About

Dr. Moez Louati is a Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at HKUST; and a lecturer-Researcher at IHE-Delft. 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. His list of publication may be found on Google scholar. Dr. Louati contributes to consultancy and advisory services for water utilities. He has conducted numerous field tests in Hong Kong in collaboration with water supplies and drainage services departments (WSD & DSD) on several DMAs and rising mains systems, and he has designed three water lab facilities. He is also driven by an innovative spirit, having contributed as a co-inventor on five patents. Furthermore, in 2023, he received HKUST’s tech-ship startup fund and co-founded Hyele Limited, a startup company developing novel technology for pipeline condition assessment. The startup is successfully incubated at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Currently, he serves as a fellow member of the HKUST founders’ club.

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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