Description: (Engineering Technologist)
Antoine de Chézy, a French physicist and hydraulics engineer, made significant contributions to fluid mechanics. He designed a canal for the Paris water supply and created the Chézy formula, an influential equation used in open channel flow calculations. Chézy also worked on various civil engineering projects in Paris, such as bridges and canals. Through tests on model channels, he investigated factors affecting water flow. His formula continues to be widely used in hydraulic engineering. Later, he served as the Director of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Ponts-et-Chaussées.