Hat-trick for Prof Tania Hanekom

Posted on November 26, 2015

A big congratulations to Prof Tania Hanekom from the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering who received a hat-trick of awards with the Faculty of Engineering, Buit Environment and IT’s award, the University of Pretoria award and the National award for Teaching &...

EBIT Dean Wins the SAIEE 2015 Engineering Excellence Award

Posted on November 19, 2015

Professor Sunil Maharaj, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT, was recently awarded the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) 2015 Engineering Excellence Award at its Annual SAIEE Banquet and Awards Function.

EBIT Teaching & Learning Award Winners

Posted on November 06, 2015

Congratulations to Prof Carina de Villiers from the Department of Informatics and Prof Tania Hanekom from the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering who are the co-winners of the EBIT Faculty’s Teaching & Learning Award.

EBIT paper wins IEEE Africon 2015 Conference Best Paper Award

Posted on September 28, 2015

Prof Maharaj, Dean of EBIT and his student, Mr Pandelani Munyai won the Best Paper Award. The title of their paper was, “On the Improvement of Phase Noise Errors in Wireless Communication systems”. Mr Pandelani Munyai is studying toward his Masters in Electronic Engineering and this...

Marco van Dijk receives WRC award.

Posted on September 18, 2015

On 17 September, Mr Marco van Dijk from the Department of Civil Engineering was awarded the Water Research Commission Knowledge Tree Award in the category: New products and services for economic development.

UP student awarded two prestigious scholarships

Posted on September 02, 2015

Ms Shruti Lall, a master’s student in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded two prestigious scholarships.

UP Engineering student awarded TATA Scholarship at South African Women in Science Awards

Posted on August 27, 2015

In recognition of her outstanding academic and research ability, Ms Marilize Everts, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP), was awarded a TATA Scholarship for doctoral studies at the South African Women in Science Awards...

Professor Josua Meyer received the Chairman's Award

Posted on August 27, 2015

The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering's Head of Department, Professor Joshua Meyer, receives the Chairman's Award of the South African Institution of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning.