US Army Starting With Fort Hood
Connor Tsikitas, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Eugene Gholz
Guiding Sustainable Ecosystem Management and Riparian Development Through Climate- Informed Flood Modeling of the St. Joseph River
Nathan Voss, 2023
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan Hamlet