News and Events

2011 Awards Evening

The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering had their annual Awards Evening where prizes were given to the top students of the Department.

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Four times in a row for PneuDrive Challenge 2011 winners!

Congratulations to the Pneudrive Challenge 2011 winners: Norval Geldenhuys, Hardus Scheepers, Cornel Liebenberg & Daniel Malan!

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2011 SAIMechE John Orr Memorial Lecture

SAIMechE hosts this very prestigious “John Orr Memorial Lecture” each year to commemorate the achievements of Professor John Orr (1870 – 1954) in engineering education in South Africa. The history of this prestigious lecture dates back to 1961 when the first lecture was initiated to honour Professor Orr.

This year the John Orr Lecture will be delivered by Wing Commander Andy Green, the ‘Fastest Man on Earth’.

The Lectures will be held in the evenings at the following centres. The Lecture at each venue will start at
18h00 for 18h15:
o Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) 15 November 2011
o Northern Cape: Kimberley (William Humphreys Art Gallery) 17 November 2011
o Cape Town: University of Cape Town (UCT) 22 November 2011
o Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) 23 November 2011
o Durban: University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) 24 November 2011

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2011 Spanbou

We had a fun morning of drumming at Hudson's on Vredenheim farm, followed by a delicious lunch.

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