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Article by Corporate Communication [Rozanne Engel] In pursuit of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) commitment to academic excellence and in recognition of SU academics who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in 
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By Dr Alec Basson, Senior Science Writer at Stellenbosch University Twenty shacks destroyed in five minutes. That’s how quickly fires can spread in informal settlements. This is one of the 
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“I truly believe that the greatest innovation occurs when wildly disparate insights collide. My vision is to deeply focus on emerging Information and Communications Technology, and help to apply it 
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After two years of being accommodated in temporary offices scattered all over, personnel of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic (M&M) Engineering were overjoyed to start moving back into their 
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Article by Dr Christa de Kock In a year of unprecedented events, the Department of Industrial Engineering hosted two new structured postgraduate programmes with a focus on data science. The 
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Article by Prof Kim Jenkins After two months of decanting from the old Civil Engineering building to its reestablishment in the Pavement and Geotechnical Research Laboratory, the PGRL finally became 
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Dr Japie van Zyl, who passed away on 26 August this year, can be regarded as one of the Faculty of Engineering’s most distinguished and outstanding alumni. This is also 
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“As an engineer, tackling the bridge stories was a matter of love for the majestic, stately structures that might be forgotten. I consider the old steel and other lesser old 
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Article by Corporate Communication and Marketing Stellenbosch University (SU) is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two foremost Namibian SU alumni, Dr Japie van Zyl, one of 
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The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University, Prof Wikus van Niekerk, received the distinguished honour to be elected an Honorary Fellow of the South African Institution of 
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