Research Report 2010

research report 2010

creating futures

We are proud to announce that the consolidation of the various institutions of higher learning, both former technikons and colleges of education in the Western Cape, is bearing considerable research fruits

2010 marks the sixth year of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) existence as a university of technology. We are proud to announce that the consolidation of the various institutions of higher learning, both former technikons and colleges of education in the Western Cape, is bearing considerable research fruits, amongst others:

• A n increase in the number of NRF-rated researchers, as well as improved research ratings

• T he growth of research centres and units

• T he establishment of the Directorate of Technology Transfer & Industrial linkages

• A steadily increasing number of Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) accredited publications, which places CPUT at the top of the university of technology league tables

• A n increased number of postgraduate enrolments and degrees granted across all six faculties

Research is underpinned by funding, and CPUT’s commitment to encourage research and interaction with academic peers is supported by the University Research Fund (URF) and funding for attending conferences abroad. Staff members and postgraduate students are encouraged to turn conference papers into

accredited journal articles, and workshops to this end have been facilitated by various academic and research entities within the university.

We are grateful to all our outside funding benefactors, especially the National Research Foundation (NRF), which, in addition to providing diverse funding opportunities for both staff and students, has been instrumental in implementing the Research Information Management System (RIMS)/InfoEd at CPUT. RIMS is a web-based series of inter-related databases, which facilitates the storage and retrieval of data on all aspects of research: grants and contracts, ethics (human and animal), biosafety, publications, intellectual property management, technology transfer, as well as researcher CVs and expertise. RIMS was implemented in 2010 for the DHET publications audit, and the rollout of further modules is planned for 2011.

The 2010 Research Report provides an insight into the multifarious facets of research at CPUT. I should like to acknowledge the contributions of all our researchers and research units, as well as the three research directorates under the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnerships for their continuing commitment to and support of the research enterprise at CPUT.

FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR: Professor L Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga

In 2010 vier die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit vir Tegnologie (KSUT) die sesde jaar van haar bestaan as ’n universiteit vir tegnologie. Ons is trots om te kan aankondig dat die konsolidering van verskeie instellings vir hoër onderwys in die Wes-Kaap, eertydse technikons sowel as onderwyskolleges, aansienlik vrugte afwerp, onder andere die volgende:

• ’n Toename in die aantal NNS geevalueerde navorsers, asook verbeterde graderings

• D ie groei van sekere navorsingsentrums en -eenhede

• D ie stigting van die Direktoraat vir Tegnologie-oordrag & Bedryfskakeling

• ’n Beduidende toename in publikasies wat geakkrediteer is by die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding (DHOO), wat KSUT bo-aan die publikasielys vir universiteite vir tegnologie plaas

• ’n Toename in beide die aantal geregistreerde nagraadse studente en die toekenning van nagraadse kwalifikasies in al ses fakulteite

Navorsing word gerugsteun deur befondsing, en KSUT se verbintenis daartoe om navorsing en interaksie met akademiese eweknieë aan te moedig, word ondersteun deur die universiteitsnavorsingsfonds en befondsing vir die bywoon van oorsese konferensies. Personeel en nagraadse studente word aangemoedig om referate te omskep in artikels vir geakkrediteerde tydskrifte, en werkswinkels in hierdie verband is deur verskeie akademiese en navorsingsentiteite binne die universiteit aangebied.

Ons is dank verskuldig aan die

navorsingsvennote van buite die universiteit wat navorsing befonds het, veral die Nasionale Navorsingstigting, wat bo en behalwe die befondsing van diverse navorsingsgeleenthede vir personeel en studente, ook bygedra het tot die implementering van die Research Information Management System (RIMS)/ InfoEd by KSUT. RIMS is ‘n web-gebaseerde reeks gekoppelde databasisse wat die stoor en herwin van data fasiliteer rakende alle aspekte van navorsing: befondsingstoekennings en kontrakte, etiek (mens- en dierlik), bioveiligheid, publikasies, intellektuele eiendomsbestuur, tegnologieoordrag, asook die CV’s en kundigheid van navorsers. RIMS is in 2010 vir die DHOO se publikasie-oudit geïmplementeer, en die inwerkingstelling van verdere modules word vir 2011 beplan.

Die 2010 Navorsingsverslag bied insig in die veelvuldige fasette van navorsing aan die KSUT. Ek gee graag erkenning aan al ons navorsers en navorsingseenhede vir hul bydraes, en ook aan die drie navorsingsdirektorate onder leiding van die Adjunk-Visekanselier vir Navorsing, Tegnologie-innovering en Vennootskappe vir hul volgehoue toewyding tot en ondersteuning van navorsing aan die KSUT.

VAN DIE VISE-KANSELIER

Professor L Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga

Ons is trots om te kan aankondig dat die konsolidering van verskeie instellings vir hoër onderwys in die Wes-Kaap, eertydse technikons sowel as onderwyskolleges, aansienlik vrugte afwerp

IVELA KWINQUNUNU YEYUNIVESITI

Njingalwazi

Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga

Unyaka ka-2010 ngunyaka wesithandathu kwasungulwa i-CPUT njengeYunivesiti yobuChwepheshe nobuGcisa. Sinebhongo neqhayiya

kukwazisa ukuba ibeyimpumelelo inkqubo yokudityaniswa kwamaZiko ohlukileyo eMfundo ephakamileyo, aquka amabini ayeziiTeknikhoni kunye

neekholeji zokuqeqesha ootishala eNtshona Koloni, yaye oku kudibana kwala maZiko kubeneziqhamo ezincumisayo kuphando, okulandelayo kubonisa ezinye zeziqhamo ezihle zophando:

• U kwenyuka kwenani labaphandi

abakumlinganiselo weNRF kunye

nokuphucuka komlinganiselo wophando

• U kukhula kwamaziko namacandelo

ophando

• U kusungulwa iCandelo lolawulo

lezoGqithiso okanye uNikezelo

lezobuGcisa okanye ubuChwepheshe

neCandelo lolawulo lezoNxibelelwano

kwezoShishino

• U kwenyuka kwenani kopapasho

okusemgangathweni nolwamkelekileyo

kwiSebe lezeMfundo ePhakamileyo

noQeqesho (i-DHET), konke oku kuye

kwayibeka encochoyini yeeYunivesiti

zobuChwepheshe nobuGcisa i-CPUT

• U kwenyuka kwenani lokubhalisa

Sinebhongo neqhayiya kukwazisa ukuba ibeyimpumelelo inkqubo yokudityaniswa kwamaZiko ohlukileyo

eMfundo ephakamileyo, aquka amabini ayeziiTeknikhoni kunye neekholeji zokuqeqesha ootishala

eNtshona Koloni, yaye oku kudibana kwala maZiko kubeneziqhamo ezincumisayo kuphando, okulandelayo kubonisa ezinye zeziqhamo ezihle zophando

kwabafundi abasele benezidanga zokuqala kuzo zontandathu iifakalthi

Uphando luxhaswa lusomelezwa yinkxaso-mali, yaye ukuzinikela kweCPUT ekukhuthazeni abaphandi nokuthethathethana nentsebenziswano yabahlohli nabo banomdla kuphando ixhaswa kakhulu yiNkxaso-mali yeYunivesiti (i-URF) nenkxaso-mali yeenkomfa zaphesheya kolwandle. Abasebenzi nabafundi bezidanga esiphezulu baseCPUT bayakhuthazwa ukuba baguqule amaphepha eenkomfa abezizihloko ezipapashwa kwiijenali zopapasho olusemgangathweni nolwamkelekileyo, yaye lukho uqeqesho oluqhubekekayo kuwo onke amacandelo emfundo nophando apha kwiYunivesiti.

Senza umbulelo ongazenzisiyo kubo bonke abaxhasi-mali bethu bangaphandle, ngakumbi i-NRF, ethe ngaphezu kokunikezela ngenkxaso-mali kubasebenzi nabafundi bethu yabaluncedo olungundoqo ekubekeni nasekumiseleni iNkqubo yoLawulo yoLwazi loPhando i-RIMS okanye i-InfoEd e-CPUT. I-RIMS yinkqubo yothungelwano kwikhompyutha ethi igcine konke okungundoqo malunga nemiba ephathelele kuphando: inkxasomali, amaxwebhu emvumelwano,

imvumelwano yokusebenzisa abantu nezilwanyana kuphando olwenzayo, ukhuseleko ngexa lophando, upapasho, ulawulo lweziphumo zokuphandiweyo, ugqithiso lobuchwepheshe nobugcisa, kwakunye nobume nezakhono zomphandi. I-RIMS yamiselwa ngonyaka ka-2010 xa bekuphononongwa upapasho lweDHET, yaye kusacetywa ukususwa kwamasuntswana amacandelo anjalo kunyaka ka-2011.

Ingxelo yophando yonyaka ka2010 inikezela ngokucacileyo indlela olumbaxa nolutyebe ngayo uphando e-CPUT. Ndithanda ukubulela ngegalelo labaphandi bethu namacandelo ophando, kwakunye neeofisi ezintathu zoLawulo lophando eziphantsi kweSekela seSandla seNgqonyela yeyunivesiti elijongene nophando, ubuchule bokuphucula ezobuChwepheshe nobuGcisa nokuSebenzisana ngokuqhubekeka ngokuzinikela nokuxhasa uphando e-CPUT.

FROM THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnerships

Dr Chris Nhlapo

The 2010 academic year was a challenging and yet exciting one for the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). It was a year in which the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) audited us. There were commendations and recommendations in the audit report for research and innovation. CPUT experienced more than a 50 percent upsurge in research output in 2010 compared with its 2009 benchmark. The university now leads all other universities of technology in South Africa in terms of research output. This is a feat that must be sustained and can be viewed as a new norm and an impetus to our quest towards building a great researchled university within the National System of Innovation (NSI).

Initial successes were achieved with regard to the promotion and cultivation of a competitive university research funding (URF) strategy and a world-class research culture, underpinned by strategic support of a large number of research fellows in key strategic areas.

The Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CPGS), established two years ago, continues to enhance the profile of postgraduate activities at the university, by attracting more and more students into our research niche areas and

thus raising awareness of potential technology innovation as an outcome of postgraduate research. These excellent initiatives have had an immediate impact on the quantity and quality of research output, far surpassing that of previous years since the merger in 2005.

The quality of research output and capacity of each entity, department and faculty are reflected in detail in the 2010 report. The emphasis on the importance of producing research output of a high quality in our respective niche areas is evident in the significant number of peer-reviewed publications produced in 2010 and submitted to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). Furthermore, the performance of our researchers through the internationally benchmarked process of peer-evaluation and rating, which is carried out by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and based primarily on the quality of their recent research output, is yet again deeply encouraging, as we have gained eight additional NRF ratings.

Once again, CPUT has proved its competitiveness by filing six patents in its cutting-edge research areas. The culture of comprehensively managing the intellectual property (IP) emanating from research is being cultivated.

In general, research and innovation support across CPUT, underpinned by our research development strategy, is beginning to give us outstanding results. Our goals in this area are:

• D evelopment of a research culture

• Q uality management of the research e nterprise

• Facilitation of commercialisation of research

• N etworking for innovation

• K nowledge transfer partnerships

• C ollaborative research and development

• I nnovation advice and guidance

• I ntellectual property management

The institution is thrilled with its 2010 research output, and pays tribute to the active support given to research by CPUT’s management. We also thank our variety of internal support services helping researchers. These include the library and information support services, information technology, and the administrative and financial infrastructure, without which it would be impossible to conduct research.

A special congratulatory remark goes to all researchers for the wonderful work done in 2010, and to the National Research Foundation (NRF), Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) for their unwavering support in 2010.

higher ed U CaT i O N S UMM i T

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) hosted the Higher Education (HE) Summit on 22 and 23 April 2010.

The Summit was the initiative of the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, and was the first of a number of initiatives aimed at building a common understanding of higher education and a sense of cohesion between the various stakeholders involved in the sector.

Once again, CPUT has proved its competitiveness by filing six patents in its cutting-edge research areas

FROM THE DIRECTOR: Research

An event which was paramount on the CPUT calendar in 2010, was the Council on Higher Education’s institutional audit – an event which had precipitated considerable preparation of documentation in 2008 as well as an internal audit in 2009 prior to the HEQC visit. The Research Directorate was also audited during the HEQC’s visit in October 2010, with the final report appearing in July 2011.

While research endeavours at CPUT are reported on fully in the 2010 Research Report, some of the highlights include:

• A growth in research units, with the addition of the Adaptronics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (AMTL)

• A n increased number of NRF-rated researchers, as well as some researchers who improved their ratings

• T he finalisation of two research-related polices: the Research Policy and the Policy on Conference Attendance Abroad

• R esearch Day, held on Friday 3 December 2010, which featured guest speakers, presentations by CPUT researchers, and poster exhibits by researchers and postgraduate students, as well as the presentation of research awards in various categories

• T he implementation of the first phase of the RIMS/InfoEd program, namely the publications module for the DHET publications audit

• T he appointment of SARIMA/NRF and DST/ NRF interns, who contributed greatly to the activities of the Research Directorate

The DHET publications audit once again showed a substantial increase over previous years’ submissions. Our thanks, as always, go to the researchers, both staff members and postgraduate students, who made this possible.

The dhe T publications audit once again showed a substantial increase over previous years’ submissions

Dr Tembeka Mpako-Ntusi

FROM THE DIRECTOR: Postgraduate Studies

In 2010, the Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CPGS) consolidated its mission to provide services to help manage the administration of postgraduate students and to oversee the personal and academic development of the postgraduate student community as emerging researchers at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The breakdown of CPGS activities for 2010 includes:

• Workshops and seminars

D uring 2010, the centre organised several research-enhancement workshops and seminars. Postgraduate students and staff participated actively in all the activities. Events included: proposal writing, research approach and methodology, statistical data analysis, and article writing.

• Postgraduate scholarships and bursaries

Substantial funds were allocated under the CPGS administration to postgraduate students who qualified for such grants and awards. These funds were managed

and disbursed effectively to deserving postgraduate students by the combined efforts of the CPGS bursary and finance administrators.

• T he Higher Degrees Committee (HDC)

T he CPGS coordinates all the activities of the HDC. These include interaction with the faculty research coordinators with respect to HDC documents; preparation of the HDC meeting agenda; and submission of HDC-approved documents to Senate. The HDC is a committee of Senate, and makes recommendations to Senate on matters related to postgraduate studies.

• Postgraduate student welfare

T he CPGS has established postgraduate welfare-related forums. These include the Postgraduate Forum and Supervisor Forum. The two forums, though at developmental stages, will enable the CPGS to oversee the personal and academic development of the postgraduate student community as emerging researchers.

Prof Daniel Makinde

The CPgS consolidated its mission to oversee the personal and academic development of the postgraduate student community

FROM THE D I RECTOR : Technology Transfer and Industrial Linkages

The Technology Transfer and Industrial Linkages Office (TTO) opened its doors in 2010, with the new Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008 (IPR Act) coming into full operation on 1 August 2010.

The TTO strives to foster Technology Transfer and to comply with new legislation, the IPR Act and the Technology Agency Act 20 of 2008, which outline how Intellectual Property (IP) generated from publicly-funded research should be managed. The IPR Act recognises the important role universities can play in advancing research and innovation to promote economic growth, and holds all accountable for public funding used for research and innovation. In turn, it obliges a university to establish a TTO with persons with qualifications and experience in engineering and/or science and IP law.

Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope took up the position of director of this office on 1 June 2010. He has many years of academic, research, and IP experience. The TTO is part of the central administration of CPUT, and falls directly under the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships, Dr Chris Nhlapo. The TTO works closely with the Legal Office (Advocate Lionel Harper) and senior managers in the Finance Office.

The aim of the TTO is to facilitate, protect and enhance the transfer of IP from CPUT to the business sector, in order to enhance commercialisation, for the upliftment of the communities we serve, while at the same time generating royalty income for the university and the applicant. It also counsels and supports the research units, centres, institutes, and faculties of the university, as well as fosters new thinking, by helping researchers to go beyond publication and into commercialisation through technology innovation.

Other functions of the TTO are to help foster research partnerships with the business sector when IP is likely to be created through licence agreements, and to assist with the establishment of business units and spin-off companies. It further encourages new thinking, offering assistance to researchers to ‘go beyond publication and into commercialisation through technology innovation’.

This office further provides technology transfer strategies and tactics to ensure that the TTO manages CPUT’s ‘knowledge stocks’ appropriately. According to legislation, institutions own intellectual property generated from publicly-funded research. For this reason, the TTO needs to emphasise the importance of IP and how it benefits the institution, staff,

Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope

the researcher, etc. Furthermore, the TTO has to promote collaborations and partnerships with the business sector, and assist with the establishment of business units, spin-off companies, etc.

There is a need for a new-style academic –‘the innovator’. This is the academic who goes beyond teaching and research, and moves into innovation and the commercial world, ultimately generating income for both the university and themselves.

During the 2010 period, 6 patents were filed, namely, 3 complete patents, 2 provisional patents, and 1 Patent Cooperation Treaty application. In addition, 13 technology transfer contracts were signed.

The TTO is undergoing rapid growth and is expected to expand its services during 2011.

