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Innovate
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and
Information Technology, University of Pretoria
JuniorTukkie
Client Service Centre, University of Pretoria
*Finalist in the SA Publication Forum competition
2010
Augustus 2009 August
Wiskundeangs
Bridgitte Hartley:
queen of the paddle
Careers in business
Februarie 2010
Health Sciences: new admission requirements
Emotional intelligence
Issue 05 2010
Innovation focus
INSiAVA comes to light
Enhanced silicon light-emission for optical
data communication
Community engagement
Students gain practical experience while
serving the community
Faculty news
Chemical Engineering celebrates 50 th
anniversary
Focus on renewable energy
Reforming engineering education
Technical essays
Insecticide-treated mosquito netting
combats malaria
Resort design in Mauritius establishes
benchmark for future development
King of the off-road:
Engineering Mini Baja
Dentistry School offers unique training
Students engage with the community
Julie/July 2010
Opedag
Bursaries at UP
Word 'n wilde wetenskaplike
Soccer fever on campus
November 2010
Graad 12-voorbereidingsberaad
Tuks Career Offi ce
Skattejag
Cheyna Tucker heads for World Champs
Project management
The evolution of project management
Project governance
New engineering facilities
Meeting the need for more engineers
Innovations in urban design
Technical essays
Cracking the pigment code
Repairing gas turbine engines
Research in refractory materials
Community development
Engineering Augmented Degree Programme
Innovation news
Global health research
Student and staff awards
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New high-tech lab to test performance
of synthetic diesel
High-technology equipment,
which is being installed at the
University of Pretoria, will provide
better insight into the properties
and performance of synthetic
diesel fuels and the application
of such fuels in engines, turbines
and other devices.
A research collaboration between
petrochemicals giant Sasol and the
departments of Chemistry (Faculty
of Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
and Chemical Engineering (Faculty
of Engineering, Built Environment
and Information Technology) at the
University of Pretoria has resulted in
the commissioning of a new LECO
Pegasus 4 comprehensive twodimensional
gas chromatograph,
combined with a time-of-flight mass
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TuksLaw flying high
spectrometer (GCxGC-TOFMS). The
acquisition of this equipment was
made possible by financial support
from Sasol Technology through joint
research interest in the chemistry
that underpins the physical properties
of diesel fuels.
Sasol reports that the study of the
flow of substances under various
conditions and the physical behaviour
of synthetic fuels are important
areas related to the company’s fuels
and lubricants research. The LECO
Pegasus 4 GCxGC-TOFMS will
enable scientists to make a more
detailed analysis of how the more
than 100 compounds that make up
synthetic diesel fuel contribute to the
performance, viscosity and lubricity
of these fuels.
The ability to obtain such chemical
insight only became feasible through
the extreme analytical power of the
GCxGC-TOFMS instrument, allowing
for the identification and classification
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of literally thousands of compounds.
The initiative forms part of Sasol’s
university collaboration initiative, a
long-term programme that supports
the aims of world-class teaching and
research capacity in chemistry and
chemical engineering at selected
local universities.
The ability to identify specific
chemical compounds in complicated
mixtures will help the University of
Pretoria in other non-petrochemicals
research fields, including air and
water pollution, forensic toxicology
and aroma analysis. In all these
areas, the LECO GCxGC-TOFMS
will be used in combination with other
unique analytical instrumentation
and techniques developed at the
University’s separation science
laboratories.
(extracted from Engineering News,
4 June 2010)
I N N O V A T E 5 2 0 1 0
Vision and Mission
Principal's Message
UP in a Nutshell
Who, What and Where
Tuks has made the process of choosing an academic career a shop, and more importantly, where to hang out). Additionally, the
lot easier with the introduction of an interactive, easy-to-navigate CD provides a detailed breakdown of the costs of your specific
CD. The days of walking around with seven or eight 60-page degree choice and a neat Google-type search engine to ease
faculty brochures are a thing of the past. All faculty brochures the navigation process. The content is available in English and
and information booklets are now compressed into a single user- Afrikaans and no internet connection is required to access the
friendly disk that gives you all the information you need at the information.
click of a button.
