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Division for Design and Mechatronics

Prof Anton Basson (PrEng)
Professor Emeritus
Email: ahb@sun.ac.za

Mr Johann Bredell (PrEng)
Senior Lecturer
Email: jrbredell@sun.ac.za

Prof Corné Coetzee
Professor
Email: ccoetzee@sun.ac.za

Mr Llewellyn Cupido
Junior lecturer
Email: lcupido@sun.ac.za

Dr Danie Els
Senior Lecturer
Email: dnjels@sun.ac.za

Mr Sa’eed Fataar
Junior Lecturer
Email: sfataar@sun.ac.za

Mrs Liora Ginsberg
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ginsberg@sun.ac.za

Mrs Lindi Grobler Kock
Junior Lecturer
Email: lindigrobler@sun.ac.za

Dr Gerrit Ter Haar
​Lecturer ​​
Email: gterhaar@sun.ac.za

Prof Nawaz Mahomed
Professor and Head of Division
Email: nawaz@sun.ac.za

Dr Brendon Nickerson
​Lecturer ​​
Email: nickersonbm@sun.ac.za

Dr Boitumelo Ramatsetse
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ramatsetse@sum.ac.za

Prof Kristiaan Schreve (PrEng)
Professor | Director: Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Email: kschreve@sun.ac.za

Dr Helmut Schuster
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Email: hschuster@sun.c.za

Dr Willie Smit
Senior Lecturer
Email: wjsmit@sun.ac.za

Dr Clint Steed
Lecturer
Email: steed@sun.ac.za

Mr Wayne Swart
Senior Lecturer
Email: wswart@sun.ac.za

Dr Nicole Taylor
Lecturer
Email: nctaylor@sun.ac.za

Mr Piero Trinchero
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ptrinchero@sun.ac.za

Dr Johan van der Merwe
Senior Lecturer
Email: jovdmerwe@sun.ac.za

Division for Mechanics

Olabanji Asekun
Engineer – Gibela Research
Email: Asekun@sun.ac.za

Prof Annie Bekker (PrEng)
Professor
Email: annieb@sun.ac.za

Prof Debby Blaine
Associate Professor
Email: dcblaine@sun.ac.za

Mr Raymond Botete
Junior Lecturer
Email: mrbotete@sun.ac.za

Dr Nur Dhansay
​Lecturer ​​
Email: nurmdhansay@sun.ac.za

Mr Gerhard Durandt
Junior Lecturer
Email: gdurandt@sun.ac.za

Dr Preyin Govender
Lecturer
Email: govenderp@sun.ac.za

Mr Philip Ligthart
Junior Lecturer

Dr Melody Neaves
Senior Lecturer
Email: melzvanrooyen@sun.ac.za

Dr Vinay Shekhar
Senior Lecturer
Email: vshekhar@sun.ac.za

Prof Wikus van Niekerk (PREng)
Professor
Email: wikus@sun.ac.za

Prof Gerhard Venter (PrEng)
Professor
Email: gventer@sun.ac.za

Prof Martin Venter (PrEng)
Associate Professor and Head of Division
Email: mpventer@sun.ac.za

Division for Thermofluid Dynamics

Mr Peter Blaine (PrEng)
Email: pgblaine@sun.ac.za

Dr Gareth Erfort
Adjunct lecturer
Email: erfort@sun.ac.za

Mr Chaz Fenner
Junior lecturer
Email: fenner@sun.ac.za

Dr Andrew Gill
Senior Lecturer
Email: agill@sun.ac.za

Mr Rashid Haffejee
Lecturer
Email: rhaffejee@sun.ac.za

Mr Richard Haines
Email: rhaines@sun.ac.za

Mrs Taneha Hans
Junior Lecturer
Email: taneha@sun.ac.za

Prof Jaap Hoffmann
Associate Professor
Email: hoffmaj@sun.ac.za

Prof Ryno Laubscher (PrEng)
Professor
Email: rlaubscher@sun.ac.za

Prof Craig McGregor (PrEng)
Associate Professor
Email: craigm@sun.ac.za

Mr Matthew Meas
Junior Lecturer
Email: mmeas@sun.ac.za

Prof Josua Meyer (PrEng)
Professor
Email: jpm2@sun.ac.za

Prof Chris Meyer
Associate Professor
Email: cjmeyer@sun.ac.za

Prof Michael Owen (PrEng)
Head of Division and Professor
Email: mikeowen@sun.ac.za

