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The annual Stellenbosch University (SU) Teaching Awards acknowledge and reward outstanding teaching at the University. The awards are offered in three categories: Leaderly Teaching Scholar, Scholarly Teacher and Teaching Collaboration. 
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Adam Venter, a PhD candidate in the field of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded the prestigious Rector’s Award for Social Impact which forms part of the Rector’s awards for excellent achievements. 
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[Corporate Communication and Marketing – Dr Alec Basson] Facial recognition technology is used in many different areas – from airports, retail stores, healthcare, law enforcement and marketing to banks – 
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[Article by Amber Viviers] Jacques Wust, a final-year student from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, was named the overall winner of the 28th Jac van der Merwe Competition 
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[Article by Amber Viviers] Tianca Olivier, a master’s student from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, is graduating cum laude at the December graduation of Stellenbosch University for 
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[Article by Amber Viviers] Since building a clap-clap switch at his student residence room and a voice-controlled home automation system, Waldo Wessels, a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Engineering, 
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[Article by Amber Viviers] Third-year engineering students in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU) decided it was time to have a bit of fun with 
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[Article written by Dr Alex Basson, Corporate Communication & Marketing] Taskeen Ebrahim, a doctoral student in Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU), has won the SU heat of the 2023* national FameLab competition 
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[Article by Wiida Fourie-Basson] Stellenbosch University (SU) is partnering with African Rainbow Minerals on an initiative to ensure the sustainability of mining through innovative research and training conducted in the field 
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[Article by Petro Mostert] Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering boasts a new planar air-bearing test facility with a testbed for researchers to validate their projects and 
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