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Research Grants and Contracts1 January <strong>2008</strong> to 31 December <strong>2008</strong> (above R100 000)College <strong>of</strong> AgriCulture, engineering & SCienCefACulty <strong>of</strong> engineering r 14,512,427investigator <strong>na</strong>me Project title funder <strong>na</strong>meAmountAwardedPr<strong>of</strong>essor B S Rigby Validation <strong>of</strong> models used in real time simulation – 2007 Eskom Holdings Ltd R 270,642Pr<strong>of</strong>essor E S Boje Commerical and technical feasibility <strong>of</strong> developing a line inspection robot Eskom Holdings Ltd R 228,000Pr<strong>of</strong>essor NM IjumbaPr<strong>of</strong>essor NM IjumbaPr<strong>of</strong>essor NM IjumbaPr<strong>of</strong>essor CA BuckleyPr<strong>of</strong>essor CA BuckleyPr<strong>of</strong>essor RE SchulzePr<strong>of</strong>essor JC SmithersPr<strong>of</strong>essor JC SmithersPr<strong>of</strong>essor SA LorentzPr<strong>of</strong>essor SA LorentzPr<strong>of</strong>essor D J Brothers/Dr Des ConlongPr<strong>of</strong>essor RM Gous/ MCiacciarielloDr SL HendriksPr<strong>of</strong>essor RM GousPr<strong>of</strong>essor RM GousPr<strong>of</strong>essor M Laing/Pr<strong>of</strong>essor PB Tongoo<strong>na</strong>Vibration Research & Testing Centre Projects – To conduct applied<strong>research</strong> for addressing operatio<strong>na</strong>l problems <strong>of</strong> overhead transmission& distribution linesHigh Voltage Direct Current Project – Assisting with the Eskom MainTransmission System (MTS) network stability problems as well asaddress the bulk power delivery requirements for the distant load centresContract Research in the Area <strong>of</strong> Centre for Engineering PostgraduateStudies (CEPS)Understanding the sludge accumulation in VIPs, UDS and other onsitesanitation systems, and strategies to ma<strong>na</strong>ge desludging the future whenpits are fullThe development and implementation <strong>of</strong> a mathematical model for thewater ma<strong>na</strong>gement at Eskom power stations – The ma<strong>na</strong>gement <strong>of</strong>water at ZLED discharge power stationsAn evaluation <strong>of</strong> the sensitivity <strong>of</strong> socio-economic activities to climatechange in climatically divergent South African catchmentsFunding <strong>of</strong> a Research Fellowship for the School <strong>of</strong> BioresourcesEngineering and Environmen<strong>tal</strong> HydrologyIdentifying Opportunities in the South African Sugarcane Supply ChainMa<strong>na</strong>gement Systems – A Synopsis, Limitations and RecommendationsAn Investigation into the Effects <strong>of</strong> Atmospheric Pollutants on the Soil-Water-Ecosystem Continuum in the Eastern Regions <strong>of</strong> South AfricaDefinition <strong>of</strong> Process Zones and Connectivity in Catchment Scale NPSProcessesCORUS ProjectEskom Holdings Ltd R 1,800,000Eskom Holdings Ltd R 2,900,000Eskom R 2,900,000Partners in Development (Pty) Ltd R 400,000Eskom Holdings LTD R 438,645Water Research Commission – WRC R 2,500,000South African Sugarcane ResearchInstituteSouth African Sugarcane ResearchInstituteR 1,260,000R 261,100Eskom/Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd R 831,500Water Research Commission – WRC R 722,540fACulty <strong>of</strong> SCienCe & AgriCulture r 15,820,716Three trials using broiler breeders to improve the accuracy <strong>of</strong> a broilerbreeder model that is in the process <strong>of</strong> being developed at <strong>UKZN</strong>Specialist technical support, production & supply <strong>of</strong> equipment andidigenous poultry to community development <strong>research</strong>Evaluation <strong>of</strong> medici<strong>na</strong>l plants as alter<strong>na</strong>tives to antibiotic growthpromoters for growing pigsComparing the response to balanced dietary protein among piggenotypesAgronomy studies and plant breeding <strong>of</strong> sweet stem sorghum for SouthAfrican conditionsInstitut De Recherche Pour LeDeveloppementR 480,000Cobb-Vantress Incorporated R 422,237Eskom R 149,665Red Meat Research and DevelopmentTrust <strong>of</strong> SARed Meat Research and DevelopmentTrust <strong>of</strong> SAR 160,000R 120,000Plantbio R 4,036,90996 <strong>UKZN</strong> Research Report // <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>2009</strong> <strong>UKZN</strong> Research Report // <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>2009</strong> 97
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