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Executives

Assoc Prof Fred Nicolls
Associate Professor Fred Nicolls
(Head of Department) Image & Signal Processing, Computer Vision
Professor Paul Barendse
Professor Paul Barendse
(Deputy Head of Department) Electrical Machines and Drives, Condition Monitoring
Dr Renee Smit
Dr Renee Smit
(Undergraduate Director) Engineering Education, Philosophy of Engineering & Technology

Professors

Professor Edward Boje
Professor Edward Boje
Control Systems, Mechatronics
Professor Komla Folly
Professor Komla Folly
Power Network Optimization, Control and Stability
Professor Azeem Khan
Professor Azeem Khan
Electrical Machines and Drives, Condition Monitoring
Professor Amit Mishra
Professor Amit Mishra
Radar Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Expert Systems

Associate Professors

Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury
Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury
Renewable Energy Systems, Distributed Generation, Power System Protection, Microgrids and Smartgrids
Associate Professor Olabisi Falowo
Associate Professor Olabisi Falowo
Communication Networks 
Associate Professor Amir Patel
Associate Professor Amir Patel
Bio-Inspired Robotics, Biomechanics
Associate Professor David Oyedokun Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor David Oyedokun
Renewable Energy, Geomagnetically-induced Currents, Transformers, Power Systems Stability
Associate Professor Simon Winberg
Associate Professor Simon Winberg
Embedded Systems, High performance Computing, FPGAs, Smart Sensor Systems, Software Defined Radio
Associate Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Associate Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Signals & Image Processing, Radar, Tomography, Bayesian Interference, Inverse Problems, RF Power Amplifiers

Adjunct Professors

Adjunct Professor Albert Lysko
Professor Albert Lysko
Adjunct Professor Albert Lysko

Senior Lecturers

Dr Yunus Abdul Gaffar
Dr Yunus Abdul Gaffar
Radar and Digital Signal Processing
Dr Paul Amayo
Dr Paul Amayo
Computer Vision & Robotic Perception
Dr Joyce Mwangama
Dr Joyce Mwangama
Computer Networks, Network Applications, Future Internet Technologies
Dr Daniel Ramotsoela
Dr Daniel Ramotsoela
Network Security, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Cyber-physical Systems, Intrusion detection
Robyn Verrinder Senior Lecturer
Robyn Verrinder
Robotics, Control & Instrumentation
Dr Gideon Wiid
Dr Gideon Wiid 
Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference, Wideband Antenna Modelling, Computational Electromagnetics

Lecturers

Dr Sampath Jayalath
Dr Sampath Jayalath
Power Electronics, Wireless Power Transfer, e-mobility
Dr Yaaseen Martin
Dr Yaaseen Martin
Software Engineering, Space Science, Signal Processing, Machine Learning
Dr Stephen Paine
Dr Stephen Paine
Radar Remote Sensing
Dr Francois Schonken Lecturer
Dr Francois Schonken
Passive Radar
Jarryd Son
Mr Jarryd Son
Mobile Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
Stacey Shield, Lecturer
Dr Stacey Shield
Bio-inspiration, Legged Manoeuvrability, Rapid deceleration and Gait Termination, Legged Robots

Assistant Lecturers

Boitumelo Dikoko
Mr Boitumelo Dikoko
Mechatronics, Mobile Robotics, Internet of Things, Big Data
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