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Toyosi Craig, a final-year PhD student at the Department of Industrial Engineering, attended the 2018 African Young Graduate Summit at the Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg from 12 – 16 March 
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The first industrial-grade gantry type 3D concrete printer in Africa produced its first 3D printed object last month. Jacques Kruger, who recently upgraded to PhD in structural engineering, designed and 
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As part of the MinwaterCSP H2020 project, the European Union allocated funding for the construction of a 24 foot diameter fan and cooling system test facility on the premises of 
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“Coordinated research on the modelling of future power systems within the context of increasing renewable energy penetration is critically important”, according to Dr Bernard Bekker, Eskom Chair in Power System 
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“So what do you actually DO during all the hours when you’re not lecturing? Surely you have a nice easy job? If I had a penny for each time that somebody asked 
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Universities can be quite daunting for learners who have no experience of academic or tertiary institutions. On 10 May the Faculty of Engineering welcomed top learners in Grades 11 and 
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The Maze Runner might sound like the title of a movie. Not in this instance. It is the name of the group project for final-year Mechanical and Mechatronic students where 
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The Energy Research Programme (ERP)*, funded by the National Department of Science and Technology and administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), and driven by the Centre for Renewable and 
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