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On Friday, 26 September 2025, Caledon District Hospital benefited from a maintenance intervention by students and staff from Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering and Property Services. This formed part of the 
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Ellen Letsogile Thipe is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stellenbosch University, supervised by Prof. J.E. Hoffmann and Prof. A.B. Sebitosi. She holds a BSc and an MSc in 
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We are ecstatic to share Amo Shale our Masters student in Biomedical Engineering’s recent achievements and asked her to introduce herself to our broader engineering community. Prof Schreve is her 
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Professor Seung Jin Song from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) in the Republic of Korea, recently spent two weeks with our department in Stellenbosch. His 
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Gerhard Durandt was awarded best presentation for his research paper at the South African Conference of Computational and Applied Mechanics 2025. Gerhard Durandt is a Junior Lecturer at the Department 
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Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling is one of three research Chairs currently in the Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering department. The Voigt research Chair was established within the Faculty of 
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The curator of the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum, Ysterplaat, Lt. Col. James du Toit, recently visited the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.  The purpose 
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In May this year our rector, Prof Wim de Villiers sent an invitation to host an early-rise breakfast for twenty-five staff. He requested us to nominate a person who contributes 
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The Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department is committed to excellence and diversity in our teaching and research. We achieve this through close collaboration and interaction with our various stakeholders and 
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Over 400 participants from 35 countries, 80 presentations and 100 posters in Graz on April 10-11. The ISEC conference was a great success, with Ministers from Austria and Brazil alongside 
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