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Associate Professor
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
Office: 4-34 Natural Sciences 2 Building
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +27 (0)12 420 3117
Past Chair: Ground Water Division of Geological Society of SA (2016-2019; member 2009-present)
President: SA chapter International Association of Hydrogeologists (2015-16; 2020-present)
Member: SA Institute for Engineering and Environmental Geologists (2008-present)
Council Member: Geological Society of South Africa (2015-present)
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Publons/ Web of Science/ ResearcherID: N-3558-2019
Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-1353
Scopus: 9744882700
Mendeley: matthys-dippenaar
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Present focus:
- Variably saturated flow through fractured, karstic and complex anthropogenically altered intermediate vadose zone
- Geotechnical centrifuge modelling of variably and partially saturated systems
- Urban water supply and water history of major South African cities
- South African hydrostratigraphy.
Current research projects:
- Complex and Anthropogenically Altered Vadose Zone (Water Research Commission; 2019-2022)
Completed research projects:
- Karst Vadose Zone: Recharge, Vulnerability and Stability (Water Research Commission; 2016-19).
- State-of-the-Art Cemetery Guidelines (Water Research Commission; 2015-18)
- Hydrological Heritage Overview: Johannesburg and Cape Town (Water Research Commission; 2014-2016)
- Intermediate Vadose Zone Hydrology and Unsaturated Fracture Flow (Water Research Commission; 2014-2016)
- Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project K5/2052: Vadose Zone Hydrology: Concepts and Techniques (2011-2014)
- Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project K5/2150: Hydrological Heritage Overview: The Water Resources of the City of Tshwane Municipality (2012-2013)
- Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project K8/876: Preliminary Vadose Zone Classification Methodology (Molototsi and Middle Letaba Quaternary Catchments) (2009-2010)
- Assessment of historical large volume Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid spill in fractured Gneiss (2002-2012)
- SANParks Kruger National Park: Compilation of Detailed Geological and Weathering Profile Maps of the Research Supersites (2012-2013).
EDUCATION
- 2014: PhD Hydrogeology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2009: MSc Engineering- and Environmental Geology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2002: BSc (Hons) Engineering- and Environmental Geology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2001: BSc Earth Science/ Geology, University of Pretoria, RSA.
EMPLOYMENT
- 2019-present: Associate Professor in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2015-2019: Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2007-2014: Junior Lecturer and Lecturer in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, University of Pretoria, RSA
- 2006-present: Consulting Engineering Geologist / Hydrogeologist to Industry
- 2005-2006: Engineering Geologist / Hydrogeologist, Private Consulting Company
- 2004-2005: Contamination Hydrogeologist, Private Consulting Company
- 2003-2004: Junior Engineering Geologist, Council for Geoscience
TEACHING & PROJECT SUPERVISION
Responsibilities:
- Class guardian for honours level Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology students
- Map room
- Departmental Undergraduate and Postgraduate Handbooks
- Hydrogeological equipment (previous)
- Homepage/ webmaster/ web publisher
- Second year mapping exercise
- Alumni function (previous)
- Departmental research output (previous).
Project supervision:
In progress Ph.D.:
In progress M.Sc.:
Completed and Submitted Ph.D.:
Completed and Submitted M.Sc.:
- Ten (15) in Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, and Environmental Management
Lecturing:
University of Pretoria:
- 2020-present: GLY 155 Introduction to Geology
- 2014-present: GTX 725 Fluid Mechanics in Geological Media
- 2015-preent: GTX 719 Contaminant Transport
- 2012-present : GLY 363 Engineering Geology of South Africa
- 2010-2010: GLY151 Introductory Geology
- 2009-2011: GLY265 Groundwater
- 2009-present: Technical Report Writing for postgraduate students
- 2008-present: GTX727 / 717 Honours Projects
- 2008-present: GTX713 Site Investigation
- 2011-present: GTX 715 Environmental Geochemistry
- 2008-present: GTX716 Environmental Management and Risk Assessment
- 2008-present: GTX726 Rock and Soil Improvement
- 2007-present: SGM210 Geomaterials and Processes
- 2007-2008: GLY152 Physical Geology
- 2005-2008: GLY162 Environmental Geology
Other:
- 2006: GPH201T Geophysics (Tshwane University of Technology, RSA)
- 2006: EGE311T Environmental Geology (Tshwane University of Technology, RSA)
- 2006: ENG401T Engineering Geology (Tshwane University of Technology, RSA)
PUBLICATIONS
Ca. 20-30:
Publons/ Web of Science/ ResearcherID: N-3558-2019
Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-1353
Scopus: 9744882700
Mendeley: matthys-dippenaar
Books:
- Dippenaar, M. A. (2015). Hydrological Heritage Overview: Johannesburg - Gold in the Rand, Water from the Land. Water Research Commission. -62pp
- Dippenaar, M. A. (2013). Hydrogeological Heritage Overview: Pretoria's Fountains - Arteries of Life. Water Research Commission SP 44/13. Pretoria. -72pp
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