Moez LOUATI

Dr. Moez LOUATI is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at HKUST. His BEng 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 10 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. His PhD thesis received the first-ever nomination from Hong Kong for the Straub Award. He also participated in the prestigious JFK-IAHR paper competition in the 2013 World Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

Upon completion of his PhD, Dr. Louati has worked on a Research Grants Council (RGC) theme-based project entitled “Smart Urban Water Supply System” where he acted as the research tasks coordinator, and he is currently a leading member of the urban water systems research group and the lab-field facilities manager. Dr. Louati is also leading and collaborating on several other research projects.

Locally in Hong Kong, he contributes to consultancy and advisory services for the Water Supplies Department (WSD) and Drainage Services Department (DSD) of the HKSAR Government. He has conducted numerous field tests in Hong Kong in collaboration with WSD and DSD on several DMAs and rising mains systems. He obtained his professional engineering chartership from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).

Internationally, he is currently the chair of the IAHR Africa Division, the leader of the IAHR transient flows working group, and an assistant editor for the Journal of Hydraulic Research (JHR).