Prof Hannes Pretorius (PrEng)
Professor
Email: jpp@sun.ac.za

Prof Pieter Rousseau
Professor
Email: prousseau@sun.ac.za

Mr Carl Tshamala (PrEng)
​Lecturer ​​
Email: mctshamala​@sun.ac.za

Prof Johan van der Spuy (PrEng)
Professor and Departmental Chairman
Email: sjvdspuy@sun.ac.za

Dr Adam Venter
Lecturer
Email: ajventer@sun.ac.za

Mrs Dimitra Westdyk
Senior Lecturer
Email: dw1@sun.ac.za

Administrative Staff

Ms Gillian Cortereal
PA to Chairman
Email: gillianc@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4374

Mrs Genay Gabriels
Postgraduate Manager
Email: genay@sun.ac.za
Phone: 021 808 4095

Mr Shawn Hendrikse
Departmental Manager
Email: shawnh@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 9976

Mr Carlo Korkie
Assistant
Email: ckorkie@sun.ac.za

Ms Chantel Maclons
Undergraduate Officer
Email: chantelp@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4958

Ms Merentia Meyer
Finance Officer
Email: merentia@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 3479

Mrs Lauren Thomas
Postgraduate Officer
Email: laurent@sun.ac.za
Phone: 021 808 4261

Ms Shiyaam Valentyn
Receptionist
Email: valentyn@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4376

Mrs Leigh Van der Merwe
Administrator: STERG Research Group
Email: lpina@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27(0) 808 4016

Mrs Susan van der Spuy
Finance Officer
Email: svdspuy@sun.ac.za​
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4255

Technical Personnel

Mr Calvin Hamerse
Junior technical officer 1
Email: chamerse@sun.ac.za

Mr Graham Hamerse
Technical officer
Email: ghamerse@sun.ac.za

Mr Nathi Hlwempu
Technical officer 1
Email: hlwempu@sun.ac.za

Mr Llewellyn Kordom
Assistant technical officer

Mr Kevin Neaves
Technical officer
Email: kneaves@sun.ac.za​
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4279

Ms Simorne Paulse
Principle Assistant
Email: simornep@sun.ac.za

Mr Paul-John Robyn
Technical Assistant
Email: pjrobyn@sun.ac.za​

Mr Cobus Samuels
Technical officer
Email: jsamuels@sun.ac.za

Mr Braveboy Sotondoshe
Assistant
Email: bsotondoshe@sun.ac.za​

Mr Julian Stanfliet
Technical officer
Email: jstanfliet@sun.ac.za​

Mr Jamie Williams
Email: jamiewilliams@sun.ac.za

Mr Cobus Zietsman
Head technical officer
Email: cjz@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4275

Mr Ferdi Zietsman
Head technical officer
Email: cfz@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4954