The CD has resulted in significant cost savings, tells Esterhuizen.
“We launched the CD four years ago,” tells Erna Esterhuizen “Instead of printing an armful of brochures and information
from UP’s Client Service Centre. “Market research indicated booklets that are sometimes not even read by learners, we now
that the Facebook/Twitter generation prefers technology over simply burn a CD at a fraction of the cost. It includes all the
paper-based info.” The result is a colourful, intuitive information faculty information plus more, and learners can decide what
package that can be loaded in your CD drive and provides you information is relevant to them and what is not.” If, however, you
with a comprehensive overview of the University – from the do not own a computer, or you simply prefer the traditional way
different faculties, degrees and various admission requirements of reading – no problem. Hard copy versions are still an available
for each, to a sneak preview of campus life (including where to option.
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students excel locally and abroad in tough competitions
The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition Competition. This affirmation of the quality of TuksLaw
is the largest annual gathering of students and students took place on 9 October, when 17 national teams
lecturers of law on the continent. Since it was and one international team competed for top honours in
established in 1992, 915 teams from 127 universities Bloemfontein.
representing 47 African countries have participated
in this premier event on the academic and human TuksLaw entered four teams in the competition: two
rights calendar of the continent.
English teams and two Afrikaans teams. The Afrikaans
team of Hermann Pretorius and Petronell Kruger beat
This year, students from 56 universities from across the team of Gert Nel and Bianca Kehrhahn in the final
the continent pitted their wits against one another at the round. Hermann Pretorius was declared best oralist in
19th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition the Afrikaans Division.
held in Cotonou, Benin, from 4 to 9 October.
The topic was Criminalisation of negligent HIV The English team of Emile Zitske and Serena Kalbskopf
transmission, polygamy, sexual conduct at initiation also made it through to the final round, obtaining second
schools, and the jurisdiction of the African Charter on place against the team of the Charlotte School of Law,
human and peoples’ rights. The debates focused in North Carolina, USA. The team of Tshepo Seloane and
particular on the rights of minority groups.
Daniella Galego made it through to the semi-finals.
The winners were the respondent team, comprising the In the final, the winners of the Afrikaans Division
Université de Coocody (Côte d’Ivoire), the University of (Hermann Pretorius and Petronell Kruger) had to apply
Namibia (Namibia) and Rhodes University (South Africa). their advocacy skills against the Charlotte School of Law,
who were the winners of the English Division and who
The TuksLaw team maintained its proud reputation, as walked away with the laurels.
both members were placed in the Top 10 best oralists.
Jan Norval was placed second and Octavia Pletschke The Afrikaans teams were coached by third-year LLB
eighth. The TuksLaw team was placed tenth overall. student Charné van Biljon and co-coached by secondyear
LLB student Linette du Toit. The English teams
Back on local soil, two TuksLaw teams competed against were coached by penultimate year LLB student Ofentse
each other in the final round of the Afrikaans division of Motlhasedi and co-coached by second-year LLB student
the University of the Free State First-year Moot Court Jason Gouveia.
Did you know?
The statue in front of the Old
Arts Building is of the red
lechwe, an alien species of
antelope, sculpted by by Coert
Steynberg and donated to
the University by Dr Anton
Rupert and his wife, Huberte.
If you want the disk to be delivered
to your doorstep, you can send a request
or an enquiry to csc@up.ac.za
(the CDs are usually posted). A copy
can also be obtained from the
General Enquiries counter at Tuks’
Client Service Centre (at the main
entrance gate in Roper Street).
I want a CD
how do I get
hold of one?
Front: Ofentse Motlhasedi (coach of the English teams), Daniela Galego, Serena Kalbskopf and Bianca
Kehrhahn. Middle: Gert Nel, Tshepo Seloane, Linette du Toit (co-coach of the Afrikaans teams), Petronell
Kruger and Hermann Pretorius. Back: Jason Gouveia (co-coach of the English teams), Emile Zitzke and
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Charné van Biljon (coach of the Afrikaans teams).
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