Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Room 1.43 Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

PhD - Language and Literacy Studies

Professional affiliation:

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society

Research Interests:

• Multilingualism
• Classroom discourse
• Engineering education

Current research activities:

I strive to explore ways in which a transformative language-in-education practice can contribute to epistemic justice, counter exclusion, reduce harm, and promote participatory parity in multilingual classrooms.

Publication Profile:

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Room 2.29, Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, CPUT, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Cape Town

Professional Affiliation:

• Candidate Engineer: Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA)
• Associate Member: South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE)

Research Interests:

• Non-destructive testing of building structures
• Structural health monitoring and surveillance systems for dams and building structures
• Finite element modelling
• Machine learning

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Structural Analysis 1 and 2

Publication Profile:

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Room 2.04, Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, CPUT, Bellville Campus
Room 3.74, Engineering Building, District Six Campus

Qualifications:

• DEng (Civil Engineering)

Professional Affiliation:

• Candidate Engineer: Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA)
• Associate Member: South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE)

Research Interests:

• Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flow measurement
• Rheology
• Construction materials

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Geotechnical Engineering
• Geometric Design
• Transportation Engineering
• Construction Methods
• Construction Materials
• Technical Drawing 1

Publication Profile:

Position: Associate Professor

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campu

Qualifications:

• PhD in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)

Research Interests:

• Heritage/Old Structure material
• Numerical Methods
• Structural Analysis
• Seismic Hazard studies

Current research activities:

• Heritage Building and its Material Analysis
• Sustainable Design of Building Panel
• Seismic Hazard Studies
• Numerical analysis

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Structural Design
• Structural Steel and Timber design

Publication Profile:

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• PhD in Environmental Health, CPUT
• MTech in Environmental Management, CPUT
• BTech in Environmental Management, CPUT
• BEd Applied in Geography Natural Science, ISP/Bukavu

Professional affiliation:

• South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)

Research Interests:

• Environmental contamination and monitoring
• Environmental management and climate change

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Research Methodology & Project
• Environmental Engineering

Publication Profile:

Position: SARChI Chair in Governance and Economics of Water and Sanitation Sector institutions
Acting Director: Centre for Water and Sanitation Research (CWSR)

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Old Maintenance Building, Bellville Campus, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• PhD in Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
• MSc in Water Resources Engineering & Management
• BSc (Honours) in Agriculture in Soil Science

Professional affiliation:

• Registered Professional Natural Scientist – South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
• Member of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)
• Member of the Soil Science Society of South Africa (SSSSA)

Research Interests:

• Water resource management
• Water governance
• Water and sanitation
• Smallholder farming systems
• Soil fertility management
• Indigenous knowledge

Current research activities:

• As Research Chair the broad research objectives include water security, water governance, equity, and financial and economic viability of water sector institutions.
• Under the Centre for Water and Sanitation Research, I facilitate interdisciplinary projects, including partnership building, fundraising, and creating postgraduate opportunities.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Water Engineering 1
• Environmental Engineering
• Soil Science
• Solid Waste Management

Publication Profile:

Position: Lecturer and Curriculum Officer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Room 1.35, Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, CPUT, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• PhD in Civil Engineering, Stellenbosch University

Professional Affiliation:

• Candidate Engineer: Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA)
• Member: International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)
• Associate Member: South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE)

Research Interests:

• Computational mechanics and Finite Element Modelling
• Durability of Concrete Infrastructure
• Foundation-Fluid-Structure Interaction
• Seismic analysis and design of steel, concrete and masonry structures
• Coupled Chemical-Thermal-Mechanical damage modelling and analysis

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Engineering Design (END360S)
• Integrated Technology Project (ITP370S)
• Reinforced Concrete and Masonry (RCM370S)
• Numerical methods in civil engineering

Publication Profile:

Position: Contract Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 1.41, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• Masters in Linguistics

Professional Affiliation:

• Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)
• Centre for Multilingualism and Diversity Research (CMDR)

Research Interests:

• Language
• Interpersonal relationships
• Discourse analysis
• Communities of practice

Brief description of the current research:

• I am currently completing my PhD in linguistics. I am researching on the way we form and maintain interpersonal relationships through our use of language, specifically storytelling. I am also interested in the effect of digital technologies on the way we sustain relationships across time and space.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Professional and technical communication
• Communication skills
• Critical analysis of text

Position: Contract Lecturer: Geomatics

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 1.08A, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MSc Geomatics

Professional Affiliation:

• South African Council of Geomatics (SAGC)

Research Interests:

• Land Administration System
• Legal Framework
• Cadastral System

Brief description of the current research:

• Current studies are focused on assessing land administration systems and their legal framework in peri-urban areas

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Surveying 2 & 3
• Geomatics Computing
• Computer Aided Drafting
• Control Surveying
• Research Methodology

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MEng Transportation Studies

Research Interests:

• Engineering Education

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Transportation

Publication Profile:

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 1.05, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MSc Geomatics

Professional affiliation:

• South African Geomatics Council (SAGC)

Research Interests:

• Remote Sensing
• Machine Learning
• Mapping invasive plant species

Current research activities:

• Using Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform and machine learning algorithms to detect and map invasive plant species.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Geographical Information Systems
• Remote Sensing

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 1.58, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MEng: Chemical Engineering

Research Interests:

• Nanotechnology
• Catalysis
• Cobalt oxide

Brief description of the current research:

• The understanding of hydrothermally synthesized cobalt hydroxide polymorphs and cobalt oxide particles in various catalytic applications

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Computer Skills

Position: Part-Time Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics

Office: Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MSc Cartography

Professional affiliation:

• South African Council of Geomatics (SAGC)

Research Interests:

• Disaster Management
• GIS in governance systems
• Remote Sensing for ecological monitoring

Current research activities:

• Developed a GIS-based dashboard to monitor the implementation of the District Development Model in Gauteng

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Database Theory
• GIS
• Spatial Analysis

Position: Head of Program: Geomatics

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 1.08B, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MSc Geomatics

Professional Affiliation:

• South African Council of Geomatics (SAGC)

Research Interests:

• UAV Mapping
• Machine Learning
• Remote Sensing

Brief description of the current research:

• Our current studies focus on using Machine learning on satellite imagery and UAV aerial photos to map the urban sprawl in the Philippi Horticultural area and plant health in viticulture and wetlands.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Data Quality Management
• Spatial Data Acquisition
• Geomatics Project

Position: Lecturer

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Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Office: Room 2.31, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus

Qualifications:

• MSc Civil Engineering, Wits University

Professional Affiliation:

• Candidate Engineer: Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA)
• Member: SAICE

Research Interests:

• Reinforced concrete materials
• Structures
• Rehabilitation and Maintenance of structure materials

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Structural Analysis
• Applied Mechanics