CPUT facilitates launch of Western Cape regional innovation Forum

CPUT, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, local industry, and various tertiary institutions within the Western Cape, launched the Western Cape Regional Innovation Forum at the Breakwater Lodge, V & A Waterfront on 18 December 2009.

The forum, the theme of which was ‘Innovation through Cooperation’, was developed to activate the Regional Innovation System (RIS) by facilitating a comprehensive engagement of Western Cape businesses, institutions, and government, collectively known as Triple Helix stakeholders.

The forum will provide a unique opportunity to network, cement and exchange research opportunities and know-how as a contribution to both regional and national innovation.

This collaboration and networking among the Triple Helix stakeholders is critical for economic growth and wealth creation, particularly in respect of the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the new Intellectual Property Rights Act 51 of 2008. The latter encourages universities to manage their intellectual assets appropriately. Academically, it is also important for local universities to establish linkages with industry to bridge the innovation chasm.

The aim of the TTO is to facilitate, protect and enhance the transfer of iP from CPUT to the business sector. it also fosters new thinking, by helping researchers to go beyond publication and into commercialisation through technology innovation

Enriching foods with affordable, safe, natural supplements to prevent nutritional deficiencies, and an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of forest fire surveillance, search and rescue, and marine mammal monitoring – these are just two innovations guided from the research lab to the commercial sector by CPUT’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO). Since its inception in 2010, the TTO is entrenching itself as a critical role-player in technology transfer – and is calling on the broader research community at CPUT to take advantage of its expertise.

The office was established as a result of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act of 2008, which recognises the important role universities play in research and innovation to promote economic growth. The Act obliges universities to establish a TTO to foster technology transfer – essentially the process of taking a concept from research into a useful product or new service using the primary tool of Intellectual Property (IP).

Prof Atkinson-Hope, Director, emphasises that to do this successfully, there is a need for a new-style academic – the innovator. ‘This is the academic who goes beyond teaching and research, and moves into innovation and the commercial world, ultimately generating income for both the university and themselves.’

Technology Transfer Office promotes awareness of intellectual Property act

The CPUT Technology Transfer Office hosted an engagement session by members of the National Department of Science and Technology (DST) on the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act on 11 March 2010. The Act, which came into effect on 15 April 2010, regulates the manner in which Intellectual Property emanating from publicly-funded research is identified, protected, utilised and commercialised.

Addressing CPUT researchers and other staff members, DST specialist in intellectual property and technology transfer, Nomkhosi Madwe, said the Act aimed to tackle inconsistencies in the way in which institutions manage intellectual property in South Africa. She said the legislation would help pass on the social and economic benefits of publicly-funded research which emanates from academic institutions to South African society.

The DST representative cited the example of the successful rise of the biotechnology industry in the United States, which could be attributed to similar legislation.

CPUT’s ‘New academics’ innovate, and create income with help of Technology Transfer Office

(From left): Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope, Dr Joanne van Harmelen and Dr Chris Nhlapo – driving Technology Transfer at CPUT

CPUT RESEARCH DAY

Research Day 2010 celebrates CPUT’s research and innovation excellence

In a fitting climax to the academic year, CPUT’s annual Research Day, showcasing research activities, celebrating research excellence, and encouraging staff and postgraduate research output, was held on Friday 3 December 2010 on the Cape Town campus. Research Day highlighted how CPUT researchers are achieving prominence and making an impact on South African Higher Education research. Delegates were welcomed by Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnerships, Dr Chris Nhlapo, who highlighted, among other developments, the establishment of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies on the Bellville and Cape Town campuses.

Prof Liz van Aswegen of the Research Directorate noted that CPUT’s research output had increased over the last three years in terms of the Department of Higher Education and Training’s publication subsidy allocations. External funding had also increased, with funding exceeding R1 million sourced by six researchers.

Guest speaker Dr Edith Madela-Mntla, from the Medical Research Council, congratulated CPUT on creating an environment conducive to research, but also warned that universities

were facing the danger of becoming diploma factories, with fewer students progressing to postgraduate studies. Dr Thandi Mgwebi, from the National Research Foundation (NRF), outlined some of the financial deterrents facing budding academics, and also indicated how the NRF helped institutions of higher learning with research and funding.

Two outstanding CPUT researchers, both from the Faculty of Engineering, were honoured at the event, with platinum awards given to Prof Daniel Makinde for research publication, and to Prof Raynitchka Tzoneva for postgraduate supervision.

Prof Stephanie Burton, from the Biocatalysis and Technical Biology Research Group, was also honoured with a platinum award, while Prof Robert van Zyl, from the Faculty of Engineering, scooped a diamond award for the generation of external funding in excess of R1 million. Researchers in various other categories (publications, successful postgraduate supervision, and sourcing of external funding) were presented with gold, silver, and bronze awards. Postgraduate students, supervisors,

and researchers also received awards for the best research posters.

Other highlights of the day included a presentation by Prof Kamilla Swart from the Faculty of Business on the legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup TM. The findings of Prof Swart’s research will be valuable for the future planning and hosting of sport mega-events in South Africa. Prof Rainer Haldenwang from the Engineering Faculty delivered a presentation titled ‘Everything Flows’, while Prof Jeanine Marnewick, of the Faculty of Health & Wellness Sciences, addressed the potent health benefits of South Africa’s wonder-plant, Rooibos.

Dr Nhlapo summed up the sterling advances made by CPUT in the research sphere by saying that CPUT’s scholarship is recognised as having touched the academic lives of many young scholars. This was accelerated through research and study support from the University Research Fund and the Innovation Fund. ‘Our strategies and policies are aimed at encouraging research productivity by rewarding quality research output.’

(From left): Dr Edith Madela-Mntla from the Medical Research Council; Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships Dr Chris Nhlapo; and Dr Thandi Mgwebi from the National Research Foundation

research day highlighted how CPUT researchers are achieving prominence and making an impact on South african higher education research

CPUT RESEARCH DAY

Awards

SOURCING OF E x TERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING

Diamond award Prof RR van Zyl

Platinum award Prof SG Burton

Gold award Prof R Haldenwang Dr VG Fester

Silver award Prof A Lagardien

Bronze award Prof TN van der Walt

Faculty of Engineering

Biocatalysis & Technical Biology

Research Group

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Community Water Supply & Sanitation Unit

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Platinum award Prof OD Makinde

Gold award Dr WI Ukpere

Silver award Prof PA Ndakidemi

Bronze award Dr OO Oguntibeju

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Business

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Faculty of Health & Wellness Sciences

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

Platinum award Prof R Tzoneva

Gold award Prof HH Ballard

Silver award Dr JJ Joubert

Bronze award Prof I Masalova

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Business

Faculty of Education & Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

POSTER AWARDS

1ST prize

Khan N

Le Roes-Hill M

Cowan DA

Burton SG

Biocatalysis & Technical Biology Research Group

Production of industrially important peroxidases from Actinobacteria isolated from various environments

2 ND prize

Petrova A

Davids LM

Rautenbach F Marnewick JL

Faculty of Health & Wellness Sciences

Photoprotection by honeybush extracts, hesperidin and mangiferin against UVBinduced skin damage in SKH-1 mice

3 RD prize

Visser EB

Weideman M

Faculty of Informatics & Design

The effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion

4TH prize

Swart K

Knott B

Stofberg Q

Hardenberg E

Faculty of Business

A profile of the international football tourist at the 2010 FIFA World Cup TM

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is a national agency for research support and promotion. In addition to funding, human resource development and the provision of research facilities, the NRF annually invites researchers in all academic fields to apply for individual ratings

THE NRF RATING CATEGORIES ARE:

A Leading international researcher

B Internationally acclaimed researcher

C Established researcher

L

L ate entrant into research

Y Promising young researcher

NaTiONaL reSe arCh FOUNdaTiON

R ATED RESEARCHERS

research funding

Faculty of APPLIED SCIENCES

Research has become one of our strategic objectives, and thus it continues to grow

DEAN’S REPORT

Research has become one of the Faculty of Applied Sciences’ strategic objectives, and thus it continues to grow. The faculty has developed strategies which it is pursuing very vigorously in order to realise this objective. Some of these strategies include:

• Improving the profile of academic staff in the faculty and making research output an important area of key performance for all academic staff to broaden their participation in research

• Increasing the enrolment of postgraduate students, particularly full-time doctoral, postdoctoral and master’s students, and putting plans in place to improve their throughput rate and encourage them to publish

• D eveloping strategic research partnerships within and outside the university, and with local and international institutions, with the aim of improving the research capacity of staff and students

• Putting systems in place to encourage staff and students to attend local and international conferences, and holding regular research colloquia in the faculty, particularly with local and international visiting scholars presenting, in order to broaden the research knowledge of academic staff and to promote partnerships

We are happy that these strategies are working, as evidenced from publication units from the faculty in 2010 (28.86), which are higher than the output for 2009. We hope that the publication output of the faculty will continue to increase in the years to come, as we continue to implement these strategies, and also put new ones in place to boost research in the faculty.

The different faculty research niche areas are consolidated with improved research focus areas, all aligned to the faculty and university research objectives. The Agrifood Technology Station continues to grow and to cater for small-scale entrepreneurs in the food industry, and renders valuable and affordable services to them. In 2010, the faculty continued to develop new and important partnerships locally and internationally with industries, NGOs and academic institutions, while also nurturing existing ones.

The faculty also performed well in third-stream fund generation, attracting several research grants.

Improvement is still needed in certain areas:

• A substantial increase in the number of journal publications

Prof Olalekan Fatoki

• A n increase in postgraduate student supervision and throughput rates

• Participation in more competitive research programmes like the THRIP, Innovation Fund, Research Chair Initiative, and European Union Framework programmes

The faculty will continue to work towards achieving these objectives.

I would like to thank my colleagues who contributed to our faculty’s research output. I realise that this was achieved in spite of numerous challenges they faced in terms of high teaching loads and some research infrastructural deficiencies. I would like to encourage them to continue to work hard despite the challenges, so that CPUT will be able occupy its rightful place in the list of South African universities engaged in active research.

Finally, let me thank all the staff of the Research Directorate for their assistance and cooperation during the year, as well as the NRF and all other funding organisations for their valuable support to our researchers.

ResearcherSource of funding

In 2010, the faculty continued to develop new and important partnerships locally and internationally with industries, NGOs, and academic institutions, while also nurturing existing ones

applied sciences

Associate Professor AY ESHA JACOBS

A ssociate Professor V ICTORIA JIDEANI

NEW PROFESSORS APPOINTED

Associate Professor AY ESHA JACOBS

A ssociate Professor V ICTORIA JIDEANI

A ssociate Professor R EINETTE S N YMAN

A ssociate Professor PATRICK NDAKIDEMI

A ssociate Professor R EINETTE S N YMAN

applied sciences

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A second-year MTech: Food Technology student made CPUT proud after a visit to Germany to receive training in the use of a Rancimat – equipment used to measure the oxidative stability of food products. Twentytwo-year-old Lusani Vhangani was sent to the Institut für Getreideverarbeitung GmbH (IGV) in Germany from 8 to 24 January 2010. Her trip to Germany was as a result

of a partnership between the Agrifood Technology Station and IGV.

Vhangani is currently busy with her studies on the antioxidant effects of Maillard Reaction Products (MRPs) in a lipid-rich food product. Her studies involve extraction of MRPs resulting when heating sugars and amino acid solutions, followed by the evaluation of the anti-oxidative

effects on sunflower oil as an alternative to synthetic antioxidants.

With the Food Technology Department in the process of investing in a Rancimat, Vhangani was sent to Germany to familiarise herself with the equipment. The training equipped her to be able to train other students, who would undertake similar studies in the future, as well as Agrifood Technology Station (ATS) staff, who would be using the equipment in projects for ATS clients.

CPUT researchers explore health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

Researchers at the Functional Food Research Unit have embarked on a study to determine the recommended daily intake of omega-3 fatty acids. Although omega-3 fatty acids play an important role in the prevention of several chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and arthritis, no study has yet been undertaken to determine the recommended daily intake. To date researchers have only been able to determine a daily intake for vitamins and minerals.

According to Prof Spinney Benadé, head of the unit that focuses on the research of foods that are beneficial to the health of consumers, there are only three groups in South Africa researching aspects of omega-3 fatty acids. This Cape Town-based unit is the only one looking at ways of increasing the intake of omega-3 fatty acids. With funding from the institution’s Innovation Board, the unit commenced a research project in 2009 to develop a method to test for the recommended daily intake of these nutrients.

Food Technology MTech student Lusani Vhangani

Prof Spinney Benadé and Dr Maretha Opperman at work in the Functional Food Research Unit laboratory based at the Cape Town campus

Food Technology MTech student makes CPUT proud

Chemistry Department focuses on Nuclear Science

The Chemistry Department has put plans in place to roll out a postgraduate programme that will equip students with skills in nuclear science. This area of science covers a broad range of activities, from designing and monitoring nuclear power plants to developing techniques to analyse samples that are of industrial, mining or geological interest. It also includes the isolation of radioisotopes produced by proton-induced nuclear reaction.

Although there are only a few institutions involved in this area of research in South Africa, there is a dire shortage of local nuclear scientists, according to Prof Nico van der Walt. As an acclaimed scientist who has done groundbreaking work in nuclear science, Prof Van der Walt said the department is planning to roll out a master’s programme in nuclear science in order to address the current skill shortages.

Prof Nico van der Walt

applied sciences

odendaalj@cput.ac.za

The Environmental Toxicity and Remediation research niche area assesses and monitors the state of pollution in aquatic and terrestrial environments of the greater Cape Town area. It also develops and evaluates appropriate remediation technologies in order to clean up the environment.

Two MTech students completed their studies in 2010. One candidate’s work was on the bioaccumulation of metals in freshwater snails inhabiting the Kuils River. This candidate found that construction work in close proximity to the river contributed to increased metal contamination and consequently increased bioaccumulation in freshwater snails. These snails can act as biomonitors of metal pollution. The second candidate showed that metal pollution in river and wetland systems can lead to negative effects on the chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rate in aquatic plants. Two doctoral investigations dealt with the efficiency of waste water treatment plants to remove organic pollutants from waste water effluent before the treated effluent is pumped into rivers.

Dr V Jackson and Dr A Paulse joined the project research team after completing their doctoral studies. They are being mentored by Prof S

Khan and Prof W Khan as co-supervisors on two MTech projects. Another master’s study focused on the molecular typing of pathogens. This study is nearing completion. This candidate sampled Plankenburg River water twice a month for a period of six months, and during this period the only positive result for Salmonella typhi was obtained at the site upstream from the informal settlement. Positive results for the 16-23s DNA ITS of Klebsiella pneumoniae were obtained throughout the sampling period. Another master’s student who focused on the isolation of viruses from the river water (supervised by Prof S Khan and Prof W Khan) investigated the level of adenoviral pollution in two rivers within the Western Cape. From this study it can be concluded that the conventional method of viral isolation and detection, while cheaper, is not only more time consuming, but does not provide optimal results.

Prof James Odendaal

This research niche area assesses and monitors the state of pollution in aquatic and terrestrial environments of the greater Cape Town area

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The Crystal Engineering Unit conducts research in the field of solid crystalline inclusion compounds, and its main thrust is the understanding of the molecular recognition which occurs between molecules in the crystalline state. In particular, its projects attempt to understand the various secondary interactions which lead to particular structures, and to correlate those with the macro-properties of the compounds under study. The structures are elucidated by X-ray diffraction, and the stability and energy of the materials formed are studied by thermal, optical and kinetic measurements.

The unit’s latest project is the study of the mechanism of enantiomeric resolution whereby left- and right-handed molecules are separated. This is of direct interest to the pharmaceutical industry.

During 2010, one article was published in a peer-reviewed international journal. One DTech student and two MTech students were registered for research projects within the unit. Kanyisa L Nohako obtained her MTech titled ‘Organic clathrates: Structure

nassimbenil@cput.ac.za

and reactivity’ at the April 2010 graduation ceremony. Professor LR Nassimbeni attended the International School of Crystal Growth in Granada, Spain, in August 2010, and participated as a member of the international programme committee of the XXII International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Congress and General Assembly. In June 2010, Dr NB Báthori attended the Gordon Conference on Crystal Engineering in Boston, USA.

The Crystal Engineering Unit conducts research in the field of solid crystalline inclusion compounds direct interest to the pharmaceutical industry

Prof Luigi Nassimbeni

RESEARC

Crystal Engineering Unit

applied sciences

vanderwaltt@cput.ac.za

The unit’s core business is to promote research in radiochemistry and ion exchange chromatographic separations of elements, to supervise postgraduates studying for MTech and DTech degrees in chemistry, and to participate in international science collaborations. The unit is involved in the South Africa Poland Joint Research Project, the South Africa Romania Joint Research Project, and the South Africa Switzerland Joint Research Project.The Chemistry Department of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a co-partner in the Polish collaboration, and the Radioisotope Production Department of iThemba LABS is a co-partner in the Swiss collaboration.

