From UP’s vehicle dynamics workshop to the Formula 1 track ... an engineer’s dream

Posted on March 04, 2024

A young mechanical engineering graduate’s dream to work as an engineer in the Formula 1 circuit and improve these vehicles’ aerodynamics is taking him to Oxford University for his postgraduate studies.

UP expanding the reach for best students in STEM

Posted on February 12, 2024

The Department of Institutional Recruitment in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Information Technology hosted the ESKOM Expo for young scientist educators conference on 10 February 2024 at Javett Art Centre.

Research on signal processing improves auditory communication

Posted on February 11, 2024

Natalie Hanekom, a master’s degree student in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, is not one to let being a woman stand in the way of achieving her dream.

Virtual reality techniques enable users to visualise data

Posted on February 11, 2024

Ayla Inggs, a master’s degree student in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology’s Department of Information Science, is passionate about data.

UP alumnus Kgothatso Ngako starts non-profit company to translate explanatory Bitcoin literature into native African languages

Posted on November 10, 2021

University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Kgothatso Ngako, who works as a catalyst at a company called Sigidli, has started a non-profit company called Exonumia Africa (exonumia.africa) which aims to translate literature explaining how Bitcoin works, into native African languages.

Huawei invests over R1m in bursaries for UP EBIT students

Posted on April 19, 2021

During a recent virtual awards ceremony, Huawei Technologies South Africa awarded eight students from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) bursaries to the value of R1,1m in total.

UP’s Engineering 4.0 research hub to set SA’s transport system on the road to a smart future

Posted on September 18, 2020

Consider that South Africa is 18th in the world in terms of the longest paved roads. By “paved” we mean bitumen/surfaced and concrete roads. We have 158 000km of paved roads and a total road network (paved and gravel) of 750 000km.

It’s the end of the world as we know it

Posted on October 02, 2018

You can run but can’t hide from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), says the University of Pretoria’s Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, Prof Sunil Maharaj, in an interview with Primarashni Gower.