University of Cape Town Research Report 2008

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
B. A m i gun (Depa rtm ent of Chem ic a l
Engineering)
Processing cost analysis of the African biofuels industry
with special reference to capital cost estimation techniques
Supervised by A/Professor H. von Blottnitz and A/Professor D.
Fraser
C.J. Anderson (Department of Chemical
Engineering)
Flotation in a novel oscillatory baffled column
Supervised by A/Professor D. Deglon and Mr. M. Harris
O.E. Falowo (Department of Electrical
Engineering)
Efficient joint call admission control and bandwidth management
schemes for QoS provisioning in heterogeneous wireless networks
Supervised by Professor H.A. Chan
G.S. Heinrich (Department of Chemical
Engineering)
A comprehensive approach to electricity investment planning for
multiple objectives and uncertainty
Supervised by Professor E.W.J. van Steen
M . Hov e (Depa rtm ent of Chem ic a l
Engineering)
The kinetics and mechanisms of oxidation and precipitation of
iron: the High Density Sludge (HDS) process
Supervised by A/Professor A.E. Lewis and Dr R. van Hille
A.J. Isafiade (Department of Chemical
Engineering)
Interval based MINLP superstructure sythesis of heat and mass
exchanges networks
Supervised by A/Professor D. Fraser
K . K a j i mo -Sh a k a ntu (Depa rtm ent
of Construction Economics and
Management)
An investigation into the responses of construction industry to
preferential procurement in South African: a grounded theory
approach
Supervised by A/Professor D. Root
Y. Li (Depa rtm ent of Elec tric a l
Engineering)
Applying human-like intelligence to future generation network to
improve communication efficiency
Supervised by Professor H.A. Chan
M.J. Manyage (Department of Electrical
Engineering)
The application of improved core loss formulations to machine
design
Supervised by Professor P. Pillay
A.T. McBride (Department of Civil Engineering)
Formulation, analysis and solution algorithms for a model of
gradient plasticity within discontinuous Galerkin framework
Supervised by Professor B.D. Reddy
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R.M. Naidoo (Department of Electrical Engineering)
A nonlinear adaptive filter for improved operation and protection
of power systems
Supervised by Professor P. Pillay
F. Ntuli (Department of Chemical Engineering)
Nickel powder precipitation by high pressure hydrogen reduction
Supervised by A/Professor A.E. Lewis
T.V. Ojumu (Department of Chemical
Engineering)
The effects of solution conditions on the kinetics of microbial
ferrous-iron oxidation kinetics by Leptospirillum ferriphilum in
continuous culture
Supervised by Dr J. Petersen and Emeritus Professor G.S.
Hansford
O.O. Oyekola (Department of Chemical
Engineering)
An investigation into the relationship between process kinetics
and microbial population dynamics in a lactate-fed sulphidogenic
CSTR as a function of residence time and sulphate loading
Supervised by Professor S.T.L. Harrison and Dr R. van Hille
J. Poinapen (Department of Civil Engineering)
Biological sulphate reduction using primary sewage sludge as
energy source in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor
Supervised by A/Professor M. Wentzel and Professor A.
Zingoni
J. Swart (Department of Chemical Engineering)
A theoretical view on deactivation of cobalt-based fischer-tropsch
catalysts
Supervised by Professor E.W.J. van Steen and A/Professor M.
Claeys
A. van der Westhuizen (Department of
Mechanical Engineering)
The strain rate dependent properties and modeling of bovine
cortical bone in compression
Supervised by Professor G.N. Nurick
P. van Zyl (Department of Civil Engineering)
Anaerobic digestion of fischer-tropsch reaction water - submerged
membrane anaerobic reactor design, performance evaluation &
modelling
Supervised by Professor G.A. Ekama
I.N. Wachira (Department of Construction
Economics and Management)
An investigation into the training of labour in the informal
construction sector in Kenya.
Supervised by Dr D. Root and Professor P.A. Bowen
D. Waiting (Department of Electrical
Engineering)
On privacy and the prevention of unsolicitated sessions in the IP
multimedia subsystem
Supervised by Mr. N. Ventura
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