The Institute of Chemistry Timisoara of the Romanian Academy’s main activity is the synthesis and characterisation of new organic polymers and co-polymers starting from vinylphosphonic, styrylphosphonic and phenylvinyl-phosphonic acid and various suitable olefinic monomers to obtain polymers with pendant phosphonic groups. The CPUT unit studied the possibilities of using these polymers as ion exchangers. Experiments will also be done at the CPUT unit to bind organic phosphonic acid compounds to a polymer. The Chemistry

Department of the Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland, the Chemistry Department of UWC, and the Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Departments of CPUT are doing research in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is science and engineering at the molecular level. The Nanotechnology Strategy of South Africa has identified water treatment as one prime area of focus for the benefit of the nation. The Paul Scherrer Institut at Villigen, Switzerland, the Chemistry Department of CPUT, and the Radioisotope Production Department of iThemba LABS are investigating the production of Tb radionuclides which can be used for the diagnosis of cancers and in cancer therapy.

The strength of the venture is that scientists who are experts in their field of research participate in the project. Part of the joint research project is an investigation conducted by a DTech candidate. From 2012, four other doctoral candidates will also participate in the project. These projects have contributed to the development of research capacity in young disadvantaged black and coloured students, and female students, at the two historically disadvantaged universities. South African staff and students have been able to communicate with international collaborators.

Prof Nico van der Walt

Radiochemistry and Ion Exchange Chromatography

The unit’s core business is to promote research in radiochemistry and ion exchange chromatographic separations of elements

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CONFERENCE PAPERS

Basitere M, Ntwampe SKO & Sheldon MS

Bio-desorption of lithium isotopes (7Li+) from a degraded lithiated mixed-bed ion-exchange resin using Acidithiobacillus caldus 5th International Symposium on Bio- & Hydrometallurgy

Cape Town, 8-9 November 2010

Daso AP

Modified silica column clean up technique for triheptaBDEs and 2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-hexabromobiphenyl (BB 153) – Its application to environmental samples

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 31st Annual Meeting

Portland, OR, 7-11 November 2010

Jackson V, Paulse A, Neethling J, Bester A, Khan S & Khan W

Bioremediation of metal contamination in the Plankenburg River, Western Cape, South Africa Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

BOOKS /CHAPTERS

Kioko JI

Foundation provision in South African higher education: A social justice perspective Hutchings C & Garraway J (eds) Beyond the University Gates: Provision of Extended Curriculum Programmes in South Africa

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2010, pp 40-50

ISBN 978-0-62046-968-5

Laubscher CP & Ndakidemi PA

The propagation of field harvested endangered proteaceae species of the Agulhas Plain 28th International Horticultural Congress: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

Lisbon, Portugal, 22-27 August 2010

Macarie L, Tompa A, Van der Walt TN, Plesu N, Ilia G, Iliescu S, Popa A & Mihali M Synthesis and characterization of poly (vinylphosphonic acid) organic polymers

New Trends and Strategies in the Chemistry of Advanced Materials

Timisoara, Romania, 4-5 November 2010

Van der Meulen NP, Van der Walt NP & Steyn GF

The production of 82Sr using larger format RbCl targets

American Nuclear Society: Isotopes for Medicine and Industry

Las Vegas, NV, 7-11 November 2010

Van der Walt TN

Production of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals in South Africa by NTP at Pelindaba, and by iThemba LABS at Faure Institut Max von Laue – Paul Langevin Grenoble, France, 21 October 2010

Van der Westhuizen H

Representation of occupational health and safety data by way of geospatial information systems

Second All Africa Environmental Health Congress 2010

Lilongwe, Malawi, 24-27 May 2010

Wordon BA & McMaster LD

The use of fluorescent flow cytometry to gauge physiological status of Saccharomyces cereviseae subjected to ultrasound (20kHz) and heat to design suitable hurdle technology processes in the food and beverage industry

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

applied sciences

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Báthori NB & Nassimbeni LR

Chiral discrimination in inclusion chemistry

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Báthori NB & Nassimbeni LR

Selectivity and enantiomeric resolution in inclusion chemistry

Gordon Conference on Crystal Engineering

Waterville Valley, NH, 6-11 June 2010

Botha, S St C & Davis R

Effects of brine injection on shelf-life of fresh poultry breasts

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Coetzee JC & Van Wyk AE

Calvatia Fr. (Fungi, Lycoperdaceae) in SuiderAfrika: vyftig jaar na Bottomley

Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns Jaarkongres: Afdeling Biologiese Wetenskappe

Pretoria, 1 October 2010

Coetzee JC & Van Wyk AE

Classification of Calvatia Fr. (Lycoperdaceae) in southern Africa

9 th International Mycological Congress (IMC9) Edinburgh, Scotland, 1-6 August 2010

Coetzee JC & Van Wyk AE

A revision of the genus Calvatia Fr. (Lycoperdaceae) in southern Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Daniels CW & Laubscher CP

A comparative hydro culture study of the threatened G. multifolia L.Bolus and the more common G. villosa Thunb. (Family: Amaryllidaceae).

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Ebrahim N & Hunlun C

The effects of guar gum addition on the physical

properties of bread stored at frozen temperature

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Felix-Minaar J & Maluleke C

The effect of industrial heat treatment on antioxidant and pro-oxidant activity of milk

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Fredericks IN, Du Toit M, Ellis LP, Fourie Z & Keyser M

Efficacy of ultraviolet radiation as an alternative technology to inactivate microorganisms in grape juices and wines

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Hoekstra D, Volschenk H, Collins M & McMaster LD

An investigation of Clostridium species present in commercial Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) tablets for human consumption

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Ismail HE, Ximba BJ, Tsanwani M & Illert C

Determination of dissolved inorganic nutrients (NO 3 and NO 2) in seawater by flow injection analysis

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Jideani VA & Murevanhema YY

Functional properties of sprouted soya bean flour

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Jideani VA & Sibiya ME

Monte Carlo simulation of consumer acceptability for non-alcoholic sorghum beverage

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

John I & Allie S

Aspects of DC circuits: A fine grained investigation of student conceptions

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kallon I, Mohammed A & Schutte De W

An evaluation of the antiretroviral rollout programme in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kallon I, Mohammed A & Schutte De W

An evaluation of the ‘antiretroviral rollout programme’ in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme

South African Medical Research Council: Research Day 2010

Cape Town, 14-15 October 2010

Keyser Z, Savahl N, Sihlali N & Mitchell CL

The effect of South African plant extracts on the survival of probiotic bacteria in yoghurt refrigerated storage

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Manesen MR, Khan S & Khan W

Detection and isolation of pathogenic bacteria from river water

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Montshiwagae M, Van Eeden N & Van der Walt TN

Corrosion product sampling and analysis in the primary heat transfer circuit of a pressurized water reactor

International Youth Nuclear Congress

Cape Town, 12-18 July 2010

Mpanza S, Rautenbach F & Van Wyk J

Antioxidant activity of vinegar polyphenols and melanoidins

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Muzeza D, Schutte De W & Snyman R

The impact of institutions of governance on communities’ livelihoods and sustainable conservation in the great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: The study of Makuleke and Sengwe communities

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Ngamije J, Schutte De W & Bouwer A

Health analysis on ‘rich poverty’ issue of tourism expansion in Cape Town

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Obilana A, Marema TR, Mashego A & Fakude SQ

Effect of malting and fermentation on alpha amylase inhibitors and subsequent digestibilty in pearl millet

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Obilana A , Odhav B & Taylor JRN

Digestibility, total phenolic content and antioxidant (TEAC) activity of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) as affected by combination (malting and extrusion) processing

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Pillay J & Felix-Minaar J

Dry and microwave-aided digestion for the determination of minerals using icp-oes

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Schoeman JP, Schutte De W & Van der Westhuizen H

The correlation between the air quality status and the quality of life of the residents of Bayview and the influence thereof on their perceptions

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Snyman RG, Reinecke AJ & Reinecke SA

Changes in oocyte numbers in the ovotestis of Helix aspersa, as biomarker of copper oxychloride exposure

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

applied sciences

Snyman RG, Reinecke AJ & Reinecke SA

Changes in oocyte numbers in the ovotestis of Helix aspersa, as biomarker of copper oxychloride exposure

International Conference of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Prague, Czech Republic, 16-20 August 2010

Stwayi MB, Van Eeden N & Van der Walt TN Organic species in a nuclear power station water feedwater system

International Youth Nuclear Congress

Cape Town, 12-18 July 2010

Tasana NG, Van Eeden N & Van der Walt TN

Evaluation and optimisation of boron analysis methodology in nuclear reactor system

International Youth Nuclear Congress

Cape Town, 12-18 July 2010

Van Breda V, Jolly N & Van Wyk J

A preliminary investigation into the use of Torulaspora delbrueckii for wine production at lower and higher temperatures

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Van Breda V, Jolly N & Van Wyk J

A preliminary investigation into the use of Torulaspora delbrueckii for wine production at lower and higher temperatures

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Vhangani LN & Van Wyk J

Antioxidant activity of maillard reaction products in an oil-in-water emulsion

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Vhangani LN & Van Wyk J

Antioxidant activity of maillard reaction products in an oil-in-water emulsion

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Visser G, Morland H & Van der Walt TN

Literature study on determination of strontium-90 in environmental samples

International Youth Nuclear Congress

Cape Town, 12-18 July 2010

Wicht MM, Matlhodi SP, Chaka MM, Marshall L & Kucich D

Elemental content of five South African indigenous wild fruit, analysed by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS)

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Wicht MM, Slabbert E, Kotze J, Marshall L & Kucich D

Evaluation of antioxidant content and scavenging activity of ten South African indigenous wild fruit assessed by DPPH• and ABTS •+ free radical assays

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Fatoki OS, Van Ree T & Nakhavhembe J

Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface waters and runoff

Rauch S, Morrison GM & Monzón A (eds)

Proceedings of the 9 th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 9-11 June 2008

Dordrecht, Germany: Springer

Science+Business Media B.V., 2010, pp 207-215

ISBN 978-90-481-3042-9

Hamuel J, Ndakidemi PA, Human IS & Benadé S

Antimicrobial susceptibility profile and effect of stem bark extracts of Curtisia dentata on multidrug resistant verotoxic Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter spp isolates obtained from water and wastewater samples

International Conference on Antimicrobial Research (ICAR) 2010, Valladolid, Spain, 3- 5 November 2010

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2010, pp 281-287

ISBN 978-981-4354-85-1

Guglielmetti A, Faccio D, Steyn GF, Bonetti R, Tretyakova SP, Shishkin SV, Ogloblin AA, PikPichak GA, Vermeulen C, Van der Meulen NP, Van der Walt TN & McGee D

Cluster emission in the radioactive decay of 223 Ac Cerutti F & Ferrari A (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, 15-19 June 2009, Varenna, Italy

Geneva: CERN, 2010, pp 307-316

ISBN 978-929-0833-39-0

Jideani VA & Podgorski SC

In-vitro starch digestibility and glycaemic property of acha (Digitaria spp.) porridge Labuschagne MT (ed.)

CST-SA (Cereal Science and Technology –Southern Africa) – ICC International Grains Symposium: Quality and Safety of Grain Crops and Foods, Pretoria, South Africa, 3-5 February 2010

Pretoria: Cereal Science and Technology,

Southern Africa (CST-SA), 2010, pp 285-289

ISBN 978-0-8688-6-797-7

Laubscher CP & Ndakidemi PA

Propagation of red data proteaceae species of the Agulhas Plain

International Plant Propagators’ Society: Combined Proceedings, Southern African Region, Hermanus, 27-30 August, 2009

International Plant Propagators’ Society, 2010, Volume 59, pp 162-171

ISBN 0538-9143 CD-ROM

Olujimi OO & Oluwadare I

Assessment of heavy metals in soil, sediments, water and sugarcane plant around Ewekoro Cement Factory in Ogun State, Nigeria Kai L (ed.)

Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Singapore, 9-11 October 2009

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2010, pp 429-435

ISBN 978-981-4293-46-4

Rauch S & Fatoki S

Platinum and lead inside African road dust Rauch S, Morrison GM & Monzón A (eds)

Proceedings of the 9 th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 9-11 June 2008

Dordrecht, Germany: Springer

Science+Business Media B.V., 2010, pp 161-166

ISBN 978-90-481-3042-9

Van der Meulen NP, Van der Walt TN & Steyn GF

The production of 82Sr using larger format RbCl targets

Stone A (ed.)

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society and Embedded Topical Meeting Isotopes for Medicine and Industry, Las Vegas, Nevada, 7-11 November 2010

La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 2010, pp 1178-1179

ISSN 0003-018X

applied sciences

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

Adeosun FI, Omoniyi IT, Akegbejo-Samsons Y & Olujimi OO

Heavy metals contamination of Chrysichthysnigrodigitatus and Lates niloticus in Ikere Gorge, Oyo State, Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(39):65786581, 2010

Ajuwon OR, Bada BS & Olujimi OO

Growth and antioxidative responses to excess cadmium in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 19(11a):26372643, 2010

Akande BC, Ndakidemi PA, Fatoki O & Odendaal J

The possible effect of the bioaccumulation of disinfectant by-products on crops irrigated with treated wastewater

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(9):1280-1287, 2010

Ayeni OO, Ndakidemi PA, Snyman RG & Odendaal JP

Chemical, biological and physiological indicators of metal pollution in wetlands Scientific Research and Essays, 5(15):19381949, 2010

Ayeni OO, Ndakidemi PA, Snyman RG & Odendaal JP

Metal contamination of soils collected from four different sites along the lower Diep River, Cape Town, South Africa

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(13):2045-2051, October 2010

Baatjies R, Meijster T, Lopata A, Sander I, Raulf-Heimsoth M, Heerderik D & Jeebhay M

Exposure to flour dust in South African supermarket bakeries: Modeling of baseline measurements of an intervention study Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 54(3):309-318, 2010

Bambara S & Ndakidemi PA

Changes in selected soil chemical properties in the rhizosphere of Phaseolus vulgaris L. supplied

with Rhizobium inoculants, molybdenum and lime Scientific Research and Essays, 5(7):679-684, April 2010

Bambara S & Ndakidemi PA

Effects of Rhizobium inoculation, lime and molybdenum on nitrogen fixation of nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris L.

African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4(9):682-696, May 2010

Bambara S & Ndakidemi PA

Phaseolus vulgaris response to Rhizobium inoculation, lime and molybdenum in selected low pH soil in Western Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(14):1804-1811, July 2010

Bambara S & Ndakidemi PA

The potential roles of lime and molybdenum on the growth, nitrogen fixation and assimilation of metabolites in nodulated legume: A special reference to Phaseolus vulgaris L. African Journal of Biotechnology, 8(17):24822489, April 2010

Coetzee JC

Taxonomic notes on the Clathraceae (Phallales: Phallomycetidae) sensu Bottomley and a new key to the species in southern Africa

Bothalia, 40(2):155-159, 2010

Coetzee JC & Van Wyk AE

Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Bottomley’s ‘doubtful, unknown and insufficiently described’ species of Lycoperdon

Bothalia, 40(2):172-174, 2010

Cwala Y, Laubscher CP, Ndakidemi PA & Meyer AH

Mycorrhizal root colonisation and the subsequent host plant response of soil less grown tomato plants in the presence and absence of the mycorrhizal stimulant, Mycotech

African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4(5):414-419, March 2010

Daso AP, Fatoki OS, Odendaal JP & Okonkwo JO

A review on sources of brominated flame retardants and routes of human exposure with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers Environmental Reviews, 18(1):239-254, 2010

Fatoki OS, Bornman M, Ravandhalala L, Chimuka L, Genthe B & Adeniyi A Phthalate ester plasticizers in freshwater systems of Venda, South Africa and potential health effects

Water SA, 36(1):117-125, January 2010

Jacobs A, Nassimbeni LR, Ramon G & Sebogisi BK

Inclusion compounds of hydroxynaphthoic acids: Co-crystal vs. salt formation CrystEngComm, 12(10):3065-3070, 2010

Jideani VA & Jideani IA

A model for education and promoting food science and technology among high school students and the public African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(31):48264835, August 2010

Jideani VA , Oloruntoba RH & Jideani IA

Optimization of fura production using response surface methodology

International Journal of Food Properties, 13(2):272-281, 2010

Koehorst R, Laubscher CP & Ndakidemi PA

Growth response of Artemisia afra Jacq. to different pH levels in a closed hydroponics system

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 4(16):1617-1623, August 2010

Louwrens H, Venter I & Otty C

Soft drink consumption of Grade 4 and Grade 7 learners in the Wynberg area, City of Cape Town, South Africa and the factors influencing the consumption

Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 38:1-11, 2010

Makoi JHJR, Bambara S & Ndakidemi PA Rhizosphere phosphatase enzyme activities and secondary metabolites in plants as affected by the supply of Rhizobium, lime and molybdenum in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 4(8):590597, 2010

Makoi JHJR, Belane AK, Chimpango SBM & Dakora FD Seed flavonoids and anthocyanins as markers of enhanced plant defence in nodulated cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Field Crops Research, 118(1):21-27, 2010

Makoi JHJR, Chimphango SBM & Dakora FD Elevated levels of acid and alkaline phosphatase activity in roots and rhizosphere of cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) genotypes grown in mixed culture and at different densities with sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

