AKAN'S LATEST TEXTBOOK IS WELL RECEIVED ACROSS USA

An engineering textbook co-authored by Dr. Osman Akan, associate dean of Old Dominion University's Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, has been picked up for use at engineering schools across the United States. Akan, also a professor of civil and environmental engineering, co-wrote the book, "Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering Systems," fourth edition, with Robert Houghtalen, a professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., and Ned Hwang, emeritus professor at the University of Miami. It was published by Pearson/Prentice Hall.

This book provides a fundamental treatment of engineering hydraulics and is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate engineering students.

It is currently being used at 40 universities across the country, including highly prestigious engineering schools such as the University of Texas-Austin, University of Washington, Northwestern University, Lehigh University, Rutgers, and Syracuse University.

Akan's other books are "Open Channel Hydraulics," and "Urban Stormwater Hydrology," of which he is the sole author, and "Urban Hydrology, Hydraulics and Stormwater Quality," co-written with Houghtalen. Texas A&M University- College Station, Auburn University, and Clemson University are among the engineering schools that picked up Akan's earlier books.