UP researchers use the moon to improve solar power

Posted on August 20, 2021

Researchers in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering have surprisingly needed to use the moon to help in their goals of improving solar energy.

#UPYouthMonth: UP student entrepreneurs win Best Seed Pitch at AfricArena Summit for tutoring startup

Posted on June 24, 2021

UP students Aaron Bornmann and Joseph Nyamariwata are on their way to the AfricArena Grand Summit in December after their innovative startup, 123tutors, recently won Best Seed Pitch in the southern African round.

UP using nanostructures to reduce the global warming impact of refrigeration equipment

Posted on April 30, 2021

Recent research as part of a collaboration between the University of Pretoria, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Imperial College London hopes to improve refrigeration equipment and reduce their impact on global warming through the use of nanostructures.

UP’s Vehicle Dynamics Group employs smart transportation technology for improved mine safety

Posted on December 04, 2020

An engineering team at UP has pioneered an underground procedure which tests the performance of collision-avoidance systems in an effort to improve the safety of workers on mines by reducing unwanted interaction between vehicles and pedestrians.

Two UP experts win awards at National Science and Technology Forum ‘Science Oscars’

Posted on July 31, 2020

Professor Mike Wingfield and Professor Josua Meyer of the University of Pretoria (UP) won awards at this year’s National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards.

UP team finishes 13th out of 100 teams in global off-road vehicle engineering competition

Posted on June 30, 2020

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) TuksBaja engineering team has placed 13th in an online international competition in which 100 teams competed.

Newly graduated engineering twins plan to take music and motorsport worlds by storm

Posted on May 14, 2020

They may be non-identical twins, but when it comes to their biggest passions, Justin and Darren Oates (23) share identical interests in engineering, music and motorsport.

Engineering students fly UP flag high at intervarsity flight competition

Posted on October 25, 2019

Teams from UP’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT were awarded the Best University certificate in the 2019 Aeronautical Society of South Africa Intervarsity Flight Competition after they took first and third place.