Crop and Pasture Science, 61(4):279-286, 2010

Makoi JHJR, Chimphango SBM & Dakora FD Photosynthesis, water-use efficiency and 13 C of five cowpea genotypes grown in mixed culture and at different densities with sorghum Photosynthetica, 48(1):143-155, 2010

Makoi JHJR & Verplancke H

Effect of gypsum placement on the physical chemical properties of a saline sandy loam soil

Australian Journal of Crop Science, 4(7):556563, 2010

North JJ, Laubscher CP & Ndakidemi PA

Effect of the growth retardant Cycocel® in controlling the growth of Dombeya burgessiae

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(29):45294533, July 2010

North JJ, Ndakidemi PA & Laubscher CP

The potential of developing an in vitro method for propagating Strelitziaceae

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(45):75837588, November 2010

Ntwampe S, Chowdhury F, Sheldon M & Volschenk H

Overview of parameters influencing biomass and bioreactor performance used for extracellular ligninase production from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 53(5):1057-1066, 2010

applied sciences

Ntwampe S, Williams CC & Sheldon M

Influence of perflourocarborns on Phanerochaete chrysosporium biomass development, substrate consumption and enzyme production

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 24(2):187-194, 2010

Ntwampe SKO, Williams CC & Sheldon MS

Water-immiscible dissolved oxygen carriers in combination with Pluronic F 68 in bioreactors

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(8):1106-1114, February 2010

Nxawe S, Ndakidemi PA & Laubscher CP

Possible effects of regulating hydroponic water temperature on plant growth, accumulation of nutrients and other metabolites

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(54):91289134, December 2010

Okoro HK & Odebunmi EO

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of sugar and sugar alcohols by vanadium pentoxide

Scientific Research and Essays, 5(17):25882594, September 2010

Olujimi OO, Fatoki OS, Odendaal JP & Okonkwo JO

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (phenol and phthalates) in the South African environment: A need for more monitoring Water SA, 36(5):671-682, October 2010

Opeolu BO, Adenuga OO, Ndakidemi PA & Olujimi OO

Assessment of phyto-toxicity potential of lead on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) planted on contaminated soils

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(2):068-073, February 2010

Opeolu BO, Fatoki OS & Odendaal J

Development of a solid-phase extraction method followed by HPLC-UV detection for the determination of phenols in water

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(5):576-581, May 2010

Rautenbach F, Faber M, Laurie S & Laurie R Antioxidant capacity and antioxidant content in roots of 4 sweetpotato varieties

Journal of Food Science, 75(5):C400-C405, 2010

Rautenbach F & Venter I

Hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant capacity of commonly consumed South African fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, fats/oils and beverages

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 23(7):753-761, 2010

Schoeman S, Smuts CM, Faber M, Van Stuijvenverg M, Oelofse A, Laubscher JA, Benadé AJS & Dhansay MA

Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 to 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 23(1):21-27, 2010

Szelecsényi F, Vermeulen C, Steyn GF, Kovàcs Z, Aardaneh K & Van der Walt TN

Excitation functions of 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192Ir formed in proton-induced reactions on highly enriched 192Os up to 66 MeV

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B – Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268(20):3306-3314, 2010

Theunissen J, Ndakidemi PA & Laubscher CP Potential of vermicompost produced from plant waste on the growth and nutrient status in vegetable production

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(13):1964-1973, October 2010

Van der Meulen NP, Steyn GF, Van der Walt TN, Szelecsényi F, Kovàcs Z & Raubenheimer HG The isolation of 133 Ba produced by protoninduced reactions on Cs using cation exchange chromatography

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 285(3):491-498, 2010

Van Wyk J & Britz TJ

A rapid HPLC method for the extraction and quantification of vitamin B12 in dairy products and cultures of Propionibacterium freudenreichii

Dairy Science & Technology, 90(5):509-520, 2010

Venter I & Hanekom M

Awareness and knowledge of pro-, pre-biotics and AB cultures among yoghurt buyers in four Pretoria suburbs and the factors determining

their yoghurt buying decision

Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 38:53-62, 2010

Venter I & Winterbach A

Dietary fat knowledge and intake of midadolescents attending public schools in the Bellville/Durbanville area of the City of Cape Town

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 23(2):75-83, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Doughari JH, Ndakidemi PA, Human IS & Benadé S

Verocytotoxic diarrhogenic bacteria and food and water contamination in developing countries: A challenge to the scientific and health community

Reviews in Infection, 1(4):202-210, 2010

Filli KB, Nkama I, Abubakar UM & Jideani VA

Influence of extrusion variables on some functional properties of extruded millet-

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

MTech: Chemistry

Rashwan OO

Synthesis and characterisation of furan-based polyamides and polyureas

Supervisors: Prof VI Hugo; Dr WG Weber

Taleli L

Radiosynthesis of various pyrmidine derivatives and the determination of their uptake into cells

Supervisor: Prof TN van der Walt

soybean for the manufacture of ‘fura’: A Nigerian traditional food

African Journal of Food Science, 4(6):342-352, June 2010

Makoi JHJR & Ndakidemi PA

Effect of plant densities and cropping systems on yield components of cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) genotypes and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench.)

Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 48(1-2):28-33, 2010

Opeolu BO, Adebayo K, Okuneye PA & Badru FA

Physicochemical and microbial assessment of roadside food and water samples in Lagos and environs

Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management, 14(1):29-34, March 2010

MTech: Consumer Science: Food and Nutrition

O’Connor K

Bioactive food ingredients acceptance of health conscious consumers in two adjoining subcouncils of the City of Cape Town

Supervisor: Ms I Venter

Otty CM

Effect on the total antioxidant capacity of substituting water with rooibos herbal teas in

popular soup recipes

Supervisors: Ms I Venter; Prof JL Marnewick

MTech: Environmental Health

Kallon II

An evaluation of the ‘Antiretroviral Programme’ in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme

Supervisors: Dr A Mohammed; Prof De W Schutte

Melato AM

Bioaccumulation of metals in the Kuils River, Western Cape

Supervisors: Prof JP Odendaal; Prof RG Snyman

Schoeman JP

A correlation between the air pollution status of a selected neighbourhood in Mossel Bay and how the residents’ perceptions thereof impact on their quality of life

Supervisors: Prof De W Schutte, Mr H van der Westhuizen

MTech: Environmental Management

Ayeni OO

An investigation into the effect of metals on chlorophyll content and photosynthesis activity of the wetland plant Phragmites australis in the lower Diep River, Milnerton, Cape Town Supervisors: Prof PA Ndakidemi; Prof RG Snyman; Prof JP Odendaal

Itoba Tombo EF

Land-use impacts on water quality of the Bottelary River in Cape Town, Western Cape Supervisors: Dr EM Stam; Prof A Thomas

MTech: Food Technology

Chhotoomia S

Isolation, preliminary identification and phenotypic characterisation of culturable microbes in olive wastewater biofilms

Supervisor: Dr H Volschenk

Fredericks IN

Efficacy of ultraviolet radiation as an alternative to inactive technology to inactivate micro organisms in grape juice and wines

Supervisors: Dr M Keyser; Prof M du Toit

MTech: Oceanography

Hancke L

Dynamics of the Tsitsikama jet current and its implications for larval transport of chokka squid (Loligo vulgaris reynaudii ) on the Eastern Agulhas Bank

Supervisors: Mr C Sparks; Mr M Roberts

Hayden J

A multi-species mariculture system: Design, feasibility and coral propagation techniques

Supervisors: Mr C Sparks; Mr M Goodman

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

MEd

University of Cape Town

Reiners A

Taking ownership: The relationship between self-representation and writing development in a science extended curriculum programme at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Faculty of BUSINESS

The faculty continues to encourage and stimulate research, and undertakes to maintain both quality and quantity of output

DEAN’S REPORT

Research remains one of the critical challenges for the faculty, and in this sense, aligns with not only the mission of the university, but also the national imperative. As an extremely heterogeneous faculty, comprising 17 departments, it is logical that research will not have a unitary focus – the application of knowledge is therefore diversified, ranging from accounting to sports management to business administration.

The research philosophy which the faculty adheres to is that research should make a difference – somewhere, somehow. Blue sky research is not an option. Students and staff are strongly encouraged to ensure that their research is relevant and dedicated to improving some aspect of human life. As an example, in 2010, two graduates worked on the following topics:

• T he relationship between privatisation and unemployment

• A strategic management module for the provision of low-cost housing by the City of Cape Town

International liaison with other universities continues to expand, and exchange programmes between staff members as well as students are growing in number.

On an internal level, the philosophy that staff members should be rewarded for their research endeavours resulted in two awards, based on their submissions to the selection committee:

• Researcher of the year – Dr Wilfred Ukpere

• Emerging researcher of the year – Mr Rodney Duffett

It is gratifying to note that, especially with regard to the latter award, competition was strong, indicating that the research base for the future appears to hold definite promise.

Furthermore, the racial composition of successful master’s and doctoral students is altering. During the two graduation ceremonies, 22 postgraduate degrees were conferred, and of these, 15 candidates were black and 7 white. Furthermore, of the 22 graduates, 7 were foreigners. In itself, this is a development which holds future promise – the faculty is making a difference, not only in South Africa, but also in other countries on the continent, and even as far as China and Taiwan.

CETRA (Centre for Tourism Research in Africa), which is one of the two research units in the faculty, continues to expand its national and international footprint. Prof Kamilla Swart was commissioned by the City of Cape Town and

Prof Mzikayise Binza

CHEC (Cape Higher Education Consortium) to project manage an extensive 2010 FIFA World Cup™ research plan, which included using Sport and Recreation South Africa’s Sport and Event Impact Model (SEIM) for assessing the economic, social and sport impact of events. The total budget for the project was R1.2 million, and it created a number of focus areas for master’s students.

During 2010, staff members produced a significant number of accredited journal articles, which contributed directly to CPUT’s becoming the leading UoT in terms of publications. A primary figure in this context was Dr Wilfred Ukpere, who also became the faculty’s first NRFrated researcher. Sadly, he left for a promotional post as Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg at the end of 2010.

Research supervision continues to be somewhat of a challenge, especially in certain departments. This has led to three departments placing a moratorium on the intake of postgraduate students, until the number of students in the system has been managed. With the assistance of Executive Management, a policy has been put in place to utilise the services of external supervisors. In addition, two adjunct professors have been appointed, and it is believed that the problems in this regard are now being addressed.

The faculty continues to encourage and stimulate research, and undertakes to maintain both quality and quantity of output.

The faculty research philosophy is that research should make a difference – somewhere, somehow. Students and staff are strongly encouraged to ensure that their research is relevant and dedicated to improving some aspect of human life

NFERENCE FUNDING

The CPUT Hotel School recently made a mark on the culinary world with the inclusion of their unique recipes in a rooibos-inspired cookbook. The cookbook, A Touch of Rooibos, received a bronze award for best cookbook in the world and was also voted the best single subject cookbook in South Africa at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, France, in 2010.

Visit to Bournemouth University

The cookbook was published by the Rooibos Company Limited and offers over 100 original recipes from fourteen of South Africa’s leading chefs, with four CPUT chefs having contributed their recipes. The chefs ranged from professional restaurant chefs to culinary lecturers, who were selected for their shared passion for local cuisine and local ingredients.

Prof Kamilla Swart and Mr Brendon Knott were invited to visit Bournemouth University (United Kingdom) from 19 to 23 September 2010.

Prof Swart gave a presentation on the work of CETRA (Centre for Tourism Research in Africa) and specific research projects of the unit, while Mr Knott gave a presentation on the Sport Management Department, and also presented a research paper.

Positive meetings with the leadership of the faculty and departments resulted in many ideas for future collaboration. While there, they were also able to finalise a collaborative research proposal for 2011, related to golf development and the Olympic Games.

It is believed that the fruits of these opportunities will reap rewards long into the future. It is hoped that future opportunities such as this will assist in maintaining these relationships and continually expand CPUT’s research influence internationally as a leading institution in Africa.

Prof Kamilla Swart (third from left) and Mr Brendon Knott (second from right)

The CPUT culinary team (from left): Nina Septoe, Jerome Peters and Mariette Hattingh

CPUT chefs contribute to award-winning rooibos cookbook

re S e ar C h UNITS Centre for Tourism Research in Africa (CETRA)

swartk@cput.ac.za

CETRA’s core functions are to:

• highlight CPUT’s contribution to tourism and hospitality teaching and research in Cape Town, the Western Cape, and South Africa

• facilitate research activities in the tourism, hospitality, sport, and events fields at CPUT

• bring together university researchers/ lecturers and practitioners (including public sector institutions) in the Western Cape, in order to find feasible answers to applied research questions

• e ncourage focused research clusters incorporating researchers and students from different CPUT departments and from outside the university

• foster research on tourism development and contact between tourism research centres and individuals globally

• provide research facilities for students and researchers

• create databases and expand current databases relating to tourism, hospitality, sport, and events

• provide facilitation of dissertation supervision

One of the major research projects was the City of Cape Town’s 2010 FIFA World CupTM research programme. The Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC), comprising the four universities in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, led by Prof Kamilla Swart as project manager, was contracted to implement the study in April 2010, in collaboration with the city and other national and international researchers.

Research capacity was strengthened through the use of university staff and students and some city staff in the various roles of coordinators, researchers, specialists, and fieldworkers. The research achieved important links and balances between a sound and rigorous approach, academic credibility, and practical application.

The city used Sport and Recreation South Africa’s Sport and Event Impact Model (SEIM) for assessing the economic, social, and sport impact of events. The city also participated in a collaborative study, spearheaded by Prof Swart, assessing the economic impacts of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM at a

national level, as well as at a host city level. The city secured a research hub for the duration of the World Cup, which served as a base for the research, fieldwork and data management conducted during that period. Approximately 100 students across the CHEC universities participated in the project, including international students from several universities in the USA and Finland.

Prof Swart was also invited to speak at a number of conferences in 2010, including the World Leisure Conference in Korea, the Comrades Marathon Annual Sponsors Conference, and the FIFA Masters Programme Conference hosted by the International Centre for Sport Studies (CEIS) and Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires. Prof Swart also received an honorary title, in recognition of her assistance over the past three years, as one of the affiliated faculty of the Academy of International Sport at George Mason University in the USA.

Prof Kamilla Swart

The High Performance Laboratory’s mission is to provide a world class research–educational service facility for the development of sport and ergonomic technology innovation. Its function is inter-related and can be divided into three components, namely teaching, research, and exercise testing and rehabilitation.

Activities of the High Performance Laboratory (HPL) for 2010 included:

• collaborative research between MRC/ UCT’s Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, UCT and CPUT’s HPL, investigating muscle strength and performance in cricket batsmen

• transformation in South African cricket

• collaborative research between MRC/ UCT’s Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, UCT’s Department of Human Biology, UCT’s Division of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology, UCT’s Department of Medicine, and CPUT’s HPL, investigating quality of life and physical activity levels in HIV-positive individuals in South Africa

• collaborative research between CPUT’s Oxidative Stress Research Centre, the Department of Consumer Science and CPUT’s HPL, examining the effects of rooibos on exercise performance

• collaborative research between University of Abertay’s School of Social and Health Sciences, Dundee, and CPUT’s HPL investigating head-loading in black African women

• a nalysis of metabolic cost and physiological responses during a progressive walking test

• examination of physiological parameters of emergency medical care students

• development of an isokinetic normative database of black African men during applied and simulated work

The high Performance Laboratory’s mission is to provide a world class research–educational service facility for the development of sport and ergonomic technology innovation

Dr

Sacha West

High Performance Laboratory, Sport Management Department wests@cput.ac.za

BooKS/CHAPTERS

Bob U, Cornelissen S & Swart K South Africa

Hamil S & Chadwick S (eds)

Managing Football: An International Perspective

Oxford: Elsevier: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010, pp 387-406

ISBN 978-1-85617-544-9

Steyn C

What do South Africans think about work, their jobs and organisations?

Roberts B, Wa Kivilu M & Davids YD (eds)

South African Social Attitudes: 2nd Report: Reflections on the Age of Hope

Cape Town: HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council) Press, 2010, pp 220-249

ISBN 978-0-7969-2217-5

Swart K

Hallmark and mega events

D Tassiopoulos (ed.)

Events Management – A Developmental Approach (3 rd edition)

Claremont: Juta, pp 365-389, 2010

ISBN 978-0-70217-779-8

Swart K

Sport events

D Tassiopoulos (ed.)

