Innovate Issue 08, 2013

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Letter From The Editor

• Hinc lucem et pocula sacra  by Prof Tinus Pretorius 

Innovation Focus 

• The broadband divide: Where is the digital highway heading?
• Research innovation at the University of Pretoria

Features

• Developing graduates who will change the world 
• Building an ethical information society in Africa
• Mining Industry Study Centre provides students with customised facilities
• Architectural design of the new Mining Industry Study Centre receives recommendation
• Landscaping project produces a sustainable rain garden
• Africa's first virtual reality mine design centre
• Research contributes to future energy security
• M&V for energy-efficiency projects
• Informatics: A unique discipline and a valued qualification by Prof Alta van der Merwe
• Alumnus showcases talent for innovative design
• Physical, chemical and biological strategies to combat malaria by Mthokozisi Sibanda, Prof Walter Focke, Heino Heyman and Prof Lyn-Marie Birkholtz
• Reintegrating humankind and nature

Essays

• Novel redesign of welded pressure leach autoclaves for the platinum industry by Prof Madeleine du Toit, Joseph Roux and David Shklaz
•  Using multi-source GPS data to characterise multi-day driving patterns and fuel use by Prof Christo Venter and Prof John Joubert
• Talent management in the mining industries of developing nations by Juan Jorge
• An inside look at the stresses due to lateral forces in Tubular Modular Track by Bernand van Schoor and Prof Hannes Grabe
• Science in South Africa: The dawn of renaissance? by Prof Anastassios Pouris
• Health care service science: The innovation frontier by Dr Richard Weeks
• Assisting California to lower transportation-related costs by Prof Wynand Steyn
• The future of two-way radio in South Africa by Derrick Mogale and Dr Louwrence Erasmus
• Interactive learning through gaming simulation in an integrated land use-transportation planning course by Prof Christo Venter and Dr Johnny Coetzee
• Water conservation strategies at Gauteng municipalities by Obby Masia and Dr Louwrence Erasmus
• Investigating an organisational culture conducive to project management by Lorium Mashiane
• Requirements of wireless sensor networks in order to achieve digital forensic readiness by Fancois Mouton and Prof Hein Venter
• Optimal metering plan of measurement and verification for energy-efficient lighting projects by Prof Xiaohua Xia, Xianming Ye and Prof Jiangfeng Zhang
• Competing in a globalising world: International ranking of South African universities by Prof Anastassios Pouris and Anthipi Pouris
• Diversity in townhouse complexes in South Africa by Dr Karina Landman
• Tapping untapped renewable energy by Marco van Dijk, Prof Fanie van Vuuren, Jay Bhagwan and Adriaan Krutz
• End user needs for 3G services in rural areas by Dr Louwrence Erasmus and Daniel Smith
• Towards greener pyrotechnics by Prof Walter Focke, Ollie del Fabbro, Cheryl Kelly, Kolela Illunga, Thilo van der Merwe, Elma Muller and Maria Atanasova
•  Planning law within the culture of a new generation of planners by Witness Radebe
• Why do people decide to study engineering? by Jacques Lombard and Anne Crafford

News

•  Young alumnus heads engineering faculty
• Student aircraft designs put to the test
• Student develop solutions for the SKA project
• Will robots ever replace humans? Japanese expert visits UP
• Student joins school learners in the quest for earth observation solutions
• Prestigious dti Technology Award for UP 
• Leaders share insights into IT challenges by Dr Rennie Naidoo and Prof Awie Leonard
• Recognition for UP computer science pioneer by Fritz Solms
• Publishing students join hands with the Presidency to build school libraries
• Lethal autonomous robotics: Coming to a theater near you? 

Last Word

• The roots of industrial engineering - Francis Galton: The gentleman explorer compiled by Prof Paul Kruger