About

Dr. Moez Louati is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at HKUST. His B.Eng and MPhil degrees in Mechanical Engineering were obtained from the National School of Engineering of Sfax-Tunisia (ENIS). He received his PhD from HKUST in 2016 where he was awarded scholarships for four years as well as the SENG PhD Fellowship Awards for three years, and he received the SENG Overseas Research Award. Dr. Louati has more than ten years’ experience in hydraulic transient and smart urban water systems. During his PhD, Dr. Louati discovered the fundamental connection between waves in pressurized pipe system and Bragg resonance. Dr. Louati has ample experience in analytical analysis, modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), experimental work and machine learning. He has conducted numerous field tests in Hong Kong in collaboration with WSD on several DMAs and co-designed the water facilities lab at HKUST. Dr. Louati has published over 20 technical papers in top international journals and has delivered over 12 conference presentations. Locally, he contributes to consultancy and advisory services for the Water Supplies Department (WSD) and Drainage Services Department (DSD). Internationally, he is a member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), serves as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Hydraulic Research (JHR-IAHR), and he is the chair of the working group on Transient Flows in IAHR. In addition, Dr. Louati has served and still serving as co-organizing chair of international symposiums and conferences, and as a reviewer for over eight international journals.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Computational fluid dynamics Hydraulics / fluid mechanics Smart control technology Sustainable development and management Water environment engineering

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