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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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/chemical-engineer-favourite-voice-south-africa
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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-investigates-mystery-artificial-intelligence
Faculty of Engineering investigates the mystery of artificial intelligence
The Multilingual Speech Technologies (MuST) research group is a research niche area associated with the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering. It focusses on machine learning and statistical pattern recognition, as well as their application in speech technologies. Over the years, the group has been involved in various speech…http://news.nwu.ac.za/engineering-week-2024-inspires-next-generation-innovators
Engineering Week 2024 inspires the next generation of innovators
It all starts at the North-West University (NWU), and the Faculty of Engineering on the Potchefstroom Campus has risen to the occasion to fulfil that mission. For many years, the goal of the biennial Engineering Week has been to introduce high school learners from Grade 8 to 12 to engineering as a fascinating career. This year the project ran…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-executive-dean-faculty-engineering
NWU appoints new executive dean for Faculty of Engineering
The North-West University (NWU) appointed Prof Liezl van Dyk as executive dean for the Faculty of Engineering for a term of five years. Prof Van Dyk completed her BEng and MEng degrees in Industrial Engineering, as well as a Diploma in Higher Education and Training Practice at the University of Pretoria, after which she was awarded a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/partnership-reaches-out-future-engineers-disaneng-village
Partnership reaches out to future engineers in Disaneng Village
A powerful collaboration involving academia, industry and water authorities is helping to inspire future generations of scientists and engineers in the rural village of Disaneng in the North West Province. The partners, who conducted a high-impact outreach at two secondary schools on 29 July 2025, were the Nano-Environment Incubation Programme…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-walks-away-prestigious-engineering-award
NWU lecturer walks away with prestigious engineering award
Meelan Roopa, a lecturer in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering, received the award for Best Industrial Engineering Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering’s (SAIIE’s) 2022 awards ceremony. Meelan received this prestigious award in recognition of his teaching…http://news.nwu.ac.za/professor-honoured-international-fellow-royal-academy-engineering
Professor honoured as International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
North-West University (NWU) extraordinary professor Linda Godfrey has been elected as an International Fellow of the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) in the United Kingdom. This is the second key role she has had within the ambit of the RAEng. For the past four years, Prof Godfrey has served on the Board of the Academy’s Safer…http://news.nwu.ac.za/moyo-metallurgist-weave-her-magic-mechanical-engineering
Moyo the metallurgist to weave her magic at Mechanical Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is excited to announce that a very special woman is joining the faculty’s ranks. Dr Fortunate Moyo, a metallurgist, will ply her trade at the School of Mechanical Engineering, where her ample experience and abundance of expertise is sure to make an impact. “I look forward to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-niche-area-joins-engineering-faculty
NWU research niche area joins engineering faculty
The new year brings with it fresh challenges and opportunities, and in the case of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Multilingual Speech Technology research group, also an exciting announcement. As from January 2018 the research group – better known as MuST – has officially joined the ranks of the Faculty of Engineering. As a research group…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-reaches-out-itsoseng-women%25E2%2580%2599s-project
NWU Engineering reaches out to Itsoseng Women’s Project
The Faculty of Engineering, in partnership with Dr Melinda du Toit from the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), reached out to the Itsoseng Women’s Project in Drieziek extension, Orange Farm township to collaborate with members and leaders of the community to address challenges identified by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-gives-her-dreams-wings-%25E2%2580%2593-literally
NWU Engineering gives her dreams wings – literally!
She is inspired by the people around her – by friends, family and, in her professional career, by her lecturers. Today Dr Angelique Janse van Rensburg is someone who in turn inspires others by her absolutely unquenchable passion for what she does – being an engineer! As former student and former lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-leaves-sweet-bitter-and-creamy-taste
NWU Engineering leaves a sweet, bitter and creamy taste
Final-year students from the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) recently had the opportunity to show that their course entails much more than poring over their books. These aspiring engineers competed against one another to see who could produce the best beer, cheese or chocolate. Although…http://news.nwu.ac.za/stem-menther-inspiring-next-generation-women-engineering
STEM MentHER: Inspiring the next generation of women in engineering
“It is the power of a girl with a book that is the best weapon for progress ... Because with educated women comes prosperity.”- Deborah Rodriguez. The North-West University (NWU) has officially joined the growing national STEM MentHER initiative, a mentorship-driven programme aimed at empowering young women to pursue careers in science,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africa-needs-nuclear-engineering-expertisenow
South Africa needs nuclear engineering expertise…now
South Africans must have ownership of nuclear technology. Without properly trained people, South Africa will face a major problem with the nuclear waste. South Africa should not rely on others when it comes to nuclear safety and decommissioning. South Africa is faced with a question, and the answer should be simple: Either the country…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus%25E2%2580%2599-project-impresses-royal-academy-engineering
NWU alumnus’ project impresses at Royal Academy of Engineering
North-West University (NWU) Alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu recently attended the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship training programme on technology commercialisation from 18 January to 1 February 2020 at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom. This academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-partnership-will-give-chemical-engineers-huge-advantage
New partnership will give chemical engineers a huge advantage
The School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University is partnering with a software company that will put them on the cutting edge of development. The partnership with METSIM, the premier modelling software company, will allow the design of new processes and push existing flowsheets to maximum efficiency. Prof Quentin…http://news.nwu.ac.za/even-engineering-students-sometimes-wear-superhero-capes