Informal settlements: looking at the bigger picture

Posted on May 09, 2016

For his PhD research, Dr Emmanuel Nkambule sought to improve the living conditions in informal settlements by visually studying the structure of the settlement and its many physical and social layers.

How social media can encourage energy efficiency

Posted on May 05, 2016

Ms Uduakobong Ekpenyong wants to encourage people to adopt energy efficiency as a way of reducing demand on the power sector and increasing usage of renewable energy.

Dr Jacomine Grobler receives JD Roberts Award for Emerging Researchers

Posted on March 14, 2016

Dr Jacomine Grobler, a Senior Lecturer of Supply Chain in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Pretoria, has developed multi-objective algorithms for complex, real-world production scheduling problems, which has earned her the 2015 JD Roberts Award for...

Free hearing test with local app hearZA

Posted on March 03, 2016

An app that lets users test their hearing using their smart device has been developed and validated by researchers at UP and was officially launched on 2 March 2016 ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March.

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 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 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...