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Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling is one of three research Chairs currently in the Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering department. The Voigt research Chair was established within the Faculty of 
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The curator of the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum, Ysterplaat, Lt. Col. James du Toit, recently visited the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.  The purpose 
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In May this year our rector, Prof Wim de Villiers sent an invitation to host an early-rise breakfast for twenty-five staff. He requested us to nominate a person who contributes 
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The Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department is committed to excellence and diversity in our teaching and research. We achieve this through close collaboration and interaction with our various stakeholders and 
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Over 400 participants from 35 countries, 80 presentations and 100 posters in Graz on April 10-11. The ISEC conference was a great success, with Ministers from Austria and Brazil alongside 
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A successful first Stellenbosch University Green Hydrogen Symposium on 19 March at STIAS, highlights the Faculty of Engineering’s commitment towards firmly establishing SU as a leading research-intensive institution. “Stellenbosch University 
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What’s happening in the sky? The outreach project on the Elethu wine farm in Bonnievale involving learners from a local school is yielding fascinating results. In our preceding article “Bonnievale 
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Shival Indermun had presented a paper at the BIOSTEC conference recently and was awarded the Best Student Paper Award in the Biodevices field. “I had the privilege of presenting my 
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Congratulations to our PhD candidate Francois Rozon. Francois’s paper co-authored by Professors Craig McGregor and Michael Owen, titled ” Long-Term Forecasting Framework for Renewable energy Technologies’ Installed Capacity and Costs 
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“We have reached the halfway mark of our gap year successfully , and we are ready for the next.” In March this year Wouter and Lindelize arrived in Konstanz, Southern 
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