Events Management – A Developmental Approach (3 rd edition)

Claremont: Juta, pp 408-427, 2010

ISBN 978-0-70217-779-8

Co NFERENCE PAPERS

Benedict o H

Compliance and close corporations: A study on close corporations in SA

International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference

Lagos, Nigeria, 18-23 May 2010

Benedict o H

‘No more CCs – Which way forward?’ Value 2010 Conference

Johannesburg, 30 August-1 September 2010

Davies S

The business of sport and global opportunities

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon) Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Davies S

The corporation: Moral obligations and research ethics

GIRA 2010: International Conference: Corporate Governance, Innovation, Social and Environmental Responsibility

Lisbon, Portugal, 9-10 September 2010

Goba T, Swart K & Knott B

The impact of a sport-based youth development programme in a small community in the Western Cape South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Hollis-Turner S

Student experiences of the communication demands of the workplace

Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Conference – Higher Education

Development: Academic Excellence, Opportunities and Challenges

Tzaneen, 23-25 November 2010

Hollis-Turner S

Student experiences of the communication demands of the workplace

Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning (RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Joubert E

Choices and consequences of leisure time spend. How good are the choices you make related to leisure time? The application of Nash’s model on choices on how to use leisure time

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Knott B, Swart K, Turco D & Bob U Residents’ and local businesses’ perceptions of the nation branding impact of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Knott B, Swart K, Turco D & Bob U Resident, local business, and international visitor perceptions of the nation-branding impact of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM

The 18 th Annual European Association of Sport Management (EASM)

Prague, Czech Republic, 15-18 September 2010

Knott B, Swart K, Turco D & Bob U

The sport tourism legacy of mega-events: From Beijing 2008 to South Africa 2010 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/South Africa International Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega-events: Winning Together

Johannesburg, 24-26 February 2010

Koch A

E-portfolios within a work-integrated learning environment: On-line questionnaires to establish research skills

International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML2010)

Chania, Crete, 25-28 May 2010

Moroe J, Davies S & Knott B

A strategic model for the development of football clubs in the Western Cape Metropole region, South Africa

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Ntonzima L

Changing role of the state in development: A stabilising approach for the South African local government Service Delivery in the Changing Political Landscape in South Africa: Where is the Missing Link?

Pretoria, 25-26 March 2010

Ntonzima L

Impact of the theory and practice of government contracting in the South African public health system

Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Management and Administration (ASSADPAM) Annual Conference

Pretoria, 27-29 September 2010

Ntonzima L

Taking bold and sensitive political decisions today for global economic opportunities of tomorrow: An analysis of the South African government method as a true face of the African continent

Asia Pacific Academy of Business in Society Annual Conference

Tokyo, Japan, 4-5 November 2010

Ntonzima L

Unity of the African community through economic integration: An opportunity to the African youth

Cultural Diplomacy in Africa: A Forum for Young Leaders

Berlin, Germany, 11-18 June 2010

Steyn C & De Klerk M

Discursively constructed role identity and burnout in client service organisations

Society for Industrial & Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA)

Johannesburg, 29-30 July 2010

Steyn C & De Klerk M

The relationship between burnout and role identity among client service employees

Institute of Work Psychology Conference on Work, Wellbeing and Performance

Sheffield, UK, 29 June-1 July 2010

Stoop J

The challenges of establishing a golf business academy at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Swart K

2010 FIFA World CupTM research agenda

City of Cape Town Research Seminar: 2010 FIFA World CupTM

Cape Town, 23 June 2010

Swart K

The changing relationship between leisure and tourism

2010 World Leisure Conference

Cheun Cheun, South Korea, 28 August-2 September 2010

Swart K

The Football World Cup – What is it worth?

African Renaissance Conference: Africa Take Charge – the Future is in Your Hands Durban, 25-26 May 2010

Swart K

The Football World Cup – What is it worth?

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Swart K & Bob U

The 2010 FIFA World CupTM research agenda South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Swart K, Bob U & Chain D

Residents’ perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: A case study of a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/South Africa International Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega-events: Winning Together

Johannesburg, 24-26 February 2010

Swart K & Cornellisen S

The impact of mega-sporting events on sport and development: The case of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM in South Africa

International Research Workshop on Sport and International Development: Mainstreaming Sport in Development Studies (video conference)

Nova Scotia, Canada, 20 May 2010

Swart K & Cornellisen S

Using sustainability indicators to inform legacy practice – Lessons from South Africa Invitational Think Tank: Sports Mega-Events,

Sustainability and Impact Assessment (video conference)

Vancouver, Canada, 18 February 2010

Taliep S

The effectiveness of the cricket transformation process in increasing representation and performance of black cricketers at provincial level in South Africa

South African Sport and Recreation Conference (SASReCon)

Durban, 11-13 August 2010

Tichaawa TM & Swart K

South Africa’s image amongst African fans and factors that will influence their participation during the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: The case of Cameroon

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/South Africa International Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega-events: Winning Together

Johannesburg, 24-26 February 2010

Ugoh S & Ukpere W

Oil and development in the Niger Delta

1st International Conference: The Niger Delta: Beyond Oil

Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 8-12 November 2010

Ukpere W

Amelioration of the global crisis on human resources

1st International Conference: The Niger Delta: Beyond Oil

Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 8-12 November 2010

Ukpere W

End of an orthodoxy and prospects of a cooperative economy

1st International Conference: The Niger Delta: Beyond Oil

Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 8-12 November 2010

Ukpere WI

Globalization and international labour markets: Economic historical precepts from 1990 to 2008 A Boat Trip through Economic Change: Proceedings of the IAREP/ SABE/ ICABEEP 2010 Conference

Cologne, Germany, 5-8 September 2010

Co NFERENCE PoSTERS

Dakora EAN, Bytheway AJ & Slabbert A Strategic approaches to the Africanisation of South African retail businesses

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Daniels T & Swart K

An investigation into 2010 FIFA World CupTM planning: A case study of the Eden District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Davies SEH

The business of sport and global opportunities

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Joubert E

The impact of choices for leisure: An application of Nash’s theory on leisure time

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kiley JD

The digital divide between South Africa and the United Kingdom – The role of higher education in developing 21st-century skills

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Koch A

Web-based e-portfolios: A new approach to work-integrated learning in a university of technology

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Laloo I & Van Brakel PA

Knowledge sharing techniques in curriculum development

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Mbane TL & Reynish N

The global economic recession and the international tourists’ utilisation of guest house services in the Cape Town central business district

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Siyotula B, Ballard H & Dassah M o

A n evaluation of environmental impact of mega sporting events on the tourism industry in Cape Town

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Stoop JS

The challenges of establishing a golf business academy at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Swart K, Knott B, Bama H, Hendricks N & Ntloko N

Pre-event perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM – Residents and businesses

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Swart K, Knott B, Stofberg Q & Hartenberg E

A profile of the international football tourist at the 2010 FIFA World CupTM

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Co NFERENCE PRoCEEDINGS

Fore S & Zuze L

Improvement of overall equipment effectiveness through total productive maintenance

Ardil C (ed.)

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Cape Town, 29-31 January 2010

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2010, Volume 61, pp 402-410

ISSN 2070-3724

Gie L & Rust AA (work in progress)

Theoretical and practical perspective of employee wellness programmes at selected South African universities

Southern African Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) 22nd Annual Conference: A Discourse on the Influence of Management. Does it Matter? Mpekweni, 12-15 September 2010

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2010

ISBN 978-086-810-4652

Koch A

Portfolios for work-integrated learning: A webbased approach

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 13 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Koch A

The e-Portfolio as an enabler for work-integrated learning in universities of technology

Proceedings of the InSITE 2010: Informing Science + Information Technology Education

Joint Conference, Cassino, Italy, 19-24 June 2010

Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Institute, 2010, pp 719-729

ISBN 978-1-932886-27-6

Rust AA & De Jager JW (work in progress)

Internal marketing: Stepping stones and stumbling blocks in selected South African public hospitals

Southern African Institute for Management

Scientists (SAIMS) 22nd Annual Conference: A Discourse on the Influence of Management. Does it Matter? Mpekweni, 12-15 September 2010

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2010

ISBN 978-086-810-4652

Slabbert A (work in progress)

A comparative analysis of the Chinese and South African work ethic

Southern African Institute for Management

Scientists (SAIMS) 22nd Annual Conference: A Discourse on the Influence of Management. Does it Matter? Mpekweni, 12-15 September 2010

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2010

ISBN 978-086-810-4652

Tazvinga H & Fore S

An energy performance analysis for a photovoltaic/diesel/battery hybrid power supply system

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, Cape Town, 29-31 March 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, pp 89-95

ISBN 978-0-9814311-2-3

Ukpere WI

The end of an orthodoxy and resurgence of complementary economic pattern

Business Management Conference 2009, Durban, 5-7 November 2009

Durban: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009, pp 36-49

ISBN 978-0-620-47228-9

Ukpere WI

Mechanisms to ameliorate negative impacts of globalisation on human resources, industrial democracy and humanity

Business Management Conference 2009, Durban, 5-7 November 2009

Durban: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009, pp 1137-1151

ISBN 978-0-620-47228-9

Veeran P & Ferreira IW

The impact of globalisation on human resources management policies and procedures in the South African public service

Zhu X & Zhao S (eds)

Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Public Administration (6 th), Canberra, Australia, 22-24 October, 2010

Chengdu, China: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Press (UESTC Press), 2010, Volume III, pp 144-157

ISBN 978-7-5647-0624-1

JoURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

Ayo CK & Ukpere WI

Design of a secure unified e-payment system in Nigeria: A case study

African Journal of Business Management, 4(9):1753-1760, August 2010

Ballard H & Iling C

A community-based approach for the operation and maintenance of shared basic water and sanitation services in informal settlements within the municipal jurisdiction of the City of Cape Town

Administratio Publica, 18(1):85-105, April 2010

Bob U & Swart K

Sport events and social legacies

Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages, 17(2):72-95, 2010

Bob U & Swart K

The 2010 FIFA World CupTM and women’s experiences in fan parks Agenda, 85:85-96, 2010

Bruwer J-P & Watkins A

Sustainability of fast moving consumer goods retail SMMEs

African Journal of Business Management, 4(16):3550-3555, November 2010

Chain D & Swart K

Residents’ perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: A case study of a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa

Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages, 17(2):146-172, 2010

Dakora EAN, Bytheway AJ & Slabbert A

The Africanisation of South African retailing: A review

African Journal of Business Management, 4(5):748-754, May 2010

Davies SEH

Health care corporations: Moral obligations and research bioethics

Corporate Ownership and Control, 8(1):360-368, 2010

Duffett RG

BBBEE ownership issues in Cape Peninsulabased advertising agencies: A multiple case study approach

Journal of Contemporary Management, 7:34-55, 2010

Fore S & Mbohwa CT

Cleaner production for environmental conscious manufacturing in the foundry industry

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 8(3):314-333, 2010

Fore S & Msipha A

Preventive maintenance using reliability centred maintenance (RCM): A case study of a ferrochrome manufacturing company South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 21(1):207-233, May 2010

Hendrickse R

An appraisal framework for the sustainability of non-governmental organisations

Administratio Publica, 18(2):105-128, June 2010

Hess AA & Rust AA

The constraints SMMEs experience whilst attempting to recover skills levies from the W&RSETA in South Africa

African Journal of Business Management, 4(17):3691-3696, December 2010

Hollis-Turner S & Scholtz D

Business writing in academic and workplace contexts

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):239-245, 2010

Iwu CG

Impact of product development and innovation on market share

African Journal of Business Management, 4(13):2659-2667, October 2010

Kakaza L & Ntonzima L

The adverse impact of some community development projects on non-recipients

Administratio Publica, 18(4):208-224, November 2010

Kalitanyi V & Visser K

African immigrants in South Africa: Job takers or job creators?

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 13(4):376-390, 2010

Lloyd R, Hind K, Parr B, Davies S & Cooke C The Extra Load Index as a method for comparing the relative economy of load carriage systems

Ergonomics, 53(12):1500-1504, December 2010

Lloyd R, Parr B, Davies S & Cooke C

No ‘free ride’ for African women: A comparison of head-loading versus back-loading among Xhosa women

South African Journal of Science, 106(3/4), 5 pp electronic, 2010

Lloyd R, Parr B, Davies S & Cooke C

Subjective perceptions of load carriage on the head and back in Xhosa women

Applied Ergonomics, 41(4):522-529, 2010

Lloyd R, Parr B, Davies S, Partridge T & Cooke C

A comparison of the physiological consequences of head-loading and backloading for African and European women

European Journal of Applied Physiology, 109(4):607-616, 2010

Naris NS & Ukpere WI

Developing a retention strategy for qualified staff at the Polytechnic of Namibia

African Journal of Business Management, 4(6):1078-1084, June 2010

Naris NS & Ukpere WI

Mentoring programmes for academic staff at the Polytechnic of Namibia

African Journal of Business Management, 4(3):350-356, March 2010

Rust AA & De Jager JW

Leadership in public health care: Staff satisfaction in selected South African hospitals

African Journal of Business Management, 4(11):2277-2287, September 2010

Sethi S, Ghuman RS & Ukpere WI

Socio-economic analysis of the migrant labourers in Punjab: An empirical analysis

African Journal of Business Management, 4(10):2042-2050, August 2010

Slabbert AD & Ukpere W I

A preliminary comparative study of rugby and football spectators’ attitudes towards violence

African Journal of Business Management, 4(4):459-466, April 2010

Strydom AJ & Venske E

Culture as a marketing mechanism for international tourists to South Africa

Journal for New Generation Sciences, 8(1):248-271, 2010

Swart K, Bob U & Turco D

Media, crime and the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa: Pre-event analysis and perceptions

Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages, 17(2):225-248, 2010

Taliep MS, Prim SK & Gray J

Upper body muscle strength and batting performance in cricket batsmen

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (The), 24(12):3484-3487, December 2010

Tichaawa TM & Swart K

Cameroonian fans’ perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: A case study of Buea and Limbe Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages, 17(2):173-199, 2010

Ugoh SC & Ukpere WI

Oil politics and the Niger Delta developmental conundrum

African Journal of Business Management, 4(6):1166-1174, June 2010

Ukpere WI

Demise of a single orthodoxy and the possibility of a cooperative economy

International Journal of Social Economics, 37(3):239-253, 2010

Ukpere WI

Labour exploitation and division of labour: A meta-analysis of divergent ideological perspectives

African Journal of Business Management, 4(10):2037-2041, August 2010

Ukpere WI

Rationalism, technological innovations and the supreme mandate in the process of globalisation African Journal of Business Management, 4(4):467-474, April 2010

Winberg C, Adams A, Esbach J, Lakay D, Groenewald W, Randall K, Muzondo I, Siyepu S, Seane G & Veeran P

Day jobs/nightwork: Academic staff studying towards higher degrees

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(1):175-195, 2010

JoURNAL ARTICLES ( NoT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Kalula M

Book Review: Tourism & Leisure Research

Methods: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

African Journal of Business Management, 4(5):1, May 2010

PoSTGRADUATE DEGREES Co NFERRED

DTech: Public Management

Cronje SE

A strategic management model for the provision of low-cost housing by the City of Cape Town: A case study

Supervisor: Prof IW Ferreira

DTech: Tourism and Hospitality Management

Johnson DJ

A comparative study of the management and socio-economic impacts of sport tourism events in Cape Town and Durban Supervisor: Prof K Swart

Ketshabile LS

The impact of HIV/Aids on the socio-economic environment in Botswana with special reference to tourism

Supervisor: Prof IW Ferreira

MTech: Business Administration

Brikkels CP

The critical success factors needed to successfully implement a stores communication portal in a nationally represented retailer Supervisor: Dr M Wakeham

Coetzee N

The impact of communication on employee productivity in the retail industry Supervisor: Prof HH Ballard

Erasmus L

Management science competency levels in South African business managers Supervisor: Prof A Slabbert

Hein AM

A critical analysis of local government support in the promotion of small enterprises: A study of the West-coast local authorities in the Cape Province Supervisor: Prof HH Ballard

Mekino MPT

The relationship between privatisation and unemployment: A critical analysis

Supervisor: Prof COK Allen-Ile

Noemdo LA

A critical evaluation of first line managers’ perceptions of organisational change at an insurance company

Supervisor: Prof COK Allen-Ile

Visagie CM

The relationship between employee attitudes towards planned organisational change and organisational commitment: An investigation of a selected case in the South African telecommunications industry Supervisor: Dr C Steyn

MTech: Human Resource Management

De Louw LA cum laude Efficacy of learnerships programmes: An

exploratory investigation of learner perception in the Western Cape

Supervisor: Prof COK Allen-Ile; Ms D Bell

MTech: Internal Auditing

Bruwer J-P

Investigating the sustainability of fast-moving consumer goods: SMME retail business in the Cape Peninsula

Supervisor: Prof JA Watkins

o umbahouin Boubala HG

Risk management of the SMMEs

Supervisor: Prof JA Watkins

MTech: Marketing

Chen WY cum laude

Mystery visitors as a vehicle to explore the service quality at cellar doors of the Stellenbosch Wine Route

Supervisor: Mr N Haydam

Zhou Y

A study of the effectiveness of marathon sponsorship as an enabler of brand extension

Supervisors: Mr P Steenkamp; Mr N Haydam

MTech: Public Management

Hoho M

An evaluation of the different leadership and management styles on Grade12 learners’ performance in selected schools in the Philippi area, Cape Town Supervisor: Prof IW Ferreira

Kakaza L

An evaluation of selected steps to achieve successful community development projects with specific reference to crime and housing in Langa township within Cape Town Supervisors: Mr L Ntonzima; Prof IW Ferreira

Ngxubaza VJ

An investigation of the low cost housing process with specific reference to the Mbashe local municipality Supervisor: Dr R Hendrickse

Swartz AM

An evaluation of the primary school feeding programme as a service delivery mechanism to improve school performance of needy learners Supervisors: Prof IW Ferreira

MTech: Tourism and Hospitality Management

Auala LSN

Local residents’ perception of communitybased tourism: A survey of key stakeholders at Twyfelfontein Uibasen Conservancy in Namibia Supervisors: Prof IW Ferreira; Mr S Ohlhoff

Breytenbach A

A comparative evaluation of tourism programmes in selected further and higher education institutions in the Western Cape Supervisors: Prof IW Ferreira; Mr S Ohlhoff

Chain D

Residents’ perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: A case study of a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa

Supervisor: Prof K Swart

De Lange Y

The differential relationship between the economic recession and Masters of Business Administration employability in the tourism and hospitality industry

Supervisor: Mr E Collier

Hatley L

The nature of agritourism in the Buffalo City Municipality

Supervisor: Prof K Swart

Ngabonziza G

A critical investigation of conservation attitudes of the local community living adjacent to Akagera National Park, Rwanda

Supervisor: Dr R Ismail

Nsabimana E

The extent of community involvement in tourism development and conservation activities in Eastern Rwanda

Supervisor: Dr R Ismail

Tichaawa TM cum laude Cameroonian fans’ perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: A case study of Buea and Limbe Supervisor: Prof K Swart

Uwimpuhwe D

The impact of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM soccer tournament on African immigrants in the Western Cape Supervisor: Dr R Ismail

PoSTGRADUATE DEGREES oBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

PhD

University of Pretoria

Steyn C

The relationship between burnout and role identity among client service employees

Stellenbosch University

Hoffman LE

The attitudes of staff members at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology towards the start of an HIV/Aids workplace peer education programme

MPhil

Faculty of EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES

The faculty strives to make a significant contribution to addressing the educational challenges of the country

DEAN’S REPORT

The Faculty of Education and Social Sciences has a strong history of teacher education, having incorporated fifteen colleges of education over a period of about ten years. It makes a significant contribution to teacher provision, as it is the biggest provider of teachers for the province and the fourth biggest in the country, graduating about 500 new teachers each year. This places particular responsibilities on the faculty with regard to how and why it conducts research. Members of staff are constantly aware of the way in which research can contribute to the quality of teaching in the faculty, as well as to the quality of education in the province.

