:: Stuart W. Styles ::
D.Engr., P.E., C.I.D.
- Specializes in irrigation project
efficiency improvement studies; on-farm irrigation
management, design, and evaluation
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20 years field experience in irrigation as a
consultant and engineer
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Former Chairperson of IA Certification Board of
Governors
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Served on Irrigation Association Board of Directors
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Irrigation Association Person of the Year - 2004
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Registered Civil Engineer, California
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Certified Irrigation Designer
Teaches the
following University irrigation classes:
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BRAE 236 Principles of Irrigation
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BRAE 312 Water Hydraulics
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BRAE 433 Concrete Structures Design
Education:
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B.S., Agricultural Engineering, California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
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M.B.A., California Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo, CA
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D.Engr., Agricultural Engineering, University of
California, Davis, CA
Examples of publications by
Stuart Styles:
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Quinn, N., R. Smith, C.M. Burt,
T. Slavin, S.W. Styles, and A. Mansoubi. 1989. Water
Seepage from Unlined Ditches and Reservoirs.
California Agriculture.
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Welch, D., T. O'Halloran, and
S.W. Styles. 1991. Tailwater Recovery Demonstration
Program Study. Proceedings from The Irrigation
Association 1991 International Exposition and
Technical Conference.
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Styles, S.W. 1992. Broad-Crested
Weir Application on 15,000 Acre Farm. Proceedings
from American Society of Civil Engineers, Specialty
Conference: Water Forum '92.
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Burt, C.M., and S.W. Styles. 1994.
Drip and Microirrigation for Trees, Vines, and Row
Crops, with special sections on buried drip.
Irrigation Training and Research Center, Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, ISBN 0-9643634-0-2, 261 pages.
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Burt, C.M., R. Walker, J. Parrish,
and S.W. Styles. 1995. Irrigation System Evaluation
Manual - rev. 1995 for Windows. Irrigation Training
and Research Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Burt. C.M. and S.W. Styles. 1996.
Sizing of Header and Flushing Manifolds for Row Crop
Drip. Irrigation Journal.
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Merriam, J., and S.W. Styles. 1996.
Incorporation of Simple Reservoirs into Irrigation
Supply Systems to Simplify Flexible Operations.
Written for submittal to the 16th ICID Congress in
Cairo, Egypt.
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Styles, S.W., and C.M. Burt. 1996.
Evaluation of Subsurface Drip Irrigation on Peppers.
Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Center,
submitted to the California Energy Commission.
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Roberts, J., and S.W. Styles. 1997.
Drip Irrigation Technology: A Resource Management
Tool for Farmers. Irrigation Journal.
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Soppe, W., and S.W. Styles. 1998.
Improving Water Properties to Increase Infiltration
Characteristics. Conference Proceedings, USCID
conference, Phoenix, AZ.
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Styles, S.W., and C.M. Burt. 1999.
Subsurface Flow Water Balance Components for
Irrigation Districts in the San Joaquin Valley.
Conference Proceedings, USCID Conference on
Benchmarking Irrigation System Performance Using
Water Measurement and Water Balances, San Luis
Obispo, California.
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Burt, C.M., and S.W. Styles. 1999.
Modern Water Control and Management Practices in
Irrigation: Impact on Performance. Water Reports
#19. 224 p. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations. ISSN
1020-1203. ISBN 92-5-103282-9.
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Styles, S.W., C.M. Burt, R.D.
Khalsa and R. Norman. 1999. Case Study:
Modernization of the Government Highline Canal.
Proceedings, Modernization of Irrigation Water
Delivery Systems. 1999 USCID Workshop in
Phoeniz, AZ. October 17-21. pp. 187-202.
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Styles, S.W., C.M. Burt, M.
Lehmkuhl and J. Sweigard. 1999. Case
Study: Modernization of the Patterson Water
District. Proceedings, Modernization of
Irrigation Water Delivery Systems. 1999 USCID
Workshop in Phoeniz, AZ. October 17-21.
pp. 647-662.
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Burt, C.M., and S.W. Styles.
2000. Drip and Micro Irrigation.
Irrigation Training and Research Center. Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. ISBN
0-9643634-2-9. 292 p.
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Burt, C.M., and S.W. Styles.
2000. Irrigation District Service in the
Western United States. Journal of Irrigation
and Drainage Engineering. ASCE 126(5):
279-282.
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Burt, C.M., and S.W. Styles.
2001. Rapid Appraisal Process and
Benchmarking.
http://www.itrc.org/reports/reports.htm.
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Schantz, F.F., S.W. Styles, B.
Freeman, C.M. Burt, and D. Stevens. July 2002.
Modernizing Irrigation Facilities at Sutter Mutual
Water Company: A Case Study. Proceedings of
United States Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
Conference on Energy, Climate Environment and Water
- Issues and Opportunities for Irrigation and
Drainage. Held in San Luis Obispo, CA July
9-12. pp. 283-298.
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Burt, C.M. and S.W. Styles.
2004. Conceptualizing Irrigation Project
Modernization Through Benchmarking and the Rapid
Appraisal Process. Irrigation and Drainage
53(2): 145-154. Published by John Wiley &
Sons, Ltd. (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/108563546/PDFSTART).
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Styles, S.W., B. Busch, D. Howes,
and M. Cardenas. 2006. Non-Standard
Structure Flow Measurement Evaluation using the Flow
Rate Indexing Procedure - QIP. Irrigation
Training and Research Center, California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA.