Innovate Issue 6, 2011

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Letter From The Editor

Letter from the Editor - Prof TInus Pretorius

Innovation Focus

• Innovative higher education initiatives ensure UP's position of relevance  

Features

• Exploring atlernative sources of energy 
• Lessons learnt from the Fukushima incident by Prof Johan Slabber 
• Mr Nuclear joins the University of Pretoria 
• University launches new energy research initiative by Dr Jörg Lalk 
• Alternative sources of energy for South Africa in various shades of green by Danie Smit
• Gautrain enhances economic growth in the province
• Training the next generation of engineers
• Standing tall after 50 years
• Employing small groups to promote independent learning and to develop social skills by Clive Knobbs
• Community projects go virtual
• Dances with wolves

 Essays

• A reliability study of commentary systems used at football matches by Tawanda Victor Mutshiya and Kristian Adendorff 
• True energy-efficient lighting: the fundamentals of lighting, lamps and energy-efficient lighting by Prof Wilhelm Leuschner and Lynette van der Westhuizen 
• A novel method to mitigate the peak-to-avarage power ratio in OFDM by Kahesh Dhuness and Prof Sunil Maharaj 
• Introducing micro-pelletised zinc concentrates into fluidised solid roaters by Sen Heukelman and Dr Dick Groot 
• Mobile tolerant hybrid network routing protocol for wireless sensor networks by Jacques Nicolaas Pretorius and Prof Gerhard Hancke 
• The experimental flow field and thermal measurements in an experimental can-type gas turbine combustor by Bronwyn Meyers and Josua Meyer 
• Concentration and desalination of industrial effluents with membrane distillation by S Muhammad Suhail Osma and Prof Japie Schoeman
• A secure client/server interface protocol for the electricity prepayment vending industry by Kennedy Pregarsen Subramoney and Gerhad Hancke
• Phase noise analysis of a tail-current shaping technique employed on BiCMOS voltage-controlled oscillator by Waynand Lamberchts and Prof Saurabh Sinha
• Single and multi-antenna MC-DS-CDMA with joint detection for broadband block-fading channels by Daniel Jorge Basilio and Prof Sunil Maharaj 
• The Laves phase embrittlement of ferritic stainless steel AISI 441 used in shells of vehicle catalytic converters by Maitse Sello and Prof Waldo Stumpf 
• Having a good look at vibrations by Prof Stephan Heyns 
• Subject-specific modelling of neural responses to electrical stimulation of the auditory system by Ramana Govindasamy, Tiaan K Malherbe, Prof Tania Hanekom and Prof Johan J Hanekom
• The development approach to valuation by Douw Boshoff

News

• Industry applauds new degree in real estate 
• Marabastad bath house proposal wins prestigious internatioal prize 
• NSTF winner changes thinking of the chemical industry 
• INSiAVA makes a major breathrough 
• UP students make the best beer, again  

Last Word

• The roots of industrial engineering: Leonhard Euler - the prolific man by Prof Paul Kruger