The faculty strives to make a significant contribution to addressing the educational challenges of the country. This means that research focuses on areas like the quality of teacher education, preparation of teachers for the South African context, issues of diversity and democracy, as well as pedagogical issues relating to language, mathematics, science and other subject areas. With its strong roots in practice, its diverse student complement, its involvement from Grade R to vocational and higher education, and its emerging research identity, the faculty is well placed to draw on

research to contribute to enhancing the quality of education in this country.

Current research projects include a focus on teacher education, maths, science and language education, and the transition from Grade R to Grade 1. The faculty actively supports doctoral and postdoctoral work, and offers a range of initiatives for capacity building and research support. A strong research culture has been built up over a number of years, with strong conference attendance, lively staff seminars, well-attended doctoral seminars, and a very successful annual education students’ regional conference. These activities give staff and students opportunities to test their ideas, share new insights, and develop the skills to communicate frameworks and findings to a broader audience.

Research highlights in 2010 included the improved NRF rating of two colleagues, as well as the establishment of an annual faculty research colloquium. The first day of the colloquium comprised an open event, where research on factors that influence learning in Foundation Phase classrooms was presented. This event, conducted in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department, attracted about 200 teachers. On the second day, 19

Prof Maureen Robinson

lecturers from the faculty shared their own research projects with one another. The day was divided into two themes: pre-service education and systemic issues related to teaching and learning.

Existing research activities in the faculty range from established projects to those that are at the beginning stages. The faculty’s vision for research development includes graduating more postgraduate students, increasing the publications rate, developing the capacity and number of supervisors and researchers, attracting good postgraduate students and research fellows, and increasing national, continental (African) and international collaborations. In the longer term, research in the faculty is intended to have institutional impact in terms of curriculum development and best practices in teaching and learning.

Research highlights in 2010 included the improved NRF rating of two colleagues, as well as the establishmentof an annual faculty research colloquium

South African Multigrade Education Conference tackles global education policy issues

Despite explicit evidence on the existence of multigrade schools, official education policies in many developing and developed countries remain silent on this issue.

In multigrade classrooms, which are common in rural areas, a teacher teaches several grades in one classroom. These teachers are not trained to facilitate multigrade teaching, have little support from government, and often no resources. In South Africa, where three million children receive instruction in multigrade classrooms, government education policies make no mention of these schools.

The absence of multigrade education policies

was one of many concerns highlighted at the Southern African Multigrade Education Conference, held in Wellington from 22 to 24 March 2010. The conference, hosted by the CPUT Centre for Multigrade Education (CMGE) in association with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Association for Development of Education Africa (ADEA), was attended by more than 100 local and international delegates.

The conference was a first of its kind and created an opportunity for researchers, government officials, activists and teachers to debate, share lessons learnt, and plot a way forward for multigrade education.

Virgilio Juvane, Prof Jan den Akker, Gisela Siririka, Dr Jurie Joubert of the CMGE and Padmanabha Ra

BOOKS /CHAPTERS

B raund M

Curriculum development in the United Kingdom: Themes, trends, and tensions

Kirylo JD & Nauman AK (eds)

Curriculum Development: Perspectives From Around the World

Olney, MD: The Association for Childhood

Education International (ACEI), 2010, pp 346-359

ISBN 978-0-87173-176-0

Braund M

Critical thinking and argumentation in teaching science

Cofré Mardones H (ed.)

Cómo mejorar la enseñanza de las ciencias en Chile: Perspectivas internacionales y desafios nacionales

Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UCSH, 2010, pp 163-181

ISBN 978-95634-1003-7

Braund M

Supporting the student teacher in school –towards partnerships in teacher education

Cofré Mardones H (ed.)

Cómo mejorar la enseñanza de las ciencias en Chile: Perspectivas internacionales y desafios nacionales

Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UCSH, 2010, pp 113-124

ISBN 978-95634-1003-7

Chetty R

Connecting creative capital and pedagogy in postgraduate programmes

Nygaard C, Courtney N & Holtham C (eds) Teaching Creatively – Creativity in Teaching

Faringdon, UK: Libri, 2010, pp 139-153

ISBN 978-1-907471-17-9

Chetty R

Mapping Durban in Aziz Hassim’s The Lotus People

Singh JK & Chetty R (eds)

Indian Writers: Transnationalisms and Diasporas

New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2010, pp 109-120

ISBN 978-1-4331-0631-6

November I

The teacher as an agent for transformation

Becoming A Teacher

Cape Town: Pearson/Heinemann, 2010, pp 183-196

ISBN 978-177025-746-7

Robinson M & Lomofsky L

The teacher as educational theorist

Becoming A Teacher

Cape Town: Pearson/Heinemann, 2010, pp 31- 51

ISBN 978-177025-746-7

Singh JK & Chetty R (eds)

Trauma, Resistance, Reconstruction in Post-1994 South African Writing

New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2010

ISBN 978-1-4331-0700-9

education & social sciences

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Adendorff SA

3-D constructions: Getting the view right Association for Mathematics Education of Africa (AMESA) Congress 2010

Durban, 28 March-1 April 2010

Chetty R

Connecting creative capital and pedagogy in postgraduate programmes

International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education

Aegina, Greece, 30 May-3 June 2010

Chetty R

Literacy and literature: Lacunae and challenges

Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Chetty R

The pedagogy and politics of educating poor children in South Africa

Southern African Multigrade Education in Association with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Association for Development of Education Africa (ADEA) Conference

Wellington, 22-24 March 2010

Condy J

Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: Student experiences with locally designed materials

Every Child Can Read, Cape Teachers’ Leadership Institute

Kuilsriver, Cape Town, 29-30 March 2010

Cozett D

The efficacy of a home-school partnership programme in a Grade R class

Every Child Can Read, Cape Teachers Leadership Institute

Kuilsriver, Cape Town, 29-30 March 2010

Dos Reis K

Developing a structured accounting mentorship programme for pre-service teacher education students: Pitfalls and challenges

Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Conference – Higher Education Development: Academic Excellence, Opportunities and Challenges

Tzaneen, 23-25 November 2010

Dos Reis K

Exploring the experiences of pre-service accounting teachers during their six months internship

Teaching Practice Symposium

Vanderbijlpark, 1-2 November 2010

Fredericks E

The efficacy of Grade 3 educators’ intervention strategies in promoting writing literacy

Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Green L, Condy J & Chigona A

Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: Pre-service teachers’ experiences

Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) National Conference

Port Elizabeth, 1-3 October 2010

Green L, Condy J & Chigona A

Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: Student experiences with locally designed materials Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Gxekwa N

An analysis of different strategies used in creating scientific terminology in IsiXhosa: Natural Science and Technology

African Languages Association of South Africa Interim Conference

Gabarone, Botswana, 21-23 July 2010

Gxekwa N

Challenges in developing scientific terms in IsiXhosa: Natural Sciences & Technology (Grade 4-6)

The Role of African Languages in Education in Tshwane/Gauteng: The Current Status of African Languages in Education

Pretoria, 12 March 2010

Gxekwa N

Literacy as a wheel to transfer culture

Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Hill A & Thraves P

Reading and writing for critical and creative literacy with specific reference to the intermediate phase

Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Koopman O

Analysis of the FET physical science external examinations in SA

18 th Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE)

Durban, 18-20 January 2010

Mosito C

Situating the process of becoming an inclusive teacher

Teaching Practice Symposium

Vanderbijlpark, 1-2 November 2010

Robinson M

Building research in teacher education

National Conference of Teacher Educators in Chile

Santiago, Chile, 29-30 September 2010

Robinson M

Meeting the millennium development goals: Towards a research agenda for teacher education

Kenton Education Association

Golden Gate, Free State, 28-31 October 2010

Robinson M

Teacher education and classroom contexts: Towards building quality in primary education Association of Commonwealth Universities

Annual Conference

Cape Town, 25-27 April 2010

Robinson M & Rousseau N

Connecting the spaces between vision, policy, context and learning: Towards a re-imagined initial teacher education curriculum at a South African university

XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society

Istanbul, Turkey, 14-18 June 2010

Rousseau N, Fouche A, Johnson S & Ekron C

Preparation for learning to teach in challenging sites

Teaching Practice Symposium

Vanderbijlpark, 1-2 November 2010

Shaik N

Listening to learn or learning to listen Reading Association of South Africa Conference (RASA)

Cape Town, 15 March 2010

Sosibo L

Views from below: A phenomenological study of student teachers’ views on teaching practice Teaching Practice Symposium

Vanderbijlpark, 1-2 November 2010

Steenkamp AW

A design-based framework for designing a specific purposes second language course for student teachers

New Challenges in Foreign and Second Language Teaching and Learning

Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, 23-24 October 2010

Van der Bijl A

Further education and training colleges as centres of excellence

The 2nd Pan African TVET and FET Colleges Conference

Cape Town, 14-15 October 2010

Van der Bijl A

Mentoring, coaching and related methods as an HRD tool

World Human Resource Development Congress

Mumbai, India, 11-13 February 2010

Van der Bijl A

NPDE: FET: A formal qualification and appropriate training for FET college lecturers Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning (RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Westraadt G

Crossing the borders created by the ‘Toxic Mix’

XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society

Istanbul, Turkey, 14-18 June 2010

education & social sciences

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Sosibo L

New dimensions in teaching HIV and Aids

Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Conference – Higher Education Development: Academic Excellence, Opportunities and Challenges

Tzaneen, 23-25 November 2010

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Alexander G, Van Wyk MM & November IP

Enhancing cultural diversity in integrated school settings of the Northern Cape Province: Cooperative learning as teaching tool European Applied Business Research (EABR) (Business) Conference and the European College Teaching and Learning 2010 Conference (ETLC) (Education), Dublin, Ireland, 7-10 June 2010 Littleton, CL: Clute Institute, 2010, p 71 ISSN 1539-8757

Braund M, Hewson P, Scholtz Z, Koopman R & Sadeck M

A pre-service curriculum in learning to teach argumentation in school science and technology: A reflective analysis Dolinšek S & Lyons T (eds)

XIV IOSTE International Organization for Science and Technology Education Symposium: Sociocultural and Human Values in Science and Technology Education, Bled, Slovenia, 13-18 June 2010

Ljubljana, Slovenia: IRI UL, Institute for Innovation and Development of University of Ljubljana, 2010, pp 1305-1307

ISBN 978-961-92882-1-4

Condy J

Promoting democracy and development of education through innovative practices in teacher education: A case study of ‘Fluffy’ and South African pre-service teachers

Ramharai V (ed.)

Education for Democracy, Citizenship and Sustainability in Small Island States and Countries of the Indian Ocean, Réduit, Mauritius, 15-18 April 2009

Réduit, Mauritius: Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE), 2009, pp 15-29

ISBN 978-99903-40-61-7

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

A lexander G & November I

Outcomes in South African higher education: Imagine that!

Journal of Social Sciences, 24(2):101-109, 2010

Alexander G, Van Wyk MM, Bereng T & November I

Legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) – The case for recognition of prior learning sites and knowledges in South Africa’s transforming education system

Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(1):45-52, 2010

Chetty R & Lubben F

The scholarship of research in teacher education in a higher education institution in transition: Issues of identity

Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4):813-820, 2010

Christie P

The complexity of human rights in global times: The case of the right to education in South Africa

International Journal of Educational Development, 30(1):3-11, 2010

Condy J, Chigona A, Chetty R & Thornhill C

Final-year teacher training students’ perceptions of THRASS

South African Journal of Education, 30(2):261-275, 2010

Kwenda C & Robinson M

Initial teacher education in selected Southern and East African countries: Common issues and ongoing challenges

Southern African Review of Education, 16(1):97-113, 2010

November I, Alexander G & Van Wyk MM Do principal-educators have the ability to transform schools? A South African perspective

Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4):786-795, 2010

Sosibo L

The views of academics on the use of student feedback for curriculum improvement Journal of Education, 49:113-132, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES (NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Lubben F, Sadeck M, Scholtz Z & Braund M Gauging students’ untutored ability in argumentation about experimental data: A South African case study

International Journal of Science Education, 32(16):2143-2166, November 2010

Van der Bijl A

Mentoring and coaching teams

Human Capital Review ETD online, March 2010

education & social sciences

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

DEd

Mutemeri J

Teaching and learning of teacher education students in South African universities within a context of quality Supervisor: Prof R Chetty

MEd

De Graaf FH

Assessing knowledge claims through the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): A case study in the business faculty at a university of technology in the Western Cape, South Africa Supervisor: Prof T Volbrecht

De Silva CR

The achievement of Grade 3 learners’ higher order reading skills on a children’s literaturebased reading progamme Supervisor: Ms A Hill

Joubert GF

The influence of a holistic fitness programme on the development of positive attitudes in learners at a multi-grade school Supervisors: Ms N Augustyn; Prof R Chetty

Le Roux AM

Die opleiding van laag geletterde Afrikaanssprekende versorgers in ’n landelike gebied om die taalontwikkeling van kleuters van geboorte tot vier jaar te stimuleer / The training of low literate Afrikaans speaking carers in a rural area to stimulate the language of children from birth to four year olds

Supervisors: Dr J Joubert; Dr A Pepler

Ngmenkpieo F

The nature of instructional support HODs provide to mathematics and science teachers in Cape Town primary schools

Supervisor: Dr L Sosibo

Smith DC

Possibilities for integrating HIV and Aids awareness in the Grade 8 curriculum: A case study

Supervisors: Prof R Chetty; Dr C Mosito

Smith M

The critical reader-responses of Grade 4 learners to a Judy Blume novel Supervisor: Dr J Condy

Thraves PA

An investigation into students’ reading attitudes and habits using a child literature intervention programme

Supervisors: Prof R Chetty; Ms A Hill

Faculty of ENGINEERING

Research has been placed on a trajectory which will see the faculty position itself as a national leader in a number of priority areas

DEAN’S REPORT

In an effort to place research and innovation at the heart of its development, the Faculty of Engineering delivered a comprehensive strategic plan for research development at the end of 2010. This strategy outlined actions for attaining a range of objectives, from the development of research capacity, to the commercialisation of research output, to position the faculty as an important contributor to the National System of Innovation. The alignment of research thrusts to regional and national priorities, the development of robust partnerships, and the integration of research into curricula through the development of high-quality postgraduate programmes, are some of the key focus areas of the strategy.

In line with this strategy, the faculty restructured its management and administrative operations, elevating the portfolio of research development to the level of Assistant Dean, and creating administrative portfolios for research administration, postgraduate studies administration, and strategic partnerships development, as well as separate faculty committees for research and higher degrees.

A process of defragmenting research activities into high impact priority R&D thrusts of regional and national importance was initiated.

Areas such as energy efficiency, advanced manufacturing, and space engineering, built on a range of technology capability areas, will receive continued focus over the next few years.

2010 saw the development of a new capability area in nanotechnology, focusing on the development of nanomaterials for application in smart textiles, water purification and engineering coatings, amongst others. The faculty joined a major SA–Chinese consortium as a technology development partner in solar water heater technology. This will result in the establishment of a Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, bringing together energy efficient technologies from a range of academic departments. In line with this, the faculty was invited to develop the regional Training and Resource Centre for Industrial Energy Efficiency, a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) driven initiative of the government.

