Stephen Dent, a graduate student working on his master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, describes Montana Tech’s International Program as “…invaluable and an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in participating.”

Stephen spent three months studying under Dr. Stephen Moore at the University of New South Wales in Sidney, Australia. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales. The city is the second largest in Australia and is home to the famous Sydney Opera House and Bondi Beach.

Dr. Moore and his students are working on modeling cadmium flux through the anthroposphere in Sydney. Stephen worked with them in applying their model to mercury flux in the forest environment of Montana. Steven’s thesis title is tentatively called “Mercury Flux in Pristine Forest Areas of Montana.”

Stephen stated, “I think that the University of New South Wales is an excellent institution. Their library is the best I’ve ever seen and their staff is all very experienced and knowledgeable. Their program is highly productive, as they work very closely with the City of Sydney in their research.”

While in Sydney, Stephen took full advantage of that area by going to the beaches, the Sydney Opera House and even took a commuter train to tour the Blue Mountains. After his three months of studying at the University of New South Wales, Stephen took an additional three weeks in which he flew to Darwin, took bush safaris and joined an outback tour that ended in Cairns where he went scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.

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