Before registering for E4311, you are required to have completed E2311: Essential Fluid Engineering (online, on-demand).
Master the Flow: Advanced Fluid Engineering for Elite Watershape Designers
Take your expertise to the next level with Watershape University’s ENGINEERING 4311—a deep dive into gravity systems, vanishing edges, slot-edge pools, and weirs. Build on ENGINEERING 2311 and achieve true mastery in fluid mechanics and watershape design.
You’re eligible to earn professional certification
Certified Watershape Professional (CWP)
This industry-recognized certification validates your expertise needed to run a top-tier design/build firm, creating complex and intricate pools, spas, and waterscapes with confidence and precision.
Earn the CWP by completing 3 courses (including this one). You must also be a certified CWF, CWB, and CWD.
Learning Outcomes
Advanced Hydraulics Mastery
Define the meaning and scope of advanced hydraulics, hydrology, and fluid dynamics design, including complex gravity-fed and water-in-transit systems.
Water-in-Transit Engineering
Detail water-in-transit engineering including vanishing edges, slot-edges, gutters, and water features.
Boost efficiency with time-saving software
Demonstrate use of the WatershapeAdvisor® series of software worksheets, including surge basin design, gravity and drainage systems, channels, lazy rivers, level-bottom slot channels, and more.
Hands-on application
Practice analyzing vanishing edge and slot-edge pool and spa combinations, as a class project.
Why Attend?
Aspiring watershaping professionals should take Watershape University’s ENGINEERING 4311 to master the advanced fluid mechanics essential for designing high-performance, visually stunning water features. This course builds on foundational knowledge, diving deep into gravity systems, vanishing edges, slot-edge pools, and weirs—critical elements in luxury watershapes. By honing these skills, professionals can enhance design precision, improve system efficiency, and prevent costly mistakes, giving them a competitive edge in the industry. Whether you’re a designer, builder, or engineer, this class provides the expertise needed to take on more complex projects and elevate your career to the next level.
Who Should Attend?
Pool & Watershape Designers – Elevate your expertise in gravity systems, vanishing edges, slot-edge pools, and weirs.
Engineers & Fluid Mechanics Specialists – Enhance technical skills in advanced hydraulic principles and system efficiency.
Builders & Contractors – Gain deeper insights into precise construction techniques for complex water features.
Architects & Landscape Architects – Integrate high-performance fluid dynamics into luxury waterscape designs.
Technicians & Consultants – Expand your knowledge for troubleshooting and optimizing sophisticated watershapes.
Learn from expert instructors
David Peterson
Peterson is President/CEO of Watershape Consulting, Inc., an international planning, design and engineering firm providing owners, architects, contractors, and the legal profession with services relating to residential, commercial and institutional pools, spas and water features.
He obtained his B.S. Civil Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a registered engineer in several states. Peterson has been in the watershape industry since 1994 when he began his career designing life support systems for large aquariums and marine mammal exhibits. He was Vice President Engineering at Polaris Pool Systems where he developed and patented several products.
Peterson reorganized the Genesis 3 Design Group into GENESIS® University in 2012. When GENESIS merged with the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) in 2016, Peterson became Director of Education for GENESIS, a position he held until forming Watershape University.
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