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Congratulations to the Recommended Engineering Education Practices (REEP) Research Group

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Congratulations to the Recommended Engineering Education Practices (REEP) Research Group!

Congratulations to the Recommended Engineering Education Practices (REEP) Research Group!

We are delighted to share that REEP has been honoured with the Team...

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Lighting the Way A Heartfelt Thank You for a Successful Caledon InReach

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Lighting the Way - A Heartfelt Thank You for a Successful Caledon InReach

On Friday, 26 September 2025, Caledon District Hospital benefited from a maintenance intervention by students and staff from Mechanical & Mechatronic...

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Best Conference Student Presentation Award – Ellen Letsogile Thipe

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Best Conference Student Presentation Award – Ellen Letsogile Thipe

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...

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Amo wins the regional EDHE Intervarsity competition and gets ready for Nationals

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Amo wins the regional EDHE Intervarsity competition and gets ready for Nationals.

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...

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Professor Song’s visit to M&M

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Professor Song’s visit to M&M

Professor Seung Jin Song from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) in the Republic of Korea, recently spent two weeks...

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In the Spotlight – Gerhard Durandt

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In the Spotlight – Gerhard Durandt – Awarded best presentation for his research paper at SACAM 2025

Gerhard Durandt was awarded best presentation for his research paper at the South African Conference of Computational and Applied Mechanics 2025.

Gerhard Durandt...

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Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling

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Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling

Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling is one of three research Chairs currently in the Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering department.

The Voigt...

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Bridging Knowledge and Community An M&M Engineering and SAAF Museum Collaboration

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Bridging Knowledge and Community: An M&M Engineering and SAAF Museum Collaboration

The curator of the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum, Ysterplaat, Lt. Col. James du Toit, recently visited the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic...

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Celebrating Gillian Cortereal’s contribution to transformation

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Women’s month: Celebrating Gillian Cortereal’s contribution to transformation

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...

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Outside the lecture hall

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Outside the Lecture Hall

The Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department is committed to excellence and diversity in our teaching and research. We achieve this through close...

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