Construction Economics Graduates fly at UP

Posted on May 20, 2022

The department of Construction Economics wants to congratulate all our graduates, as well as their families and friends who supported them on their road to success.

‘Clay: From pottery to supercapacitors and plasticine sculptures to LDH solar panels’—inaugural address of Prof Johan Labuschagné

Posted on April 14, 2022

14 March 2022 was a milestone day for Prof Johan Labuschagné, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Applied Materials, as he delivered his inaugural lecture virtually, titled ‘Clay: From pottery to supercapacitors and plasticine sculptures to LDH solar...

Greenovate 2021

Posted on February 18, 2022

The Green Star Office tool is the oldest of the GBCSA’s tools and the updated v1.1 was launched in 2014. The Office v1.1 tool needed updating to keep abreast of new developments in the green building industry. A team of three BSc Hons QS students from 2021 focused their mini-dissertation...

University of Pretoria students receive full annual bursaries from Seed Analytics

Posted on February 17, 2022

Seed Analytics has awarded a full annual tuition bursary to two female students in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, thereby giving them the opportunity to venture into the field of data analytics.

Chemical Engineering student finalist in Matthews/IPGIP intervarsity competition

Posted on February 16, 2022

Angelo Rossi – a 2021 final year student from the Department of Chemical Engineering - was selected by EBIT to be the University of Pretoria’s nominee for the annual Matthews/IPGIP (Integrated Post Graduate Industry Partnership) prize (www.ipgip.co.za). Due to Covid-19 restrictions,...

Passing of Prof Wilhelm Leuschner

Posted on February 04, 2022

Prof Wilhelm Leuschner passed away on 31 December 2021. He was the Head of the Department Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (October 1994 - April 2011). A celebration of God in his life was held on 9 January 2022.

UP cements MoU with Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport

Posted on February 04, 2022

UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently hosted to cement a recently signed MoU on emissions measurement.

Stitching the city with a new collaborative data library

Posted on December 15, 2021

Architecture (and other) students routinely collect fine-grained visual and qualitative spatial data while working on projects. This data is collected through transect walks, participatory action research, community mapping and participatory geographic information system (GIS) methodologies.