Data are vital for and creating knowledge-based solutions to development challenges
facing Africa. As a result of gaps in government-funded data collection, and in the interest
of promoting community engagement, there ...
In this paper, we lean on experiences from South Africa as a point of departure for discussing
the unrealized potentials and complications of applying collaborative, transformative
citizen science (CS). We first show the ...
Sepulchre, Rodolphe; Craig, Ian K.; Le Roux, Derik(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2024-04)
In this issue, we talk with Ian Craig and Derik le Roux about the activities of the Control Systems Group in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (DEECE) at the University of Pretoria (UP), ...
Tshavhungwe, Vhuhwavho; Grobbelaar, Schalk(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)
Globalisation and changes to the world economy have brought new challenges and opportunities for many industries, including the sawmill industry. This has led to a need to evaluate the competitiveness of South Africa’s ...
The internationally accepted nuclear regulation policy is for each country to
undertake first principle analysis and approvals for the technical design and
operating rules, benchmarking against nationally determined ...
Tabana, Lehlogonolo Shane; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
Water pollution is one of the persistent environmental challenges that continues to impact numerous
communities worldwide. As such, several sustainable remediation technologies have been developed over the
years to ...
Tendenedzai, Job Tatenda; Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Brink, Hendrik G.(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
Selenite (SeO3
2-) is a toxic selenium oxyanion which readily bio-accumulates in the food chain. Enterococcus
species were found to reduce SeO3
2- to elemental selenium (Se0) more rapidly (in 1 h) as compared to ...
Mugumo, Rachel; Ichipi, Emmanuel O.; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba; Chirwa, Evans M.N.(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
The combination of a wide bandgap Zinc oxide (ZnO ~3.4 eV) semiconductor photocatalyst with typical metallic
sulphides, namely, silver sulphide (Ag2S), ferric sulphide (FeS) and nickel sulphide (NiS), all of a similar ...
Mashangoane, Boitumelo Francina; Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Mahlathi, Chris(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
Palladium is a rare platinum group metal concentrated in the Earth's core and mantle; because of its scarcity, its waste recovery and reuse options are economically appealing. Traditional strategies for extracting PGMs ...
Mhike, Washington; Dewa, Lovejoy; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
In this study, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was utilised as an adsorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from
synthetic wastewater. FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the main characteristic infrared absorption bands of
cellulose ...
The aim of this work was to investigate a new, simple, one-pot combustion synthesis technique for creating sulphur-based CuS/ZnS p-n heterojunction nanocomposite photocatalysts. This study examined the photocatalytic ...
Malunga-Makatu, Khanyisile B.; Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba(The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
The increasing concerns of climate change, energy generation, storage, consumption, and water pollution are
topics that are gaining attention within modern research fields. This has led to numerous researchers devoting
their ...
Mojela, Sintle M.; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba; Chirwa, Evans M.N.(Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2023)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the suitability of using woodchips as a carbon source for denitrification
in intermittently operated household slow sand filters. This was accomplished through a series of batch ...
Gildenhuys, Tiaan(University of Pretoria, 2019-12)
Existing energy management problems for a multi-microgrid (MMG) system only minimise the operational cost. This study proposes a multi-objective operational cost and emissions minimisation (OCEM) problem for a grid-tied ...
The scarcity of fresh water, which is aggravated by rapid economic development and population growth, is a major threat to the modern world. Solar-driven interfacial desalination and steam generation is a promising strategy ...
Nanfuka, J.G.; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2023)
PURPOSE – This research aims to characterise the landscape and factors for successfully
implementing Systems Engineering (SE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
in the enterprise.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – The study ...
Globally extreme weather events are experienced most acutely in cities. While formal
settlements can respond to such events, informal settlements are often vulnerable and illprepared.
Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly ...
This paper shows an application of semantic lifting in the education domain. We present a metamodel
for graphical representation of learning paths. This supports lecturers in the design of courses and
learners to navigate ...
Bosman, Isak de Villiers; Smith, Annique Elizabeth; Ka, Kwan Sui Dave; De Beer, Koos; Maritz, J.A. (Jan)(CEUR-WS, 2023)
Virtual reality possesses various properties that have the potential to be beneficial for the
visualisation of spatial data, including intuitive gestural affordances for looking around and
interacting with data and the ...