African Centre for Cities (ACC)
| Research | Contact | Tel |
| ACC is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the dynamics of unsustainable urbanisation processes in Africa, with an eye on identifying systemic responses. | ACC Website |
+27 21 650 5903 |
Architecture, Planning & Geomatics
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
| Land reform; cadastral and land administration systems; sustainable development; and resilience in landholding for the poor; historical property holding; and cadastral issues in the coastal zone. | Professor J Whittal | 021 650 3575 |
| Contemporary multidimensional spatial knowledge curation towards location aware sustainable solutions. | Dr M Shoko | 021 650 1503 |
| Land tenure reform; cadastral and land administration systems; GIS for sustainable development. | Dr S Hull | 021 650 3574 |
| Remote Sensing and GIS to model land use, land cover, and spatial trends. | Mr K Singh | 021 650 3569 |
| Geodesy; Geodynamics; Earth Observation; and Spatial Modelling. | A/Professor P Odera | 021 650 1234 |
| Virtual reality modelling ; Heritage studies & heritage documentation; Eng. surveying, machine vision; Photogrammetry, remote sensing | Em. Professor H Rüther | 021 650 2327 |
| Space and transformation; design research method | Em.Professor I Low | 021 650 2371 |
| Technology and planning; smart cities; urban infrastructure and spatial planning | Professor N Odendaal | 021 650 2365 |
Chemical Engineering
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
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Centre for Bioprocessing Engineering Research (CeBER) with focus in: |
Dr Thanos Kotsiopoulos | 021 650 4368 |
| Hydrometallurgy (Hydromet) | Professor J Petersen | 021 650 5766 |
| Catalytic Process Engineering | Professor J Fletcher Professor E van Steen |
021 650 4433 021 650 3796 |
| Industrial Ecology, Environmental & Process Systems Engineering | Professor H von Blottnitz | 021 650 2512 |
| Minerals Processing (Flotation Chemistry, Process Mineralogy, Applications of Machine Vision systems) | Professor D Deglon Professor A Mainza Mr M Harris |
021 650 2980 021 650 5511 021 650 5512 |
| Crystallization | Professor AE Lewis | 021 650 2701 |
| Process Modelling and Optimisation | Professor K Möller | 021 650 2520 |
Civil Engineering
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
| Urban Water Management; Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Systems | Professor N Armitage | 021 650 2589 |
| Structural Engineering | Professor A Zingoni | 021 650 2601 |
| Structural Engineering | Mr K Mudenda | 021 650 1486 |
| Structural Materials | Emeritus Professor M Alexander | 021 650 4012 |
| Structural Engineering | Professor P Moyo | 021 650 2592 |
| Structural Materials; Concrete Technology | Professor H Beushausen | 021 650 5181 |
| Paratransit regulation and integration; dynamics of changing travel behaviour; urban form-public transport viability relationships; pedestrian behaviour and infrastructure | Professor R Behrens | 021 650 4757 |
| Transport geography; accessibility modelling and analysis; dynamic land-use transport modelling; choice modelling | Professor M Zuidgeest | 021 650 4756 |
| Road safety; non-motorised transport promotion; transport modelling; dynamic traffic management; sustainable evaluation studies | Professor M Vanderschuren | 021 650 2593 |
| Wastewater Treatment | A/Professor D Randall | 021 650 2605 |
| Wastewater Treatment | Dr D Ikumi | 021 650 5162 |
| Geotechnical Engineering | A/Professor D Kalumba | 021 650 2590 |
| Geotechnical Engineering | Ms F Chebet | 021 650 5430 |
| Computational Mechanics | Professor S Skatulla | 021 650 2595 |
| Engineering Education | Dr N Wolmarans | 021 650 5361 |
Construction Economics & Management
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
| Facilities Management, Workplaces, CID's, Foresight, Innovation, ICTs and Effect on Property and Construction, Construction Competiveness, Dispute Resolution, Value Management, Job Satisfaction | Em.Professor K Cattell | 021 650 2452 |
