Stellenbosch University Electrical Engineering, The University offers Semester in Stellenbosch programmes (Exchange; Study Abroad), a Summer School, Postgraduate and PhD programmes in English.Stellenbosch University is a fully accredited classic university with 10 faculties: Arts, Economic and Management Sciences, Education, Science, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Health Sciences, Military Science, Law, Theology, Engineering.
It has a student body of over 22 000 of which more than one third is postgraduate students. The number of international students has increased substantially since 1993 to over 1900 students from more than 70 countries currently enrolled at the University.Stellenbosch is a research-intensive university with a long history of pure and applied research across a large range of disciplines. It is at the forefront of basic and applied research and through partnering with the industry and government has become a benchmark for research excellence.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
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Mr Larry Morkel
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 4478
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FIELDS OF RESEARCH
The Department has four main areas of research which are investigated by research groups.
Computer and control systems:This group specialises in control, automation and system identification for a variety of platforms: e.g. underwater vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), airships and satellites. The group’s research activities take place in the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ESL), the birthplace of SUNSAT, South Africa’s first satellite. Real-time computer applications and FPGA-based architectures are generally used. Other research topics include biomedical electronics and process control.
Electrical energy:The research focuses on electric energy conversion and control in renewable energy and power systems. Internationally recognised research is done on inter alia multi-level power electronic converters, permanent magnetic electrical machines, high-voltage insulators, power system dynamics and parameter estimation, with applications in for example wind and wave energy, free-piston Stirling engines, electrical vehicles and energy efficiency.
Electronics and electromagnetics: Research in this area is focused on high-frequency applications in communication systems and RADAR, and includes activities on antennas, superconductor devices, electromagnetic interference, filters and nonlinear circuits. A near-field antenna laboratory, supported by appropriate instrumentation and software, provides the infrastructure for work in the areas of computational electromagnetics and antennas, and enjoys widespread recognition. Several members of the group are actively engaged in the design and building of the antenna, feed structure and RF interference minimisation policy for the section of the Square Kilometer Array recently awarded to South Africa. This forms the largest RF and microwave academic team in South Africa.
Signal processing: The signal processing group focuses its research on pattern recognition techniques which may be applied, among other things, to the automatic processing of human speech, and also to the development of digital radar and broadcasting systems. The emphasis is on the application of statistical decision making to the processing of information from sensors and automatic interpretation of real world data. The group largely makes use of Linux-based computer networks available for the development of software as well as the design of signal processing hardware.
POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS
The Department offers the following qualifications in electrical and electronic engineering (click HERE for more information):
Master of Engineering (MEng) (Research)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Doctor of Engineering (DEng)
RESEARCH GROUPS
Computers and Control
Electrical Energy Systems
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Signal Processing & Machine Learning
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