Reuben Govender

Room 310, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building, Upper Campus, UCT

Qualifications:

• BSc.Eng (Mechanical), with 1st Class Honours (UCT) – 2001
• MSc.Eng (UCT) -2005
• PhD (UCT) -2011

Professional Affiliations:

• International Society for Impact Engineering
• South African Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Undergraduate Teaching:

• MEC2048S Mechanical Engineering Design I
• MEC3023F Mechanics of Solids II
• MEC4110W – Final Year Project- 3D Printing Training

Research Affiliations:

• Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU)

Publication Profile: 

• Google Scholar 
• ORCID

Research Interests: 

• High Strain Rate Material Characterisation
• Impact Loading
• Biological Materials and Tissue Properties
• Composite Materials
• 3D Printing