Extraordinary Appointments

Prof Thorsten Becker
Professor
Email: tbecker@sun.ac.za

Prof ND Chokani
Email: chokanin@ethz.ch

Prof A. Corsini
Email: alessandro.corsini@uniroma1.it

Prof TW Hildebrandt
Email: thomas.hildebrandt@numeca.de

Prof Hanno Reuter
Email: hreuter@sun.ac.za

Prof B. Sun
Email: sunbohua@xauat.edu.cn

Prof Herman Vermaak
Email: hermanv@stadio.ac.za

Prof A Zapke
Email: albert.zapke@enexio.com

Academic

Division for Design and Mechatronics

Prof Anton Basson (PrEng)
Professor Emeritus
Email: ahb@sun.ac.za

Mr Johann Bredell (PrEng)
Senior Lecturer
Email: jrbredell@sun.ac.za

Prof Corné Coetzee
Professor
Email: ccoetzee@sun.ac.za

Mr Llewellyn Cupido
Junior lecturer
Email: lcupido@sun.ac.za

Dr Danie Els
Senior Lecturer
Email: dnjels@sun.ac.za

Mr Sa’eed Fataar
Junior Lecturer
Email: sfataar@sun.ac.za

Mrs Liora Ginsberg
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ginsberg@sun.ac.za

Mrs Lindi Grobler Kock
Junior Lecturer
Email: lindigrobler@sun.ac.za

Dr Gerrit Ter Haar
​Lecturer ​​
Email: gterhaar@sun.ac.za

Prof Nawaz Mahomed
Professor and Head of Division
Email: nawaz@sun.ac.za

Dr Brendon Nickerson
​Lecturer ​​
Email: nickersonbm@sun.ac.za

Dr Boitumelo Ramatsetse
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ramatsetse@sum.ac.za

Prof Kristiaan Schreve (PrEng)
Professor | Director: Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Email: kschreve@sun.ac.za

Dr Helmut Schuster
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Email: hschuster@sun.c.za

Dr Willie Smit
Senior Lecturer
Email: wjsmit@sun.ac.za

Dr Clint Steed
Lecturer
Email: steed@sun.ac.za

Mr Wayne Swart
Senior Lecturer
Email: wswart@sun.ac.za

Dr Nicole Taylor
Lecturer
Email: nctaylor@sun.ac.za

Mr Piero Trinchero
​Lecturer ​​
Email: ptrinchero@sun.ac.za

Dr Johan van der Merwe
Senior Lecturer
Email: jovdmerwe@sun.ac.za

Division for Mechanics

Olabanji Asekun
Engineer – Gibela Research
Email: Asekun@sun.ac.za

Prof Annie Bekker (PrEng)
Professor
Email: annieb@sun.ac.za

Prof Debby Blaine
Associate Professor
Email: dcblaine@sun.ac.za

Mr Raymond Botete
Junior Lecturer
Email: mrbotete@sun.ac.za

Dr Nur Dhansay
​Lecturer ​​
Email: nurmdhansay@sun.ac.za

Mr Gerhard Durandt
Junior Lecturer
Email: gdurandt@sun.ac.za

Dr Preyin Govender
Lecturer
Email: govenderp@sun.ac.za

Mr Philip Ligthart
Junior Lecturer

Dr Melody Neaves
Senior Lecturer
Email: melzvanrooyen@sun.ac.za

Dr Vinay Shekhar
Senior Lecturer
Email: vshekhar@sun.ac.za

Prof Wikus van Niekerk (PREng)
Professor
Email: wikus@sun.ac.za

Prof Gerhard Venter (PrEng)
Professor
Email: gventer@sun.ac.za

Prof Martin Venter (PrEng)
Associate Professor and Head of Division
Email: mpventer@sun.ac.za

Division for Thermofluid Dynamics

Mr Peter Blaine (PrEng)
Email: pgblaine@sun.ac.za

Dr Gareth Erfort
Adjunct lecturer
Email: erfort@sun.ac.za

Mr Chaz Fenner
Junior lecturer
Email: fenner@sun.ac.za

Dr Andrew Gill
Senior Lecturer
Email: agill@sun.ac.za

Mr Rashid Haffejee
Lecturer
Email: rhaffejee@sun.ac.za

Mr Richard Haines
Email: rhaines@sun.ac.za

Mrs Taneha Hans
Junior Lecturer
Email: taneha@sun.ac.za

Prof Jaap Hoffmann
Associate Professor
Email: hoffmaj@sun.ac.za

Prof Ryno Laubscher (PrEng)
Professor
Email: rlaubscher@sun.ac.za

Prof Craig McGregor (PrEng)
Associate Professor
Email: craigm@sun.ac.za

Mr Matthew Meas
Junior Lecturer
Email: mmeas@sun.ac.za

Prof Josua Meyer (PrEng)
Professor
Email: jpm2@sun.ac.za

Prof Chris Meyer
Associate Professor
Email: cjmeyer@sun.ac.za

Prof Michael Owen (PrEng)
Head of Division and Professor
Email: mikeowen@sun.ac.za

