Staff in the Department of Civil Engineering

Lecturing Staff
	Head of Department Prof PJ Gräbe PrEng, MEng(Pretoria), PhD(Southampton), FSAICE Office: 13-7 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary: Hayley Boks ([email protected])		Fields of interest Railways Pavement Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Physical modelling
	Prof JK Anochie-Boateng PrEng, MS (NC A&T State), PhD (University of Illinois), MSAICE Office: 12-26, Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Pavement engineering* Highway and airport pavements Mechanical testing and materials characterisation Imaging-based modelling of crushed stone morphology Forensic investigation and pavement performance Sustainable road infrastructure Low-volume roads
	Prof B Boshoff PrEng, BEng (Civil), PhD Office: 12-5 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected] Postgraduate Coordinator		Fields of interest *Construction Materials* Cement-based materials Fibre reinforced concrete Time-dependant behaviour Environmental Friendly construction materials
	Dr GL Coetzee PrEng, BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng(Water Resources Eng), PhD (Civil Engineering) MSAICE, MSANCOLD Office: 12-19 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Water engineering* Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Fluid-structure Interaction Physical Modelling Hydraulic Structures Spillway design Hydropower generation Flood hydrology Water pipelines and networks
	Dr TS Da Silva Burke PrEng, BEng (Civil), BEng Hons(Geotechnical), PhD (Cambridge) Office: 11-16 Engineering 1 E-mail: talia.burke @up.ac.za		Fields of interest Geotechnical engineering Physical modelling Centrifuge testing Geosynthetics Geo-environmental engineering
	Dr S Grobbelaar PrEng, BEng(Mech), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD, GCC(Factories) Office: 11-20 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Timber Engineering Technology & Innovation Management Risk Management
	Prof G Heymann PrEng, MEng, PhD(Surrey), FSAICE Office: 11-18 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Geotechnical engineering Geotechnical laboratory testing Geotechnical field testing
	Prof SW Jacobsz PrEng, MEng, PhD(Cantab), FSAICE Office: 11-9 Engineering 1 E-mail:[email protected]		Fields of interest Geotechnical engineering Physical modelling Measuring techniques Centrifuge testing Full scale testing
	Ms K Jansen van Rensburg BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons) Office: 12-14 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Environmental engineering Construction methods and management
	Prof EP Kearsley PrEng, MEng, PhD(Leeds), FSAICE, FSAAE Office: 11-21 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Building materials* Laboratory testing Measuring techniques Full scale testing Structural Engineering Pavement Engineering
	Dr JJ Komba BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng(Transportation Engineering), PhD (Civil Engineering), MSAICE Office: 12-19 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Pavement engineering* Mechanistic pavement analysis and design Numerical modelling Long-term pavement performance monitoring Road asset management Weigh-In-Motion
	Dr I Loots PrEng, BEng (Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD Office: 12-20 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water engineering Urban runoff modelling Flood estimation
	Deputy Dean: Research and postgraduate studies Prof JW Maina BSc (Civil)(Dar es Salaam), PhD (Miyazaki) Office: 13-5 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Pavement engineering* Mathematical modelling and numerical analysis Physical modelling Full scale testing and instrumentation Geotechnical Engineering
	Prof G Markou PrEng (ETEK), BSc, MSc, PhD (NTUA) Office: 12-16 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Finite Element Method Earthquake Engineering Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling of Newly Immersed Materials Retrofitting of Structures Mesh Generation Fluid-structure Interaction Dynamic Mesh Update Techniques
	Dr GD Mpye PrEng, BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD, MSAICE Office: 13-12 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Railways Pavement Engineering Geotechnical Engineering
	Prof CP Roth PrEng, BEng(Stell), MS PhD(Cornell), FSAICE Office: 12-7 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Structural engineering Structural reliability Earthquake engineering and dynamic analysis Finite element analysis Mathematical modelling
	Dr S Skorpen PrEng, PhD, MEng, CEng, MIStructE, FSAICE Office: 12-9 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Structural Engineering Mathematical modelling Steel Design
	Dr P Smit PhD, BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng Office: 12-12 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Building materials Pavement Engineering Numerical Modelling Concrete Technology Statistical Design of Experiments
	Dr JE van der Merwe PrEng, MSc.Eng, Dr.sc.ETH Zürich, BEng(Civil) Office: 12-15 Engineering 1 E-mail: v [email protected]		Fields of interest *Structural Engineering* Timber engineering Sustainability in structural engineering
	Dr M van Dijk PrEng BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD(Civil) FSAICE, MSANCOLD, MWISA Office: 12-18 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water engineering Hydropower generation Free surface flow System optimization Water pipelines and networks
	Prof C Venter PrEng, MEng(Pretoria) PhD(University of California, Berkeley), MSAICE Office: 13-9 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Transportation engineering Transportation planning and data Land use and transport interactions Travel behaviour research, modelling Public transport planning and operations

Retired Staff
	Prof WMG Burdzik PrEng MEng PhD(Pretoria) MSAICE E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest Structural Engineering Mathematical modelling Building Materials Physical modelling Full scale testing
	Prof NW Dekker PrEng MEng PhD (WITS) MSAICE E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest Structural Engineering Mathematical modelling Steel Design
	Prof L Maree PrEng MEng PhD(Pretoria) DipTertEd(Pretoria) MSAICE E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest

	Prof BWJ van Rensburg PrEng MScEng MSc(Struc) (Southhampton) PhD(Pretoria) FSAICE MIWSc E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest Structural Engineering
	Mr FJ van Graan BEng (Mechanical), MEng E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest
	Prof SJ van Vuuren PrEng MEng MBA PhD(Pretoria) FSAICE MASCE MIMIESA E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest Hydrology Physical modelling Mathematical modelling Water pipelines and networks
	Prof AT Visser PrEng PhD(Texas) BComm(UNISA) FSAICE AMAcad FSAAE Office: 11-19 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]	Fields of interest Pavement design

Support Staff
	Mr C Baloyi Timber Laboratory Assitant Eng 4.0 Laboratory		Ms H Boks Assistant to HOD Office: 11-8 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr J Botha Eng 4.0 E2-95 E-mail: [email protected]		Ms M Brink Eng 4.0 Laboratory E-mail: [email protected]
	Ms V Doman Eng 4.0 E2-94 E-mail: [email protected]		Mr A Esakjee Eng 4.0 C1-41 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr K Mokomane Concrete Laboratory Assistant Eng 4.0 Laboratory		Mr J Mostert Eng 4.0 E2-97 E-mail: [email protected]
	Ms KL Motau Office 11-10 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Mr R Nchabaleng Eng 4.0 Laboratory E-mail: [email protected]

	Mr J Ngwenya Water Laboratory		Mr J Selwadi Eng 4.0 Laboratory
	Ms AC Scholtz Office 11-14 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Mr J Scholtz Eng 4.0 E2-98 E-mail: [email protected]
	Ms N Sigenu Office: 13-6 Engineering E-mail: [email protected]		Mr JJ Van Staden Eng 4.0 E2-99 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr F Vein General Laboratory Assistant Eng 4.0 Laboratory

Post-graduate Student Offices
Floor 11, Room 15	Geotechnical and Structural Engineering
Floor 12, Room 11	Water and Transportation Engineering
Floor 13, Room 10	Railway and Transportation Engineering

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GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Staff in the Department of Civil Engineering

Lecturing Staff

Retired Staff

Support Staff

Post-graduate Student Offices