Prof David Deglon

Qualifications
BSc ChemE Witwatersrand (1989), PhD UCT (1999), MBA UCT (2002)

Background
David Deglon is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. He has a BSc Chemical Engineering (Wits, 1989), a PhD (UCT, 1999) and an MBA (UCT, 2002). He worked for some years within the Rand Mines group as a metallurgist on coal, gold and platinum operations. He left Rand Mines in 1992 and joined UCT as a research officer in the Department of Chemical Engineering. In 1996 he was appointed as a senior lecturer and was promoted to associate professor in 2006 and full professor in 2010. In 2013 he was appointed as the Anglo American Platinum Chair in Minerals Processing and Director of the Centre for Minerals Research. The Centre for Minerals Research is a multi-disciplinary research centre consisting of 35 staff and 40 to 50 postgraduate students. His primary research focus is in the area of flotation cells, including related research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and slurry rheology. He is a National Research Foundation B rated researcher, a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering and Vice-Chairman Designate for the International Mineral Processing Council.

Employment

Research Interests

Computational fluid dynamics, flotation cells, metallurgical accounting