Faculty and Staff
Daniel J. Howes Ph.D.,
P.E.
Office: Building 08A
Phone: 805.756.2347
Email:
djhowes@calpoly.edu
Dr. Howes is a Cal Poly alumnus and a Senior Engineer at the externally funded Irrigation Training and Research Center housed in the BRAE department. He is a registered Civil Engineer in the state of California and received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Irvine. Dr. Howes teaches Irrigation Theory, Drip Irrigation, Irrigation Design, and Water Wells and Pumps. His current interests include open channel flow measurement utilizing Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meters, modeling crop evapotranspiration requirements, utilizing remote sensing and GIS to estimate actual crop evapotranspiration for large scale projects, and irrigation district modernization.