2010 also saw the initiation of the Centre for Substation Automation and the Product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre within the faculty. The latter, supported by Dassault Systems and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, will place the faculty in the national forefront in the provision of design technology training and design capability development.

Dr Nawaz Mahomed

Partnerships with a range of other organisations, including the Polytechnic of Namibia in satellite technology and agroprocessing, RWTH Aachen University of Technology (Germany) and Rzeszów University of Science and Technology (Poland) in foundry technology, and Stellenbosch University in tooling technology, were also initiated, and will be developed into robust cooperation programmes over the next few years.

Other main centres in the faculty further enhanced their positions through new project acquisitions and partnership agreements. These include the French–South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI), with its Satellite Technology Programme, the Centre for Rheology, the Centre for Instrumentation Research (CIR), and the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (AMTL) in Adaptronics.

Overall, research has been placed on a trajectory which will see the faculty position itself as a national leader in a number of priority areas, through robust global partnerships, leading to quality master’s and doctoral programmes and high industrial impact.

CONFERENCE FUNDING

At the end of 2010, the faculty delivered a comprehensive strategic plan for research development to position the faculty as an important contributor to the National System of Innovation

Professor Irina Masalova, Head of the Material Science & Technology NRF research niche area at CPUT’s Faculty of Engineering, delivered her inaugural professorial lecture, titled ‘From single drop to breaking rock – an introduction to rheology’, on 15 September 2010.

Born in Russia, Masalova obtained her MSc in physics at the Moscow State University in 1978 and worked as a researcher in the research and development infrastructure of the Russian Ministry of Defence until 1992. The following year her husband, also a scientist, and two children, relocated to Pretoria in search of new opportunities outside of the Soviet Union.

During her first year in South Africa, Masalova focused her efforts on improving her knowledge of the English language and within two years she returned to a professional career when she was offered a part-time position at the former Pretoria Technikon in the Department of Physics and Chemistry.

In 1995, she was invited to lead the first rheology laboratory in South Africa, which was sponsored by polymer producer POLIFIN (which later merged with Sasol); the main purpose of this

project was the comprehensive rheological investigation of newly developed polymers.

Masalova attended her first polymer processing conference at Stellenbosch University in 1997, and in 1999 she organised the first South African rheology short course for academics and industry at the Plastics Federation of South Africa. She also began formulating draft ideas for the establishment of the first Rheology Centre in South Africa.

She joined the former Cape Technikon in 2000 as a senior researcher after a series of meetings and referrals from her colleagues at the then Flow Process Research Centre. Her doctoral thesis focused on the theoretical aspects of polymer rheology, and this extensive research resulted in her promotion to associate professor and full professor in the years 2004 and 2009 respectively.

Professor Irina Masalova Head of the Material Science & Technology NRF research niche area

Prof Irina Masalova delivers inaugural lecture

receives best paper award

Dr Ludwig Martin (Dept of the Built Environment) was presented with the best paper award (ARCOM/CIOB Construction Management) for his paper, co-authored with D Root, at the 26th Annual ARCOM Conference in Leeds, September 2010.

Ludwig Martin

CPUT introduces Substation Automation and Energy Management Centre

In a bid to increase the limited pool of expertise in the national energy sector, the Department of Electrical Engineering has established the Substation Automation and Energy Management Centre. The centre, based at the Bellville campus, is headed by Prof Raynitchka Tzoneva, who is also the leader of the National Research Foundation (NRF) research niche area Real-Time Distributed Systems.

Prof Tzoneva said the move to establish the centre comes after the International Electrical Commission (IEC) put in place the new IEC 61850 standards, which govern the building, implementation and operations of substation automation systems. These systems are highly complex computer systems which are used by operators in the energy sector to control substations.

A substation is a node in an electrical power network where lines and cables are connected for transmission and distribution of electric power. A substation has the capability of transforming electricity, usually from high to low voltage, for distribution by a low-voltage network. Most substations have one or more transformers and may have many other

functions as well, such as switching, breaking, and protection capabilities.

However, there are few South Africans who have expertise in substation automation systems and the new IEC 61850 standards. ‘South Africa has no knowledge of this new way of building substation automation systems. We see the necessity to start working with this new standard and have therefore initiated the centre,’ said Prof Tzoneva.

The centre will act as an enabler for education, training, testing, research and development in the new technologies, which can help to upgrade and optimise power systems in South Africa, as well as the implementation of the various standards which have been set by the IEC.

(Top): Prof Raynitchka Tzoneva and Prof Alexander Apostolov

(Above): The Control Group (Right) Members of the Control Group work on a device

Mechanical Engineering Department partners with Formula One industry

The CPUT Adaptronics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (AMTL) is providing students with the skills to participate in the Formula One Industry, locally and internationally.

On Thursday, 12 August 2010, AMTL and the South African Kart Racing Academy (SAKRA) officially launched the CPUTSAKRA Racing Programme at the Bellville campus. The CPUT-SAKRA initiative provides students from the institution with the opportunity to design, build, and manufacture a single seat racing car and participate in an international racing competition called Formula Student.

The Formula Student Competition is an international programme run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), in partnership with various companies in the industry. It provides students with a real-life exercise in design and manufacture, as well as the business elements of automotive engineering.

The CPUT-SAKRA Racing Programme has officially been endorsed by Bernie Ecclestone, President and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration. In a letter to CPUT, Ecclestone stated: ‘The concept of introducing young people to the pleasure, perils, and opportunities offered via the type of training that the Academy and its partners will provide is one that will give all the platform to learn skills in automotive engineering that will lay the groundwork for future employment in the expanding automotive industry.’

CPUT is the second higher education institution in South Africa to become involved in this programme.

Lieutenant General Themba Templeton Matanzima, Chairman of SAKRA, with a letter from Bernie Ecclestone, President and CEO of the Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, who endorsed the programme

Mechanical Engineering students take innovation to new heights

The Mechanical Engineering Department has helped CPUT to become the first university in the country to develop an innovative prototype of a new kind of solar water heater system.

BTech Mechanical Engineering students, in collaboration with students from The Hague University, presented the Solar Water Heater Project at a Mechanical Engineering function held at the Cape Town campus. The event was attended by CPUT staff, and included representatives from the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Office of International Affairs. Ms Paula Roos Schindeler, of the Dutch Consulate, was also among the attendees.

Both groups of students embarked on the project at the beginning of 2910, when the CPUT students, together with their lecturer, Fareed Ismail, went to The Hague University to meet their Dutch counterparts. The group left for The Netherlands on 14 March 2010, where they spent two weeks.

BTech Mechanical Engineering students Corne Serfontein, Alex le Roux, Dylan Niemack, Kyle Cottle and Kyle de Freitas were involved in the project, which aims to uplift low-income communities by providing them with their own hot water systems.

The Mechanical Engineering Department has helped CPUT to become the first university in the country to develop an innovative prototype of a new kind of solar water heater system

for Instrumentation Research (CIR)

wilkinsonr@cput.ac.za

The CIR group is led by Prof Richardt Wilkinson, and has an international reputation for providing research opportunities to postgraduate students. The centre performs innovative research and development in acoustics, instrumentation, networks and embedded systems, power electronics, signal processing and RF, and microwave design. From its inception, the goal of the CIR has been to meet the challenge of producing excellence in research, while fulfilling the needs of local and international industry.

The CIR’s vision is to be an inspiration to students and staff and a recognised leader in innovative research. Its mission is to pursue excellence in research and innovation, and to strengthen student and staff capacity to serve industry and the community. Its core business includes: acoustics, instrumentation, networks and embedded systems, power electronics, signal processing, and RF and microwave electronics. Its main project areas are: novel electronics for high frequency ultrasound; condition monitoring of transmission lines and transformers using wireless sensor network technology; wireless sensor network condition monitoring; and kite generator and intelligent grid monitoring.

2010 saw the following special events take place at CIR:

• IEEE President-Elect 2010, Professor Moshe Kam and IEEE South Africa Section Chair 2010, Dr Saurabh Sinha, visited the Centre for Instrumentation Research on 6 September 2010.

• IEEE South Africa Combined Industry Applications Society/Industrial Electronics Society/Power Electronics Society Chapter technical talk by IEEE President-Elect 2010, Professor Moshe Kam, 6 September 2010. Topic: Decision Integration and Robot Navigation Research at Drexel University’s Data Fusion Laboratory.

Prof Richardt Wilkinson

The goal of the CIR has been to meet the challenge of producing excellence in research, while fulfilling the needs of local and international industry

Material Science and Technology

masalovai@cput.ac.za haldenwangr@cput.ac.za

The Material Science and Technology group endeavours to exploit the advances in micro- and nanostructural material science, by applying the fundamental principles and techniques of rheology to industrial problems, such as deformation and flow under different shear, material structure and process flow conditions.

The group’s core business activities include:

• Rheological characterisation and modelling of concentrated emulsions and suspensions, polymer melts and solutions

• A nalysis of industrial problems related to material flow processes (rheological aspects)

• E xperimental investigation and modelling of the phenomena of micro- and nano-structural evolution involved in the mixing, transportation and storage processes of multi-phase systems

Its main project areas are:

• E xplosive emulsion research

• Cosmetic emulsion: stability and rheological properties

• Rheological investigation of viscose dope

• Non-Newtonian flows in pipe fittings

• Non-Newtonian flows in open channels

• D evelopment of deposition probe system to measure particle velocities at pipe wall

• Ultrasound Doppler-based in-line rheometry technique for enhanced process monitoring and control of industrial suspensions

• T he effect of rheology on pump performance for high concentration viscous sludges

In 2010, three staff members from the Material Science and Technology group received CPUT awards at Research Day: Prof Masalova was awarded Bronze for postgraduate supervision, and Prof Haldenwang and Dr Fester were awarded Gold for sourcing of external funding.

The group hosted the SASOR 2010 3rd Southern African Conference on Rheology at CPUT’s Cape Town campus in September 2010.

Its staff members are:

• Prof Irina Masalova: Full-time researcher

• Prof Rainer Haldenwang: Lecturer/ researcher

• Prof Veruscha Fester: Full-time researcher

• Mr Andrew Sutherland: Full-time researcher

• Mr Reinhardt Kotzé: Lecturer/researcher

• Mr Batthe Kabamba: Lecturer/ researcher

Two new adjunct professors joined the group in 2009: Prof Raj Chhabra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and Dr Samier Mukhopadhayay, AEL Mining Services.

Prof Irina Masalova Prof Rainer Haldenwang

The Material Science and Technology group endeavours to exploit the advances in micro- and nano-structural material science

Real-Time Distributed Systems (RTDS)

tzonevar@cput.ac.za

The RTDS aims to foster and sustain an educational environment within which students and staff may pursue technologically relevant, commercially viable, socially acceptable, and ethically grounded postgraduate research. With insight and focus, it strives to determine proper areas of application and research, through appraisal and reappraisal of emerging technologies, in order to develop technologically capable, socially aware, and ethically grounded engineers in the RTDS field.

During 2010, RTDS research investigations concentrated on contributions to the theory and practice of RTDS in various application areas:

• Wastewater treatment: Measurements and data acquisition, mathematical modelling, simulation, linear and nonlinear control design, optimal control calculation, PLC control design, SCADA development. Funding: NRF international collaboration project programme.

• Networked control systems: Development and implementation of optimal and robust control strategies to overcome disturbances or constraints of communication channels between the controllers and the controlled processes. Funding: Eskom TESP project.

• Standard-based substation automation and energy management systems (SAEMS): Development of an SAEMS centre in the Department of Electrical Engineering: configuration, monitoring, protection and control of standard-based substation automation systems; real-time digital simulations; development of substation automation system for the Bellville campus reticulation network. Funding: Two Eskom TESP projects, NRF Niche Areas project, NRF SRISP programme, and CPUT SRISP programme.

• O ptimisation of complex systems and parallel computation: Development of decomposition methods and algorithms for simplification of the optimisation problem solution and development of software for parallel implementation of the decomposition algorithms. Funding: CPUT Innovation Fund, NRF Niche Area project.

Prof Raynitchka Tzoneva

engineering

AMTL strives to:

• develop and sustain an empowering environment where, through teaching, learning, research and scholarship, our students and staff, in partnership with the community and industry, are able to create and apply knowledge that contributes to development

• create opportunities for students to apply knowledge in real-life situations

• contribute to socio-economic development

• facilitate the integration of community engagement activities with teaching, learning and research, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders

The laboratory’s core business is to:

• stimulate local innovation through design, development and prototyping of adaptronic technologies

• conduct adaptronic research and innovation, for commercialisation

• provide engineering consulting services to SMMEs

• provide a vehicle for higher technology skills transfer and development

• provide supervision for postgraduates and junior staff from different university departments

• conduct regional and national

government-funded research projects

• conduct industrial contract research

In 2010, partnerships continued with the Provincial Government of the Western Cape’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), AIRBUS, Denel Optronics, Solid State Technologies (SST) the South African Kart Racing Academy (SAKRA), and the Universities of Stellenbosch and Pretoria. New partnerships were formed with the Institute for Maritime Technology (IMT) and Denel UAV Systems.

The AMTL’s four Technology Focus Areas are Adaptronic Technologies, Unmanned Technology Demonstrators, Automotive Technologies, and Contract Research. Thirty-five students were supported via bursaries and project support. Total funding towards student bursaries exceeded R460 000.

Team building forms an important component of the AMTL’s success. It provides an opportunity for staff and students to interact in a relaxed yet competitive environment.

The AMTL’s four Technology Focus Areas are Adaptronic Technologies, Unmanned Technology Demonstrators, Automotive Technologies, and Contract Research

Prof Oscar Philander

Centre for Computational and Applied Technologies Manufacturing and Computational Mechanics

This centre’s vision is to be internationally recognised in the field of computational mechanics, specifically in the development and application of finite element methods to industrial problems.

Its core business includes:

• D evelopment and use of finite element analysis methods in computational mechanics. This includes welding simulation based on a coupled thermomechanical framework, which also includes the effects of micostructural changes and phase transitions. There is also the incorporation of the effects of microstructure in the analysis of the deformation of metals such as grain size effects and phase transformations.

• Welding simulation – the main focus of which is the development of methods for the simulation of the Arc Welding of Inconel 718 for the aerospace industry, in collaboration with the AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland, WSK Rzeszów (Aerospace Engine Company), and Cenaero (Aerospace focused simulation software company) of Belgium.

• T he performance of advanced FEA analysis for industrial projects, such as metal forming and piezoelectric and shape memory effects. The piezoelectric and shape memory effects are related to a project with Airbus.

• Computational fluid dynamics, which is a more recent addition to the research interest. This incorporates the fluid effects in welding processes such as gas flow rates and species effects in the formation of the plasma in arc welding as well as metal droplet formation and solidification.

• T he use of computational fluid dynamics for hydrodynamic optimisation in the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle project (AUV) with Armscor and the IMT.

The centre’s main project areas are:

• NRF South Africa–Poland Science and Technology Research Co-operation Agreement

• AGH–WSK Project in Poland

• A irbus Cosic Project

International visits in 2010:

• Prof Krzysztof Kurzydlowski, Prof

Malgorzata Lewandowska, Dr Tomasz Wejrzanowski, Dr Romuald Dobosz, from the Warsaw University of Technology, visited the centre from the 11th to the 22nd of October as part of the NRF-funded international research agreement.

• Prof Graeme Oliver visited Cenaero in Brussels from the 6 th to the 11th of December to establish the collaborative research between Cenaero, AGH University of Science and Technology (Cracow), WSK Rzeszów and CPUT for welding simulation within aerospace using computational methods and the Morfeo package.

Prof Graeme Oliver

The CDPES is involved with several key technologies such as energy efficiency technology, renewable and alternative energy technology, distributed system technology, and MEMS energy sensor technology

Centre for Distributed Power and Electronic Systems (CDPES)

khant@cput.ac.za

‘Prosperity is not just for us, but for the whole world. I think it is inextricably linked to energy. Without sufficient energy, everybody’s standard of living starts to decline. Abundance of sustainable energy is probably the solution to a lot of our problems. With energy, all other problems can be solved, without it, everything begins to fall apart.’ These words, uttered during the 2007 IEEE Conference on Smart Grids, indicate the importance of energy to human life. Effort thus has to be made to ensure that there is sustainable energy for equally sustainable development.

The CDPES is involved with several key technologies such as energy efficiency technology, renewable and alternative energy technology, distributed system technology, and MEMS energy sensor technology.

The centre’s research aims to:

• develop power converters for renewable energy sources and investigate interconnectivity of distributed resources with microgrids and electric power systems

• apply such technology over multi-disciplinary applications, especially those pertaining to commercial and industrial applications

• investigate and apply optical fibre and wireless communication techniques over large-scale

power systems, for telemetry and control • develop course work and laboratory facilities to facilitate training of students in energy technology and alternative energy

Electric utilities provide a stable electricity supply that is reliable, efficient and economical to the connected customer. The development of the energy supply sectors does not, however, match the unparalleled demand increase. There are challenges that utilities have to face, such as fast-changing technology, environmental concerns, political interests, the world credit crunch, as well as social limitations. In order to continue to be relevant, utilities have continued to seek ways that help to improve reliability and efficiency of the existing systems. CDPES sees itself perched on this frontier, being part of that solutions framework.

