Community Engagement

Members of the department have been active in a number of community engagement projects.

The physics department was involved with the UP with Science program since its inception until it ended in 2016.

Here is a list of projects the department has been involved with over the history of the programme :

Year	Project	People
2001	Getting to know semiconductors (Grade 11)	Pierre de Villiers
2001	Study of materials with scanning, transmission electron microscope, Auger electron spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy (Grade 12)	Nic van der Berg
2002	Radiation physics (Grade 11)	Walter Meyer Nic van der Berg
2003	Efficiencies of rechargeable batteries	Walter Meyer Nic van der Berg
	Radiation physics	Walter Meyer Nic van der Berg
2004	Evaluation of solar energy devices for use in rural South Africa	Walter Meyer Nic van der Berg
2005	Forensic investigation of car headlight filaments involved in accidents	Johan Janse van Rensburg
2006	The Electromagnetic Spectrum (In conjunction with Chemistry)	Walter Meyer Johan Janse van Rensburg Werner Barnard
2007	The flight of a coke bottle	Rudi Penzhorn Walter Meyer Hannes de Meyer Johan Janse van Rensburg
2008	Faraday’s Law and a basic seismometer	Walter Meyer Louwrens van Schalkwyk
2009	The electric field mill & Earth’s electric potential	Johan Janse van Rensburg Louwrens van Schalkwyk Walter Meyer
2010	The physics of stereoscopic images	Johan Janse van Rensburg Louwrens van Schalkwyk Hannes de Meyer
2011	Understanding Energy	Johan Janse van Rensburg Louwrens van Schalkwyk
2012	Simulating and measuring projectile motion	Johan Janse van Rensburg Cecil Ouma
2013	Physics in a flash! (Link to photo gallery)	Johan Janse van Rensburg Asmita Singh Ruhan Steyn Vonani Balloyi

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