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Project launched in MASCCOM Training Centre
We are living in times in which we are required to support our learners to acquire new ways of learning and the competencies needed for them to enter and be successful in their studies and careers in engineering. These are challenging times in which we need to empower learners for the “new normal” to study and work in the Fourth Industrial…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/applications
Applications
Thank you for considering applying to the North-West University to obtain a qualification in engineering. NWU applications are administrated by a central NWU online application system (see link below). If you have questions specific to the application for engineering studies, please e-mail Engineeringinfo@nwu.ac.za or call 018 299…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/af/ingenieurswese/ingenieurstoets
Ingenieurstoets
Voornemende studente in Ingenieurswese wat reeds graad 12 voltooi het en wat nie aan al die minimum toelatingsvereistes voldoen nie, sal slegs op aanbeveling van die keuringskomitee uitgenooi word om die Ingenieurstoets af te lê. Om vir die Ingenieurstoets genooi te word, moet jy ten minste aan die volgende vereistes voldoen: 65% vir…
Kenny Uren
Kenny Uren is an associate professor in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. He specialises in the fields of mathematical systems modelling and control theory. He received the B. Eng., M. Eng. and PhD degrees in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the North-West University, Potchefstroom campus, South…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/beyond-limits
Beyond Limits
Overview Beyond Limits is an NWU Faculty of Engineering initiative that transforms personal adversity into technological advancement. It began with Ian Thomson’s vision to make prosthetics more accessible after losing his leg at 16. What started as one person’s journey is now a multidisciplinary mission to create affordable, durable, and…
NWU launching new solar car
On Tuesday 22 August at 13:00, the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) will be launching Naledi, the 2017 iteration of the solar car at The Roots in Potchefstroom. With a brand new design inspired by retro influences, Naledi is a real looker and a state-of-the-art one at that. Naledi will be competing in the Bridgestone…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/research
Research
The Unit for Energy and Technology Systems (UETS) strives to be recognised as a centre of expertise for research in and development of energy and technology systems that are relevant to society, the environment and the country. The Centre of Excellence in Carbon-Based Fuels is to be leaders in developing carbon-based fuels…
Werner Heinrich Kaiser
Werner Kaiser is currently a full-time senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical engineering at the North-West University. He has been invlolved in Engineering educatgion since 1998 and has lectured various courses in thermal fluid science, Mechanics of machines, Computer aided drawing at the North-West Unviersity and the Tshwane University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/expose-yourself-much-possible
Expose yourself to as much as possible
Christoff Briers is only one of the many success stories of North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering. Today he is at the head of production planning at Simmer Engineering, an engineering company in Alberton that specialises in manufacturing. According to him his passion for the manufacturing industry is to a great extent due to…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/must-deep-learning/awards-and-events
Awards and Events
Walter Heymans was the winner of the S2A3 Award 2023. Andrew Oosthuizen received the Vice-Chancellor Award 2023, for his Masters dissertation ‘Channel estimation and equalisation using generative adversarial networks’. Andrew Oosthuizen received the best paper award at SATNAC 2021.…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/must-deep-learning/research-projects
Research projects
Current research projects 1. Generalisation in Deep Learning A long-standing theoretical interest in our group focuses on the topic of generalisation - that is, how information learned on a training set of samples is transferred to novel inputs. Investigations on generalisation in Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-pandemic-many-fronts
NWU takes on pandemic on many fronts
The disruptive Covid-19 pandemic has not sidetracked the North-West University’s (NWU’s) researchers and academics from using their expertise to the benefit of society. NWU staff and students have been involved in various pandemic-related projects. These range from involvement in communities to finding workable solutions in the fight against…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/electrochemistry-energy-environment-eee-group/collaborators
Collaborators
Our collaborators and/or coinvestigators are as follows: Prof Svein Sunde, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Prof Frode Seland, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Prof Vijday Ramani,…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/industrial-engineering/contact-us
Contact Us
Acting Director: School of Industrial Engineering Prof Henri Marais 018 299 1973 henri.marais@nwu.ac.za Building G15-B, Room 101, Potchefstroom Campus Undergraduate Programme Manager: Industrial Engineering Mrs Chantelle Du Plessis 018 285 2518 Chantelle.Coetzee@nwu.ac.za Building G15,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/zero-hero-students-taste-sweet-fruit-hard-work-0
From zero to hero – students taste the sweet fruit from hard work
Over the past few years, there were not nearly enough school-leaving applicants who met the minimum requirements for tertiary fields of study such as Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economic Sciences and Health Sciences. This is according to Elza Hattingh from the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU). She heads the faculty’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/solar-car%25E2%2580%2599s-blood-sweat-and-tears-were-worth-trouble
The solar car’s blood, sweat and tears were worth the trouble!
Multifaceted knowledge is the big prize with which Esté Heese, a former student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering, walked away after she was part of this university’s well-known solar car team. This also boosts her career at Eskom today. This young engineer-in-training is prepared to take on any project or…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering-research-ethics-committee/application-process
Application process
Ethics approval must be obtained for all research proposals before a research study commences. The NWU-ENG-REC will not consider research studies for approval if it is apparent that the research has already been conducted (retrospective). Applications process Applications process flowchart Applications video Meeting dates Round…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-nuclear-research-makes-global-impact
NWU’s nuclear research makes a global impact
Groundbreaking work, demanding years of teaching and learning and specialised research have over the past decade and a half led to the North-West University (NWU) now being described as the South African pioneer in the sophisticated field of nuclear engineering. This follows after the recent completion of the maximum contracted period of 15 years…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/centre-excellence-carbon-based-fuels-0
Centre of Excellence in Carbon based Fuels
Vision The vision of the Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels is to be the leaders in developing carbon-based fuels for improvements in energy efficiency, operational reliability and availability, as well as in minimising the carbon footprint by reducing the impact of emissions in general in the South African energy offering.…