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  • UP honours young alumni leaders at celebratory luncheon

    Posted on August 03, 2018

    The University of Pretoria (UP) believes that the education it affords its graduates should provide them with the skills, values and attributes that will not only enable them to fulfil their career aspirations, but also contribute to the life chances of others who do not yet have the...

  • Industry Partners confirms their commitment and support to the Department of Chemical Engineering

    Posted on February 22, 2018

    Aveng Automated Control Solutions (ACS) visited the Department of Chemical Engineering on Wednesday 14th February, to confirm their commitment, ranging over many years

  • New improved mosquito traps developed in partnership between UP ISMC and private sector

    Posted on September 26, 2017

    The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is assisting in the design and testing of an innovative solar-powered trap to monitor mosquito populations, especially in areas where malaria and arboviruses require vector control.

  • Engineering student ranked among top ten in SA at Gradstar awards

    Posted on November 14, 2016

    Paul Ssali, a Mechanical Engineering student in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, was ranked among the top ten students in South Africa during the Gradstar awards ceremony.

  • Dr Heinrich Badenhorst receives prestigious Meiring Naude Medal

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    The Royal Society of South Africa has awarded the 2017 Meiring Naude Medal to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

  • UP alumna breaks boundaries

    Posted on August 31, 2016

    Ms Honey Mamabolo, one of the first three black female chemical engineering graduates of the University of Pretoria, is breaking boundaries in the traditionally male dominated world of chemical engineering.

  • Safripol supports polymer research at the University of Pretoria

    Posted on August 29, 2016

    Safripol has donated a Dr Collin laboratory cast film line and a Dr Collin laboratory blown film line to the Institute of Applied Materials in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria.

  • A fixture of student life provides opportunities for practical learning

    Posted on August 18, 2016

    The microbrewery on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus provides students with an opportunity to learn important basic aspects of the brewing process and to gain valuable practical experience.

  • From Centre to Institute: chronicling five years of achievements

    Posted on June 03, 2016

    The establishment of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) was approved by the UP Senate on Thursday, 2 June 2016.

  • Passing of Prof Wim Skinner

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Prof Wim Skinner on Sunday, 22 May 2016. His journey with the University of Pretoria ranged over more than six decades since his registration as first-year student in 1954 in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, where her...

  • Gauteng's top achiever joins South Africa's top Faculty of Engineering

    Posted on January 21, 2016

    Minét Uys, the top achiever in Gauteng and a former learner at the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria, has enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP).

  • EBIT Teaching and Learning Seminar

    Posted on December 21, 2015

    A highly successful seminar and workshop on teaching and learning took place at the Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria (UP) on 18 and 19 November 2015 for the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT).

  • UP innovators rewarded at GAP sciences awards

    Posted on December 11, 2015

    Three researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP) received awards at the GAP sciences awards function that took place at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria on Friday, 20 November 2015.

  • Teaching and Learning Seminar

    Posted on December 08, 2015

    A highly successful seminar and workshop on Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) took place on 18th & 19th November.

  • A new perspective on research leadership at Tuks

    Posted on November 30, 2015

    As the challenges we face in the world, and especially in Africa, become more complex, a different style of science leadership is required. The Tuks Young Research Leader Programme (TYRLP) was launched to address this.

  • Young researcher attends Nobel Laureate Event

    Posted on August 03, 2013

    A young researcher from the SARChI Chair for Carbon Materials in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria was invited to attend the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 30 June to 5 July 2013, in Lindau (Germany). He was one

  • Prof Japie Schoeman passed away

    Posted on June 10, 2013

    Prof Japie Schoeman passed away on June 5th 2013.

  • UP Researcher to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

    Posted on March 06, 2013

    Dr. Heinrich Badenhorst from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria has been invited to attend the prestigious 63rd annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany.

  • UP Chem Eng Team Wins SAIChE Innovation Award

    Posted on September 26, 2012

    The Reaction Engineering Group headed by Prof Willie Nicol received the 2012 SAIChE Innovation Award for their work on reaction hydrodynamics of trickle bed reactors.

  • Chemical Engineering Student Wins Best Paper Award at Internation Conference

    Posted on October 20, 2010

    Mr Vincent Gololo, an MEng student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, won the Best Poster Paper Award at the 13th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) Congress, which was held recently in Taipei, Taiwan.

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