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Using creative practices to change the perceptions of architectural making

Clint Abrahams.
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

Hans Beushausen, Joanitta Ndawula and Nicholas Jarratt

Mythbusting concrete: Does high strength equate to high performance?

Hans Beushausen and team.
Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit (CoMSIRU)

Philippa Tumubweinee

The future of mobility in Africa

Philippa Tumubweinee.
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

Sustainable Innovative Affordable Housing Initiative (SIAH-I)

Sustainable innovative affordable housing initiative (SIAH-I)

Alireza Moghayedi.
Department of Construction Economics and Management

Craig Tanyanyiwa

Pathways to water resilient South African cities – making use of stormwater ponds

Kirsty Carden and team.
Future Water Institute

Mineral water bottles crushed and crumpled against white background

What role could recycled plastic bottles play in the future of sustainable construction?

Laxmee Sobhee-Beetul.
Department of Civil Engineering

Rain flows down from a roof

Use of water recycling systems in residential properties

Mark Massyn.
Department of Construction Economics and Management

Pure water and useful salts from waste – eutectic freeze crystallization

Alison Lewis and team.
Crystallization and Precipitation Research Unit (CPU)

Shacks in informal settlement in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa

Interrelationships between sustainability and wellbeing in informal settlements

Kathy Michell.
Department of Construction Economics and Management

Geomagnetically induced currents: Frequency spectra and threats to voltage stability

David Oyedokun.
Department of Electrical Engineering

Nasheeta Hanief

Electron transport in single-walled carbon nanotube nanostructured devices

Nasheeta Hanief.
Electron Microscope Unit (EMU)

Moreblessings Shoko

Drones and tweets for mapping the built environment

Moreblessings Shoko.
Division of Geomatics

Jeremy Woodward

Designing next-generation enzymes for green manufacturing

Jeremy Woodward.
Electron Microsoft Unit (EMU)

Catalysts as a driver for sustainable technologies in Africa

Carla Mathyse.
Catalysis Institute

Chris von Klemperer

Can we easily provide wind power for cargo ships?

Chris von Klemperer.
Department of Mechanical Engineering

A practical carbonation model for service life design of reinforced concrete structures

Mark G. Alexander and Hans Beushausen.
Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit (CoMSIRU)

How can robotics accelerate African agricultural autonomy

Paul Amayo.
Department of Electrical Engineering

Antarctic research expedition

The importance of mechanics studying the effects of global warming on Antarctica

Sebastian Skatulla.
Department of Civil Engineering

Urban digital technology

Disrupted urbanism: understanding digital mobilisation in African cities

Nancy Odendaal.
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

Using robotics to understand cheetahs

Amir Patel.
African Robotics Unit (ARU)

Inclusive public transport system for women in South Africa

Karen le Jeune.
Department of Construction Economics and Management

Highway traffic in Cape Town

Data for transport planning in Africa – is floating car data the silver bullet?

Megan Bruwer and Roger Behrens.
SUN and Centre for Transport Studies (CfTS)