Multi-Course Mastery Week (IWI Courses)
Join Watershape University for an immersive week of education designed to strengthen your technical expertise, sharpen your design skills, and expand your professional capabilities.
Event Details
One Powerful Week to Transform Your Work
Choose from three courses designed to strengthen the knowledge and skills you use in the field. Build practical electrical knowledge specific to pools and watershapes, dive deeper into fluid engineering to improve system performance and efficiency, or explore color theory, materials, and textures to make more informed design decisions.
Each course is led by industry experts and working IWI professionals who bring real-world experience, practical application, and valuable insight into the classroom.
Whether you’re looking to expand your skill set, strengthen your confidence, or bring more value to your projects and clients, this week offers education you can put to work right away.
September 21–22
ENGINEERING 4411: Essential Electrical Workshop
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
September 23–24
ENGINEERING 4311: Essential Advanced Fluid Engineering
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
September 25
DESIGN 2611: Essential Color Theory, Materials & Textures
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- All courses count toward Watershape University professional certification pathways.
- Lunch is provided each day throughout the five-day event.
ENGINEERING 4411: Essential Electrical Workshop
ENGINEERING 4311: Essential Advanced Fluid Engineering
DESIGN 2611: Essential Color Theory, Materials & Texture
lea frederick, iwi
Co-owner, Director of Design & Sales
Vue Custom Pools
Greensboro, NC
david j. peterson, p.e., iwi
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.