Hundreds attend NWU Engineering Career Fair
The North-West University’s (NWU) Career Centre and the Faculty of Engineering recently hosted their annual Engineering Career Fair. NWU engineering students came out in their numbers to attend this year’s fair that took place on 19 July 2018 at the Faculty of Engineering on the campus in Potchefstroom. A total of 13 companies and…
Inspiring young female learners to become engineers
As we celebrate the women of South Africa during the month of August, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering has once again launched its very own initiative to take these celebrations to the next level. Some 150 girls from various high schools across South Africa were given the opportunity to explore the different exciting…
NWU Faculty of Engineering broadens its horizons
As of 2017 a new star will join the Industrial Engineering galaxy. The North-West University's (NWU's) School for Industrial Engineering now shines with new light alongside nearby departments at the University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University and Wits University. Located strategically within various industrial activities (ranging from…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/centre-research-and-continued-engineering-development-crced
Centre of Research And Continued Engineering Development (CRCED)
CRCED is a North-West University research institution situated in Pretoria and focuses on energy management and bio-engineering research. Energy management research includes industrial energy simulation, optimization, and systems development. The bio-engineering research focuses on metabolic or energy-related conditions such as cancer,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-engineering-number-one-south-africa
NWU’s engineering is number one in South Africa
The North-West University (NWU) is the best choice among local universities for studies in the field of engineering. The latest subjects ranking by Times Higher Education (THE) places the NWU at the top of the ladder in this field, and highlights the NWU’s other quality subject offerings. According to THE’s World University Rankings by Subject…https://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineerings-ingenuity-key-phd-successes
Faculty of Engineering’s ingenuity key to PhD successes
Ingenuity built the world, resourcefulness sustains it and our imaginations will take it forward. This is evident from some of the interesting and important PhDs that the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering has delivered in 2021. In the field of chemical engineering, Innocentia Erdogan received her PhD for her thesis titled “…https://news.nwu.ac.za/revolutionising-agriculture-industrial-engineering-efficient-farms
Revolutionising agriculture: industrial engineering for efficient farms
Prof Rojanette Coetzee, an academic at the North-West University’s (NWU's) Faculty of Engineering, recently established a research forum that will use industrial engineering methods to help farmers. Assisted by research assistants Herme Nel and Jorinda Marais, the Industrial Engineering in Agriculture (IE@Agri) Forum aims to apply industrial…https://news.nwu.ac.za/making-great-strides-her-career-engineer
Making great strides in her career as an engineer
“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count,” says Alicia Celliers, an alumna of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU). Alicia completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering studies from 2009 to 2013. She is currently a project engineer at Single Destination Engineering (SDE). SDE is an engineering…https://news.nwu.ac.za/when-you-think-engineering-think-africa
When you think of engineering, think of Africa
When you think of engineering, German engineering in particular comes to mind, while it is extremely uncommon to think of Africa. This is the opinion of Mia Mangaroo-Pillay, an industrial engineer and lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Engineering. Through her PhD thesis titled “A Lean implementation framework…https://news.nwu.ac.za/engineering-professor-wins-best-paper-award
Engineering professor wins best paper award
Prof Jan de Kock from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering clinched the Best Paper Award at the recent Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference (SAUPEC 2024). The conference, jointly hosted by Stellenbosch University and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), serves as a premier…https://news.nwu.ac.za/link-between-industrial-engineering-and-agricultural-sector
The link between industrial engineering and the agricultural sector
The agricultural industry is facing numerous and significant challenges. To remain competitive and sustainable, it needs to find ways to constantly improve. Industrial engineering can address a number of the challenges faced by the agricultural sector, but due to the lack of awareness and understanding of what the discipline is…
Engineers’ community engagement moves into second gear
After many years of commitment to community engagement and development, staff and students of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering will now turbocharge these initiatives as the saying goes. According to Hannes du Toit, the faculty’s project manager for community engagement, they decided to take their projects and…
Online SLP in Lean-Value Engineering Workshop
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NWU engineers rising to the Covid-19 challenge
The world, and now more recently our nation, is faced with difficult times as the recent Covid-19 pandemic turns life as we know it upside down. A team at the Faculty of Engineering from the North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with other experts involved in this unsettling battle, is rising to the challenge to support our government…
Woman in Engineering – NWU launches exciting initiative
As we see ourselves in a modern world where the evolution and development of technology enjoy first priority, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering initiated a one-of-a-kind problem-solving and smart-manufacturing competition specifically aimed at high school girls. With sponsorship from the SETA for Manufacturing,…
Faculty of Engineering: Towards an integrated energy approach
Energy needs across the globe are rising while fossil fuels are being depleted. Since fossil fuels result in various detrimental emissions, new and renewable energy sources can alleviate the drain on our natural resources and help in the mitigation of the harmful emissions. Viewed in isolation, neither of these energy sources may solve the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/engineering-student-wins-s2a3-masters-medal
Engineering student wins S2A3 Master’s medal.
By Aldrin Ngorima Developing a novel technique to support a South African company to better deal with noisy call centre audio, resulted in a S2A3 Master’s Medal for recipient, Walter Heymans. The medal is an annual award given to the most exceptional research student graduating at the Master’s level in a scientific field from each South…
Chemical engineer a favourite on The Voice South Africa
Marco Basson, a former chemical engineering student at the North-West University (NWU) has recently been given a four-chair turnaround of the judges during the latest episode of the popular TV singing competition, The Voice South Africa. Marco blew the audience away with his version of Nick Jonas' "Jealous". Bobby van Jaarsveld was the lucky…