Stuart Styles D.E., P.E.

Stuart Styles is a professor teaching two water resources classes for the BioResouce and Agricultural Engineering 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.

Starting in 2025, Dr. Styles will FERP (faculty early retirement program) for the next five years. He will continue to teach BRAE 236 and BRAE 312 and support the ITRC.

Specializations
Irrigation and project efficiency improvement studies
On-farm irrigation management, design, and evaluation
Variable frequency drives and pump assessment
Implementing new measurement devices