Prof Hannes Pretorius (PrEng)
Professor
Email: jpp@sun.ac.za

Prof Pieter Rousseau
Professor
Email: prousseau@sun.ac.za

Mr Carl Tshamala (PrEng)
​Lecturer ​​
Email: mctshamala​@sun.ac.za

Prof Johan van der Spuy (PrEng)
Professor and Departmental Chairman
Email: sjvdspuy@sun.ac.za

Dr Adam Venter
Lecturer
Email: ajventer@sun.ac.za

Mrs Dimitra Westdyk
Senior Lecturer
Email: dw1@sun.ac.za

Administrative

Administrative Staff

Ms Gillian Cortereal
PA to Chairman
Email: gillianc@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4374

Mrs Genay Gabriels
Postgraduate Manager
Email: genay@sun.ac.za
Phone: 021 808 4095

Mr Shawn Hendrikse
Departmental Manager
Email: shawnh@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 9976

Mr Carlo Korkie
Assistant
Email: ckorkie@sun.ac.za

Ms Chantel Maclons
Undergraduate Officer
Email: chantelp@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4958

Ms Merentia Meyer
Finance Officer
Email: merentia@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 3479

Mrs Lauren Thomas
Postgraduate Officer
Email: laurent@sun.ac.za
Phone: 021 808 4261

Ms Shiyaam Valentyn
Receptionist
Email: valentyn@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4376

Mrs Leigh Van der Merwe
Administrator: STERG Research Group
Email: lpina@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27(0) 808 4016

Mrs Susan van der Spuy
Finance Officer
Email: svdspuy@sun.ac.za​
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4255

Technical Personnel

Technical Personnel

Mr Calvin Hamerse
Junior technical officer 1
Email: chamerse@sun.ac.za

Mr Graham Hamerse
Technical officer
Email: ghamerse@sun.ac.za

Mr Nathi Hlwempu
Technical officer 1
Email: hlwempu@sun.ac.za

Mr Llewellyn Kordom
Assistant technical officer

Mr Kevin Neaves
Technical officer
Email: kneaves@sun.ac.za​
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4279

Ms Simorne Paulse
Principle Assistant
Email: simornep@sun.ac.za

Mr Paul-John Robyn
Technical Assistant
Email: pjrobyn@sun.ac.za​

Mr Cobus Samuels
Technical officer
Email: jsamuels@sun.ac.za

Mr Braveboy Sotondoshe
Assistant
Email: bsotondoshe@sun.ac.za​

Mr Julian Stanfliet
Technical officer
Email: jstanfliet@sun.ac.za​

Mr Jamie Williams
Email: jamiewilliams@sun.ac.za

Mr Cobus Zietsman
Head technical officer
Email: cjz@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4275

Mr Ferdi Zietsman
Head technical officer
Email: cfz@sun.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 21 808 4954

Extraordinary Appointments

Extraordinary Appointments

Prof Thorsten Becker
Professor
Email: tbecker@sun.ac.za

Prof ND Chokani
Email: chokanin@ethz.ch

Prof A. Corsini
Email: alessandro.corsini@uniroma1.it

Prof TW Hildebrandt
Email: thomas.hildebrandt@numeca.de

Prof Hanno Reuter
Email: hreuter@sun.ac.za

Prof B. Sun
Email: sunbohua@xauat.edu.cn

Prof Herman Vermaak
Email: hermanv@stadio.ac.za

Prof A Zapke
Email: albert.zapke@enexio.com

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