Faculty and Staff
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Stuart Styles D.E., P.E. Professor (semi-retired)
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Stuart Styles is a professor teaching two water resources classes for the BRAE Department. He is also a project manager for the Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC). With over 45 years of experience in irrigation system design, he has been involved with projects related to most aspects of agricultural irrigation for on-farm designs as well as large water district projects.
Dr. Styles’ experience includes projects relating to irrigation system modernization, flow measurement, and SCADA system design. He worked on the World Bank funded “Modern Water Control and Management Practices in Irrigation: Methodology Development and Studies for Evaluating the Impact on Performance.” Countries evaluated included Iran, Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, India, and Thailand. He has also worked on modernization training in China, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Australia, and Vietnam.
Specializations
- irrigation and project efficiency improvement studies
- on-farm irrigation management, design, and evaluation
- variable frequency drives and pump assessment
- implementing new measurement devices