Emeritus Professor Edward Boje

Control Systems, Mechatronics

PrEng BSc(Eng) Wits MSc(Eng) PhD Natal SMSAIMC MIEEE

An NRF-rated researcher.

Research Interests

  • Control Systems
  • Mechatronics

Postgraduate Supervision

PhD

  • Stanley Mbewe, Control Design and Development of a Medium Voltage Wood Pole Powerline 3D Brachiating Inspection Robot
  • Leanne Collen Raw, The Effects of Leg Morphology on Rapid Acceleration in Quadrupeds
  • James Hepworth, Development of a Feedback Controller for the Antenna Positioner

Masters

  • Simon Carthew, Design of a Detector Module for a Low-Cost PET Detector
  • Thabiso Thomas Chautsane, Development of a Robust Online Particle Size Measurement Instrument Based On Sieving Technique
  • Lwando Kewuti, Model Identification & Design of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) system for the Anglo "Top-Submerged Lance" Converting Process (ACP)
  • Malefetsane David Lenka, Design and Commissioning of a Compact Mobile Muon Scattering Tomography System
  • Lloyd Alexander Ross, Control System Design for CERN's evaporative CO2 cooling systems for particle detectors using State Estimation
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Current Undergraduate Teaching 

  • EEE4118F: Process Control & Instrumentation