Solar-Turbo Combined Heat and Power project demonstrates their technology

Posted on May 04, 2022

The Solar-Turbo Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project aims to produce a hybrid solar dish prototype to produce both heat and electricity, a goal particularly relevant to rural areas. Watch the video for more details on this exciting project.

Collaborating to better understand the albatross's wing

Posted on April 29, 2022

Engineers are collaborating to better understand the complex aerodynamics of the albatross wing.

Prof Meyer publishes new textbook on measuring in the thermal sciences.

Posted on September 06, 2021

Prof Josua Meyer of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria has co-authored the newly published textbook “The Art of Measuring in the Thermal Sciences” together with Prof Michel de Paepe, professor of Thermodynamics in the Faculty of...

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.

Mechanical engineers are using maths to fight mice on Marion Island

Posted on June 04, 2021

Mechanical engineers from the University of Pretoria are using computational fluid dynamics to analyze wind patterns of Marion Island as part of a larger project to eradicate mice from the island.

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.