Prof AS Alfa: NRF B-rated Research focus: - South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Advanced Sensor Networks - Mathematical modelling of communication systems, with specific emphasis on wireless sensor networks, cognitive radio networks and the Internet of Things (IoT) |
EBIT hosts a strong cohort of NRF-rated researchers, including two NRF A-rated researchers, Prof A Engelbrecht and Prof X Xia. Recently, 14 more exceptional researchers joined the ranks in 2017. |
Prof PS Heyns: NRF B-rated Research focus: - Structural Dynamics Vibrations |
Prof J Amadi-Echendu: NRF C - rated
Research focus: - Engineering asset management and technology commercialisation |
Prof E Chirwa: NRF C-rated
- Sedibeng Water Chair in Water Utilisation Engineering - Biological remediation of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants in water - Nutrient removal processes - Remediation of radioactive elements from the environment - Rural water resources development |
Dr I Breed: NRF C-rated
- Open space design and how it relates to natural and cultural contextual issues and identity - Importance of the landscape design as part of green infrastructure, urban ecology and social-ecological resilience |
Prof C de Villiers: NRF C-rated
- Teaching of Information Systems - IT for development - Flexible learning environments for the teaching of computer literacy |
Prof A Garbers-Craig: NRF C-rated
- Anglo American Chair in Pyrometallurgy - Pyrometallurgy - Refractory materials - Iron ore agglomeration |
Prof JW Joubert: NRF rated
- Freight behaviour modelling - Multi-agent transport simulations - Complex networks as applied to the connectivity of people and firms - Data science and its application to mobility |
Prof JAG Malherbe: NRF C-rated
- Dielectric waveguides - Micowave circuits - Antennas |
Prof M Sharifpur: NRF C-rated Research focus: - Thermal fluid behaviour and the stability of nanofluids - Improvement of heat transfer by nanofluids - Convective multiphase flow - Computational fluid dynamics |
Prof WE Stumpf: NRF: C-rated Research focus: - Microstructural development and phase changes in hot working and heat treatments of carbon steels, low-alloy steels and stainless steels, and how these relate to their physical and mechanical properties |
Dr H Badenhorst: NRF Y-rated Research focus: - Developing novel materials for energy applications, including high thermal conductivity graphite nanoplatelets and aerogels that allow rapid energy storage and retrieval from phase change materials which hold promise for continuous energy supply from solar resources |
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Dr WG le Roux: NRF Y-rated Research focus: - Solar energy conversion (thermodynamics and thermal engineering) - Solar dish collector systems |
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