Ali S. Fayad, Discoverer of The Explicit Alternate Flow Depth in Rectangular Open Channels

CSUS HYDRAULICS LABORATORY COURSE (1994-2000)

A weekly three hours experiment relating the principles of fluid mechanics to real fluid flow provided the core of the CSUS Hydraulics Laboratory course (CE 135). The students got the opportunity to prepare professional reports using modern computer spreadsheets and word-processors. There were five experiments that were time consuming to perform and were more time consuming to document and to submit in report format. The first experiment was about flow measurements in closed conduits. This involved a venturi, orifice, and nozzle flow meters. The second experiment examined the flow measuring capacities of a sharp crested weir and that of a triangular (V-notch) weir in open channels. The third experiment compared the energy dissipation characteristics of a smooth copper pipe to that of an internally roughened galvanized steel pipe. The fourth experiment studied flow characteristics in a half meter wide rectangular open channel. This involved flow beneath a sluice gate and energy dissipation within the hydraulic jump. The fifth experiment examined energy transformation in hydraulic machines with special emphasis on the impulse turbine.

1984-2000

From 1984 to 2000, Ali S. Fayad taught as a lecturer at California State University Sacramento (CSUS)

The courses taught were: Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design, Mechanics of Materials,  Statics, Structural Laboratory, Hydraulics Laboratory, Microcomputer Applications in Civil Engineering

2000-2001

From 2000 to 2001, Ali S. Fayad taught as an adjunct professor at California State University Chico (CSUC)

The courses taught were: Soil Mechanics & Foundations with Lab sections, Mechanics of Materials, Timber Design, Materials Testing Laboratory, Microcomputer Applications in Engineering