Professor Cristina Trois, South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Waste and Climate Change at UKZN, contributed a chapter to the recently published book Rising to the Top – Global Women Engineering Leaders Share Their Journeys to Success. She is one of only two South Africans among the 32 contributors who share their journeys to leadership
The Hydrogen and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX), led from UKZN, has deployed two new prototype telescope dish designs, one aluminium and the other fibreglass, at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hartebeesthoek site near Johannesburg. The fibreglass dish was designed and manufactured by MMS Technology in Pretoria, and the aluminium one through a partnership
A research partnership recently signed by the Moses Kotane Institute (MKI) and UKZN is based on research, innovation and maritime as a strategy to contribute to the economic development of KwaZulu-Natal. This is underpinned by STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) found across all Colleges of the University. Professor Bala Pillay of the College of
The publication of a book titled Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores is the culmination of years’ of work by Professor Peter Scogings of the School of Life Sciences, who was one of the editors of the work. The book deals with the interactions between woody plants and browsing mammals in global savannas and discusses contemporary savanna
A mobile security robot, an electric surfboard with a water jet attachment and a desktop 3D food printer were standout design projects on display at UKZN’s annual Mechanical Engineering Open Day on the Howard College campus. Fourth-year Engineering students displayed 20 ingenious design projects which form part of degree requirements in final-year Design and Research
An industrial expo organised by the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC) at UKZN’s School of Engineering attracted students, lecturers and SAIMC regional and committee members, among others. The expo, which involved collaboration between the School of Engineering and SAIMC, included a variety of industries which displayed state-of-the-art products and processes. ‘The aim
Leading UKZN scientists and internationally renowned pharmaceutical chemistry boffins, Professors Fernando Albericio and Beatriz Garcia De la Torre have been awarded $25,000 by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) to advance green chemistry research in the pharmaceutical sciences. The six recipients of the prize included four institutions from the United
The School of Engineering’s disciplines have continued to receive accreditation with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), following an assessment of its Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng) undergraduate programmes this year. After ECSA completed its recent assessment of Civil Engineering, it conferred continued accreditation with no deficiencies and no concerns until 2024. Civil Engineering received the
At UKZN’s annual Mechanical Engineering Open Day, students Ms Sarisha Harrylal, Mr Langelihle Majola and Mr Yashik Singh, supervised by Dr Michael Brooks, collaborated on the design of a roll control system (RCS) and the payload fairing, including attachment and separation mechanisms. These are two of the many systems required for the development of a commercial launch
Mechanical Engineering students, Mr Presley Sagadaven, Mr Jared Sabbagha, Mr Vulinhlanhla Mchunu and Mr Shuaib Badat formed a team to work on improvements to UKZN’s Phoenix-1B Hybrid Mk I Sounding Rocket that will make the rocket recoverable (making it reusable and therefore more cost effective to launch), robust, versatile, and able to carry a payload