SESSION 1: ENERGY
Chair: Prof Craig Mcgregor |
SESSION 2: AUTOMATION AND THE INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Chair: Prof Herman Engelbrecht |
| 10:30 |
Green H2 Integration and Transition (contact prathiekan@sun.ac.za)
Prof Prathieka Naidoo |
10:30 |
Autonomous Control of Vehicles
Dr Callen Fisher |
| 10:50 |
Solar Thermal: Emerging Opportunities for Industry
Prof Craig McGregor |
10:50 |
Digital Twins for Complex Systems
Dr Karel Kruger |
| 11:10 |
Inverting Loadshedding with Solar PV and Battery Storage
Dr Arnold Rix |
11:10 |
Spatial Internet of Things
Prof Herman Engelbrecht |
| 11:30 |
Thermo-Cooling in Energy Generation
Dr Hannes Pretorius |
11:30 |
Interconnecting Communities in a Radio-Silence Protected Region
Prof Riaan Wolhuter |
| 11:50 |
New Technologies for Wind Energy
Dr Nkosinathi Gule |
11:50 |
Machine Learning with Limited Resources
Prof Herman Kamper |
| 12:10 |
Geospatial Capacity Allocation of Renewable Energy Generation and Storage for Optimised Support of the South African Grid
Dr Chantelle van Staden |
12:10 |
Innovation for Inclusive Development
Prof Sara Grobbelaar |
SESSION 3: TRANSPORTATION
Chair: Dr Megan Bruwer |
SESSION 4: MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS
Chair: Prof Corné Coetzee |
| 13:30 |
Fire Engineering in Transportation
Prof Richard Walls |
13:30 |
Building Affordable Housing using 3D Concrete Printing
Dr Jacques Kruger |
| 13:50 |
Decarbonising Logistics: An SA Export Supply Chain Perspective
Prof Joubert van Eeden |
13:50 |
Very Efficient Yield Estimation of the Microwave Performance of Very High-Accuracy Machined Parts
Dr Werner Steyn |
| 14:10 |
Electric Mobility in the Shadow of Loadshedding
Prof Thinus Booysen |
14:10 |
Predicting Particle Flow in Bulk Handling Applications
Prof Corné Coetzee |
| 14:30 |
Innovative Traffic Data Sources for South Africa
Dr Megan Bruwer |
14:30 |
Materials and Manufacturing: Analysis and Development
Dr Nur Dhansay and Mr Johann Bredell |
SESSION 5: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENGINEERING
Chair: Dr Margreth Tadie |
SESSION 6: APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING FOR IMPROVED INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
Chair: Prof Tobi Louw |
| 15:30 |
Engineers as Agents to Avoid Environmental Disasters
Dr Charles MacRobert |
15:30 |
Artificial Intelligence for Improved Manufacturing Process Performance
Prof Jacomine Grobler |
| 15:50 |
Waste Valorization for a Circular Economy
Mr Zwonaka Mapholi |
15:50 |
Leveraging Data in Chemical- and Minerals-Processing Industries
Prof Tobi Louw |
| 16:10 |
Bioprocesses for a Sustainable World
Prof Robbie Pott |
16:10 |
Human-System Integration in I4.0 Environments
Dr Karel Kruger |
| 16:30 |
Sustainability and Metal Extraction: Role of Geometallurgy and Green Technologies
Dr Margreth Tadie |
16:30 |
Image Processing: From Virtual Reality to Deep Learning
Dr Rensu Theart |
| 16:50 |
Reverse Logistics for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
Prof Louis Louw |
16:50 |
University Industry Collaboration – a Case Study in the Automotive Industry
Prof Corne Schutte |
