Staff in the Department of Civil Engineering

Lecturing Staff
	Head of Department Prof WJvdM Steyn PrEng MEng, PhD(Pretoria) E-mail: [email protected] Office: 11-7 Engineering 1 Secretary: Hayley Boks ([email protected])		Fields of interest Pavement Engineering Vibration testing Full scale testing
	Prof B Boshoff BEng (Civil) PhD Office: 12-5 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Construction Materials* Cement-based materials Fibre reinforced concrete Time-dependant behaviour Environmental Friendly construction materials
	Dr T Da Silva BEng (Civil); MEng (Civil); PhD (Cambridge) Office: 11-16 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest *Geotechnical Engineering* Numerical Modelling
	Prof PJ Gräbe PrEng, MEng(Pretoria), PhD(Southampton), FSAICE Office: 13-7 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Railways Pavement Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Physical modelling
	Prof G Heymann PrEng MEng PhD(Surrey) MSAICE 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) MSAICE 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: Laboratory testing Measuring techniques Full scale testing Structural Engineering Pavement Engineering Building Materials
	Ms I Loots BEng (Civil) MEng Office: 12-20 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water Engineering
	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
	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
	Mrs. C Niebuhr BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD Candidate Office: 12-15 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water engineering Hydropower generation Numerical modelling System optimization
	Dr A Roux D.T.O Education (Potch), MSc (Potch), PhD (Pretoria) Office: 12-17 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Mathematical modelling Structural Engineering
	Mr T Seabi BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, PhD Candidate Office: 12-19 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water Engineering Hydrology
	Ms S Skorpen MEng PrEng CEng MIStructE Office: 12-9 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Structural Engineering Mathematical modelling Steel Design
	Ms P Smit PhD Candidate Office: 12-12 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Pavement Engineering Numerical Modelling Concrete Technology Statistical Design of Experiments
	Mr M van Dijk BEng(Civil), BEng(Hons), MEng, MSAICE Office: 12-18 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Water engineering Hydropower generation System optimization Water pipelines and networks
	Mr FJ van Graan BEng (Mechanical), MEng Office: 12-26 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest
	Prof C Venter MEng(Pretoria) PhD(University of California, Berkeley), MSAICE, Pr.Eng 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 Office: 12-5 Engineering 1 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 Office: 12-26 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Structural Engineering Mathematical modelling Steel Design
	Prof L Maree PrEng MEng PhD(Pretoria) DipTertEd(Pretoria) MSAICE Office: 12-26 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest
	Prof E Rust PrEng MEng PhD(Surrey) FSAICE Office: 11-21 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Geotechnical Engineering Instrumentation Design Geotechnical Investigation
	Prof BWJ van Rensburg PrEng MScEng MSc(Struc) (Southhampton) PhD(Pretoria) FSAICE MIWSc Office: 12-7 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Fields of interest Structural Engineering
	Prof SJ van Vuuren PrEng MEng MBA PhD(Pretoria) FSAICE MASCE MIMIESA Office: 12-21 Engineering 1 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
	Ms H Boks Secretary to HOD Office: 11-8 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]		Mr J Botha, Heavy Machinery Laboratory 2-28.1 E-mail: [email protected]
	Ms V Doman Heavy Machinery Laboratory E-mail: [email protected]		Mr R Kock Heavy Machinery Laboratory 2-19 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr D Mostert Heavy Machinery Laboratory 2-5.1 E-mail: [email protected]		Ms KL Motau Office 11-10 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr D Motloung Heavy Machinery Laboratory		Mr R Nchabaleng Heavy Machinery Laboratory E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr S Nkadimeng Heavy Machinery Laboratory		Mr J Nkosi Experimental Farm
	Mr J Selwadi Heavy Machinery Laboratory		Ms AC Scholtz Office 11-14 Engineering 1 E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr J Scholtz Civil Engineering Lab 2-21 Tel: 012 420 3615 E-mail: [email protected]		Mr JJ Van Staden Heavy Machinery Laboratory B Geotechnical Lab E-mail: [email protected]
	Mr J Vermaak Centrifuge (Civil Engineering Laboratory) E-mail: [email protected]

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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Staff in the Department of Civil Engineering

Lecturing Staff

Retired Staff

Support Staff

Post-graduate Student Offices