| HIV/AIDS in the Construction Industry, Alcohol and Substance Abuse in Construction, Stress and Stress Management in Construction, Crime and Corruption in the Construction Industry, Value Management as a Vehicle for Adding Value to Construction Projects, Job Satisfaction in the Construction Industry, Gender Discrimination & Harassment in the Construction Industry, Sustainability in the Construction Industry | Em.Professor P Bowen | 021 650 3445 |
| Urban/Community-based Facilities Management, The Application of Systems Thinking within the Management Context, Work Space Planning & Design, Usability of Buildings | A/Professor K Michell | 021 650 3444 |
| Property Economics, Property Development, Portfolio Management | A/Professor Francois Viruly | 021 650 3442 |
| Low Income/Informal Property Markets, Property Valuation Theory | A/Professor Manya Mooya | 021 650 5164 |
| Housing Development Studies, Construction & Project Management | Professor A Windapo | 021 650 2049 |
| Health & Safety, SME Skills | Mr M Massyn | 021 650 2368 |
| Gender Issues, Green Buildings | Mrs K Le Jeune | 021 650 2451 |
| Systemic thinking, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Organisational Change, Engineering Management | Dr N T Tuan | 021 650 4327 |
| Green Buildings, Corporate Real Estate | Mr S Nurick | 021 650 2230 |
| Urban/strategic Facilities Management and Urban Management Systems | Mr U Ordor | 021 650 2453 |
Electrical Engineering
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
| Electronics | A/Professor A Wilkinson | 021 650 3803 |
| Engineering Education | Dr R Smit | 021 6503440 |
| Image Processing & Vision Systems | A/Professor FC Nicolls | 021 650 2802 |
| Electrical Machines, Drives and Wind Energy | Professor A Khan | 021 6505 956 |
| Nuclear Power | Emeritus Professor CT Gaunt | 021 650 2794 |
| Signal Processing | Professor A Mishra | 021 650 2794 |
| Telecommunications Networks | A/Professor O Falowo | 021 650 2788 |
| Bio-inspired Robotics & Biomechanics | A/Professor A Patel | 021 650 2803 |
| Power and Energy Systems Protection, Distributed Generation and Microgrids | A/Professor S Chowdhury | 021 650 2017 |
| Control systems and Mechatronics | Professor E Boje | 021 650 5899 |
| Mobile Robotics | Ms R Verrinder | 021 650 3849 |
| Power Electronics, Drives and Machines | Professor P Barendse | 021 650 4489 |
| Power System Network Studies | Mrs K Awodele | 021 650 4093 |
| Power Network Optimisation, Control and Stability | Professor K Folly | 021 650 4490 |
| Embedded Systems, High Performance Computing, FPGA Systems, Software Defined Radio | A/Professor Simon Winberg | 021 650 2793 |
| Renewable Energy, Geomagnetically-induced Currents, Transformers and Power System Stability | A/Professor D Oyedokun | 021 650 1716 |
| Computer networks, network applications, future internet technologies | Dr J Mwangama | 021 650 2789 |
Mechanical Engineering
| Research Area | Contact Person | Tel |
| Bio-Engineering & Absorption Refrigeration | Em.A/Professor G Vicatos | 021 650 2492 |
| Composite Materials | A/Professor C von Klemperer | 021 650 5762 |
| Computational Mechanics | Em.Professor BD Reddy | 021 650 3787 |
| Engineering Education | Professor B Collier-Reed | 021 650 3233 |
| Engineering Management | Dr C Shaw | 021 650 4192 |
| Materials Engineering | Professor R Knutsen | 021 650 3172 |
| Materials Engineering | Dr Sarah George | 021 650 3172 |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics | A/Professor A Malan | 021 650 3299 |
| Structural Impact | Dr R Govender | 021 650 4526 |
| Thermo-fluid process modelling (turbines and condensate systems) | A/Professor W Fuls | 021 650 2600 |
| Thermo-fluid process modelling (boilers and heat exchangers) | Professor P Rousseau | |
| Computational Biomechanics | Dr M Ngoepe | 021 650 4444 |
| Aerial Systems & Robotics | Ms L Raw | 021 650 3232 |
| Response to blast loading, impact loading | Professor S Chung Kim Yuen | 021 650 4809 |
| Academic Development | A/Professor B Kloot | 021 650 3668 |
| Mechanics of Solids | Dr T Cloete | 021 650 3235 |
| Computational & Applied Mathematics | Mr E Ismail | 021 650 3236 |
| Mechanics of Composite Materials | Mr S Parker | 021 650 3675 |