Wetland Research Helps Support MSU
Undergrads and Grad Students

By Carol Flaherty
(Also see related story on "Using a Wetland to Clean Our Water."

09/22/00 BOZEMAN, Mont. - Work on wetland water treatment at Montana State University-Bozeman has supported several graduate and undergraduate students and helped to generate a "bioresource" option in engineering.

            Several undergraduate students have worked on the project as undergraduates and decided to get their masters in the area. They are Deb Borden, Jason Sturn, Joel Biederman, Kate Riley.

Deb Borden of Whitefish, Montana

            Borden, a master's student in environmental engineering originally from Whitefish. Sturn received his master's degree in environmental engineering in 2000. He was originally from Helena. Biederman received a master's degree in 1999. He was originally from Oregon. Riley is a masters student in environmental engineering originally from upstate New York.

            Other graduate students supported by Stein and Hook's research funding include:

            Thomas Sharp, a doctoral student in civil engineering who was from Bozeman. He graduated in 1999. Winthrop Allen, a land resources master's student from South Carolina. Graduated in 1999. Janet Kowles, a MS student in environmental engineering from upstate New York who is looking at the potential of a wetlands system for the Green Building Project at MSU. Bret Towler, a master's graduate in civil engineering in 1999. He was originally from Massachusetts.

Send questions or comments to Carol Flaherty, MSU Communications Services, Bozeman, MT 59717: carolf@montana.edu.

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