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The ACHIEVE-IT project, an acronym for "Academic Collaboration through Higher International Education for a Viable and Equitable Africa with ITaly", was born to...

The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering proudly revived its annual Final Year Function, marking the return of a tradition that had been on...

Researchers from the Algae4Africa consortium – involving Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania), the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and...

With the rapid pace of industrialisation, humanity faces two key energy challenges: energy consumption is dangerously outpacing energy production, and the...

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering’s Prof Schalk Els and the Vehicle Dynamics Group (VDG) has won the NSTF Award for “Engineering Research Capacity...

In today’s energy-conscious world, optimizing thermal performance is essential for improving the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of engineering systems...

University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have become the first to document a disturbing new threat to the endangered grey-headed albatross: wind-driven, land...

Epiroc South Africa, a leading mining equipment manufacturer, and the University of Pretoria have committed to collaborate on the development of students and...

Read more about the exciting developments at our Vehicle Dynamics Group in this recent profile piece (external link to MyBroadBand.co.za).

The University of Pretoria (UP) and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) are excited to announce the official opening of the UP-ARM Virtual Conference Centre, a state...

Boiling is a vital process in many applications from nuclear power generation to micro-electronic immersion cooling. Boiling is typically associated with high...

With the growing demand for clean energy, there has been a surge of interest in direct steam/vapour generation for solar power applications. These systems...

Researchers at the University of Pretoria, led by Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Atofarati as part of his PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Mohsen Sharifpur and...

UP’s Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering cemented its status at the top of the QS rankings for mechanical engineering in South Africa in the...

On 20 April 2024 the Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) presented an exciting open day on the Hatfield campus of the...

In the search for ever improved thermal efficiencies of refrigeration equipment, researchers at the University of Pretoria have coated nanoscale structures onto...

A young mechanical engineering graduate’s dream to work as an engineer in the Formula 1 circuit and improve these vehicles’ aerodynamics is taking him to Oxford...

The International Heat Transfer Conference is the largest heat transfer conference in the world and happens every four years. This year, for the first time...

\u00a0 On the left, Cor-Jacques and Alessandro with the experimental setup Alessandro Chiari, a PhD student from Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio...

The recent EBIT Week 2023, hosted by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT), drew three...