Article by Dr Alec Basson, Senior Science Writer at Stellenbosch University Rhino poaching is a very serious problem in South Africa with more than 1 000 rhinos having been killed each …
The founder of the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG) at Stellenbosch University, Dr Paul Gauché, received a 2019 NIPMO Intellectual Property Creators Award. He received this National Intellectual Property …
At the Faculty of Engineering, the civil engineers are smiling. The reason is that the Engineering building complex resembles a construction site and they feel at home. In fact, it …
Dr Herman Kamper has received a coveted Google Faculty Research Award, one of only a few made to researchers in Africa so far. He says: “Google would like to build …
The Stellenbosch Technology Centre (STC-LAM), in the Department of Industrial Engineering, is part of an international Fraunhofer Institute project on Biological Transformation in Manufacturing. One of the aims of the …
The Faculty of Engineering is fortunate that a highly-experienced process engineer, award-winning patent holder and author has joined its academic corps. Prof Craig McGregor has been appointed as an Associate …
The Faculty of Engineering’s Research Showcase held in Johannesburg on 7 June attracted approximately 100 people from industry. This event was the first of its kind in Gauteng. “In November …
“I have always had a passion to return to academia where I can focus on applied research on real-life problems that will benefit the whole country,” says Christo Nicholls, the …
The Department of Civil Engineering is proud to have four new SAICE Fellows in its midst. They are profs Kobus du Plessis, Gideon van Zijl, Celeste Viljoen and Jan Wium. …
BEng (E&E) Data Engineering Specialisation The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University will introduce a new BEng degree in Data Engineering from February 2020. This degree is a new specialisation stream in …