The introduction of electrical energy management into industrial sectors is an effective method of minimising energy consumed by industry; it also improves the reliability of the power system. CDPES strives to find ways to improve this relationship, using networked sensor technology, ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence, and associated electronic communication system developments.

Our research started six years ago, by

investigating feasible power electronic rectifier systems with sinusoidal current consumption and distributed power conversion systems, such as IEEE 1547 conforming systems. In the process, five doctoral candidates and ten master’s candidates have graduated. The development of new sensor technology (e.g. MEMS-based sensors) for these power systems plays an active role in many of our projects, and work from 2010 onwards focuses on grid tie technology.

Research collaboration with industry, in fielding out theoretical or applied research, is a major feature of our centre. The value added to a company such as Eskom involved with our project is in the form of capacity building and training of qualified technologists. Many student projects of an industrial application nature were attracted in 2010, and sufficient groundwork was covered by senior students in order to produce publications in journals and peer reviewed conference proceedings. Thus far, the centre’s combined output in conferences, journals, books and trade magazine publications number over 200 publications. Two doctoral and three master’s students graduated in 2011, having completed their work during 2010. The centre is going from strength to strength.

Prof Mohamed Toriq Kahn

Centre for Mechanics, Smart Structures and Micro-systems

Major achievements during 2010 for this centre include:

• D evelopment of a dynamic model for the behaviour of a helicopter rotor blade

The objective of the research conducted here is to develop a health monitoring system for composite fibres in aircraft applications.

A system has been developed to measure the displacement and vibration of the structure, which is able to indicate possible health deterioration and failure of the craft. The students have been busy developing smart PVDF (polyvinyldifluoride) sensors and their attachment to the structure.

During the first part of 2010, the sensors were evaluated and attached to the structure (in this case, a model helicopter blade). Finite element analysis was performed to determine the dynamic behaviour of the blade.

The second half of the year focused on experimental work to verify the analysis. This led to the development of a remote wireless data transmission system for the signals generated by the sensors.

• D evelopment of a test rig

• W ireless data transmission of signals to ground stations

The staff members involved in the centre are Prof Bohua Sun, Mr Walter Kohlhöfer, and Mr Patrick Masango.

Prof Bohua Sun sunb@cput.ac.za

The objective of the research conducted is to develop a health monitoring system for composite fibres in aircraft applications

Centre for Power Systems Research

The Centre for Power Systems Research (CPSR) conducts research into power systems, transmission and distribution networks, specialising in High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission, power quality and the impact and solutions to harmonic distortions using filters and international standards. Its purpose is to help solve or alleviate the power delivery shortages that exist in South Africa. The CPSR is closely linked to the Engineering Research and Innovation Centre (ERIC) at Eskom, and conducts research for them as part of their innovation portfolio. The CPSR also conducts research projects for industries and commerce in the Western Cape.

The CPSR’s vision involves conducting research and developing graduate and postgraduate manpower in the strategic field of power systems, concentrating on modelling and simulation investigations and analysis of the existing and new integrated HVDC/HVAC national grid of South Africa, including harmonic analysis and dynamic studies. Its mission is to carry out cutting-edge R&D and to propose solutions which will

help to improve energy efficiency and power delivery in the national grid and distribution networks in South Africa.

The CPSR has been in operation for 15 years, and strives to produce high-quality power system graduates, advanced technologists, and researchers that can make a contribution to society by applying their much needed skills.

Its core business includes:

• D ynamic studies on High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission integrated to High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) power systems using cutting-edge industrial-grade frequency and time-domain software, including DC side and AC side filter designs and control systems to effect dynamic operation, and advanced investigations related to real systems.

• Energy efficiency studies on distribution networks operating under distortion conditions, including contingency analysis investigations.

• Harmonic analysis on power systems and solutions under balanced and unbalanced operating conditions, extending to filter designs for mitigation of excessive distortion.

• Computational studies in power systems using DigSilent, PSCAD, ERACS, CYME, ETAP and SUPERHARM software packages.

• Assisting Eskom to solve their power delivery problems and assist with planning new systems for the future.

• Support work done on distribution systems in the Western Cape.

In 2010, CPSR’s Prof Gary AtkinsonHope became a member of the South African Universities Power Engineering Committee.

Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope

The Centre's purpose is to help solve or alleviate the power delivery shortages that exist in South Africa

Centre for Substation Automation and Energy Management Systems (CSAEMS)

The CSAEMS seeks to address South Africa’s need for research infrastructure development that supports human capital development, research, and innovation in the field of metering, monitoring, protection, automation, and control of power systems. The challenges of these research investigations are aligned to two of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) key Research and Development (R&D) areas, namely: Energy Security and Frontiers of R&D.

and Energy Management Systems

In 2010, funding was received from the DST through the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) Strategic Research Infrastructure Support Programme (SRISP), expressly for the purpose of the purchase of IEC61850 standard-based equipment. This grant and the ongoing funding over many years that has been received through the Eskom Tertiary Education Support Programme (TESP), and the NRF’s Institutional Development Programme for the support of academic research projects, have enabled the establishment of the CSAEMS, under which further training and research will take place.

The focus of the centre is to act as an enabler for education, training, testing, research, and development in the fields of Substation

Automation and Energy Management Systems. Particular attention is paid to current and emerging standards as a framework within which to develop coursework and to explore experimentation and research questions, for the purposes of undergraduate and postgraduate student education and technician and engineer training and retraining.

The CSAEMS’s strategic objectives are:

• Investigation and design of substation automation systems

• Research, experimentation, and application development

• Education and training

It is envisioned that the centre’s activities will contribute to the enhanced efficiency and security of electrical power supply through innovative metering, control and protection strategies, as well as the development of human ‘scarce skills’ capital, with the requisite interdisciplinary knowledge base, and expertise critical to modern substation automation needs. The CSAEM looks forward to continued joint projects and collaborations with other tertiary institutions and industry.

Prof Raynitchka Tzoneva tzonevar@cput.ac.za

The focus of the centre is to act as an enabler for education, training, testing, research, and development in the fields of Substation Automation

Energy Institute

The Energy Institute strives to find, prioritise, and promote energy efficiency and demand side management (EEDSM), and renewable energy strategies (especially solar techniques) through world-class R&D. Its mission is to conduct problemsolving R&D in EEDSM and Renewable Energy, yielding solutions which will assist South Africa in reducing its fossilfuel dependence, by promoting energy efficiency and sustainable renewable energy options through publications, interviews, and submissions to the authorities and all role-players.

The CPUT Energy Institute aims at producing top-class, practically meaningful research findings which directly benefit the community it serves. As part of CPUT, the multi-disciplinary Energy Institute encourages its researchers and students to complete postgraduate qualifications in various faculties and disciplines.

The quickest and most cost effective way of alleviating South Africa’s electricity shortages is through promoting energy efficiency and demand side management (EEDSM). The Energy Institute engages in

finding effective ways of promoting EEDSM techniques. These include:

• Improving residential and commercial lighting efficiencies (CFLs, luminaries with electronic ballasts, LEDs, motion sensors, etc.

• Reducing the residential hot-water load (solar water geysers, timer strategies, profiling geyser use, ‘geyserwise’ micro controllers, hot-water storage insulation, geyser blanket strategies, heat pump technology, etc.)

• D eveloping affordable, efficient 12v DC domestic appliances for renewable energy sources (patented battery-less solar sewing machine as developed for world’s first solar sewing station at Kliprand, affordable water-cooled twinpeltier refrigerator, solar ceiling fan, solar air-cooling unit for small commercial spaces, solar water pumping, etc.)

• D eveloping safer paraffin/gas cookers (patented atomiser)

• G iving expert advice to the parliamentary portfolio committee on energy and environmental issues

• Networking and technology transfer of innovations through courses, annual energy conferences and workshops

Awards and achievements in 2010:

• Prof Nico Beute – Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency Hall of Fame

• Prof Philip Lloyd – South African National Energy Association Man of the Year

• Prof Ernst Uken – elected President of AHASA (Alexander von Humboldt Association of Southern Africa)

• Prof Ernst Uken – invited to represent South Africa on the International Energy Agency Executive Committee for Solar Heating and Cooling

• Prof Lloyd – invited to serve on the Steering Committee of the SA Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage

Prof Ernst Uken

Prof Nico Beute receives SAEE honour

The service, dedication, and commitment of CPUT’s Prof Nico Beute has been richly rewarded. The energy industry bestowed the highest honour on the academic, inducting him into the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency’s (SAEE) prestigious Dr Ian Ernest Lane Hall of Fame at a gala event in 2010.

The SAEE’s Hall of Fame is bestowed annually. It is named after the late Dr Ian Lane. On receiving the honour, Prof Beute paid special tribute to Dr Lane saying, ‘Being in the Dr Ian Ernest Lane Hall of Fame makes it even more of an honour, as Dr Lane was a mentor to me and had the ability to always motivate me to greater heights.’

Prof Beute has given over 40 years of service to CPUT. It was during this time that he initiated the International Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, which he hosted for 18 years. In 2004, he also established the annual International Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy.

Prof Lloyd scoops Energy ‘Man of the Year’ Award

As his ongoing involvement in energyrelated conferences and research continues apace, the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) has awarded Prof Philip Lloyd their 2010 Energy Award, for ‘outstanding sustained contribution to the enhancement of the South African energy environment’.

According to SANEA chairperson Brian Statham, Lloyd’s tireless efforts in the energy field have benefitted thousands of South Africans.

In 2007, Lloyd’s contributions to carbon capture and storage were acknowledged by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) as sufficient for him to form part of the nominated Nobel Peace Prize team, together with Al Gore.

Lloyd joined CPUT’s Energy Technology Institute as a Research Professor in 2009. Part of his work at CPUT involves investigating the danger of paraffin stoves which result in horrific burns and the destruction of thousands of shacks by fire annually.

Prof Nico Beute

French–South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI)

Prof Robert van Zyl

South Africa’s first two nano-satellites are currently under construction by more than 30 students and lecturers at the French–South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI) at CPUT. The programme is led by Prof Robert van Zyl, with Mr Francois Visser as chief technical architect, and is underpinned by substantial funding from the NRF.

The satellites cost approximately R500 000 each, and launching costs are in the same region. The CubeSats are built according to international designs and standards.

F’SATI plans to display the smaller satellite, IU-CubeSat, at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town in October 2011.

The nano-satellites will transmit a simple and constant radio signal to a receptor on earth to facilitate the characterisation of the ionosphere of the polar regions.

The group works closely with other institutions and companies, as well as with the broader CubeSat community.

2010 has seen truly remarkable highlights:

the first students graduated with dual master’s degrees from CPUT and the Groupe ESIEE – Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique, Paris, at the April 2010 graduation ceremony; a prestigious Space Industry Seminar series was launched; a Professional Development and Skills Retention (PDSR) Programme was established; and community engagement activities grew substantially in scope and reach by supporting national outreach and awareness programmes.

F’SATI is internationally recognised as a CubeSat technology support hub for Africa, and will host the 1st International African CubeSat Workshop in September 2011.

Over the past two years, F’SATI at CPUT has developed into a multi-faceted, multidisciplinary training programme that broadly encompasses three programmatic phases: theory, research, and professional development. This approach gives graduates the required theoretical knowledge, the ability to apply this knowledge independently and creatively, and also the professional and technical acumen to contribute effectively to high-technology industry.

F’SATI is internationally recognised as a CubeSat technology support hub for Africa

Technology Station in Clothing and Textiles (TSCT)

isaacssh@cput.ac.za techstation@cput.ac.za http://active.cput.ac.za/tsct

The TSCT was established to provide innovation support to businesses in the clothing, textile, and related industries in order to improve competitiveness. The TSCT is one of a number of technology stations in the country supported by TIA (Technology Innovation Agency). TIA is an organisation that provides technology support to key industry sectors. These stations also provide feedback in respect of teaching, learning, and research at universities of technology (UoTs), by engaging staff and students in their programmes, and thus UoTs become responsive to industry needs.

The following range of specific services is provided to the clothing, textile, and related sectors:

• Manufacturing advisory services

• Technology platform

• Product analysis and testing

• Human capital development

• Product development

• Smart organisation

• Research

In 2010, the TSCT achieved numerous successes:

• Conducted 914 analyses and tests

• Short learning programmes attended by 234 businesses

• A collaborative project with the AMTL (Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory) to develop engineering solutions for the clothing and textile industry was completed:

- Adaptation of a sewing machine for the physically disabled; produced a working model

- Milling machining of new patterned shaping wheels for the ultrasonic welding machine

- D esign and manufacture of an adjustable stand for a sewing machine

- D esign and manufacture of a fabric inspection machine used in the clothing and textile industries

- Clamping device for layers in order to cut them into pieces which are exactly the same size

- D esign and manufacture of a lifting device for rolls of material of a minimum of 35kg and a maximum of 50kg, and transport of the material around the factory

- Re-engineering of an existing magnet guide to enable the operator to ensure the stitches are straight and of good quality

- A device to measure the usage of a zipper, counting the opening and closing frequency cycles for failure to occur

- Process innovation project funded by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape to improve the processes of the following businesses: Farbe Sport, African Nature, KVM Manufacture, Cape Mohair, AC Clothing, Darkie Velotex Cycling Wear, Glow Gear, Duchess Uniforms

• GTZ (German Agency for Technical Cooperation) and TIA funded the TSCT’s hosting a visit of academic, Professor M Ernst, of the Albstadt University of Applied Sciences, to supervise four MTech students

• T he Department of Science and Technology funded ten internships with the TSCT

Mr Shamil Isaacs

RESEARC h O UTPUT

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Barris K

Eating out: Food as a trope of exclusion in the novels of Zakes Mda

Double Dialogues Conference Food and the Arts: The Hunger Artist Toronto, Canada, 19-21 August 2010

Basitere M, Ntwampe SKO & Sheldon MS Bio-desorption of lithium isotopes (7Li+) from a degraded lithiated mixed-bed ion-exchange resin using Acidithiobacillus caldus

5 th International Symposium on Bio- & Hydrometallurgy

Cape Town, 8-9 November 2010

Fritz WLO & Kallis DC

Removing obstacles for emerging contractors

Association of Municipal Electricity Undertakings (Southern Africa) Convention 2010: The 62nd AMEU Convention

Johannesburg, 27-29 September 2010

Fritz WLO, Kallis DC, Kahn MTE & Liu Z

An investigation of robust indoor location system techniques for educational purposes

BOOKS /CHAPTERS

Bohle G

The Web of Silence

Crink Online Publishing South Africa, 2010 www.crink.co.za

ISBN 978-0-620-41850-8

Martin L

Transfer Mechanisms of Knowledge and Skills in Co-operations between Emerging and Established Civil Engineering Contractors

Cape Town: CPUT, Department of the Built Environment, 2010

ISBN 978-0-620-47544-0

Ziegler R & Omar I

An environmental engineering web-based course – supporting lifelong learning

Aung W, Moscinski J, Uhomoibhi J & Wang W-C (eds)

INNOVATIONS 2010: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research

Arlington, VA: International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER), 2010, pp 333-343

ISBN 978-0-9818868-1-7

Intertech’2010 – XIth International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education Ilhéus, Brazil, 7-10 March 2010

Haldenwang R

ἀv ῥ ῐ : Everything flows CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kabwe AM & Fester VG

Evaluating non-Newtonian loss coefficients for short square-edged orifice plate

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Kallis DC & Fritz WLO

Inculcating a culture of innovation amongst engineering students

Intertech’2010 – XI th International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education

Ilhéus, Brazil, 7-10 March 2010

Kallis DC & Fritz WLO

Intelligent ready boards

The Good Hope Association of Municipal Electrical Undertakings (AMEU) Convention

Gansbaai, Western Cape, 26 February 2010

Kotzé R, Haldenwang R & Wiklund J

Evaluation and optimisation of an in-line rheometric method using a new ultrasonic delay line transducer and signal processing techniques

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Kovalchuk K, Masalova I & Malkin A Ya

Influence of electrolyte on interfacial, rheological properties and shear stability of highly concentrated w/o emulsions

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Lehmensiek R

A multi-purpose, multi-frequency shuttlecock antenna for CubeSats

International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation

Macao, China, 23-26 November 2010

Lloyd PJ

Climate change and energy – a geological perspective

Conference of the Coal and Anthracite Industry of KZN 2010

Champagne Castle, KZN, 11-13 August 2010

Lloyd PJ

The future of nuclear power International Youth Nuclear Congress

Cape Town, 12-18 July 2010

Lloyd PJ

How I learned to stop worrying and love climate change

Krause Memorial Symposium

Johannesburg, 23 March 2010

Lloyd PJ

Opportunities for natural gas in Southern Africa

Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa 2nd Conference: Botswana Coal – Gaining Momentum Gaborone, Botswana, 13-15 September 2010

Lloyd PJ

A PV/generator hybrid

International Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy

Cape Town, 30-31 March 2010

Lloyd PJ

Sustainable production from non-renewable resources

ERSCP-EMSU-CPUT Joint International Conference on Knowledge Collaboration and Learning for Sustainable Development

Bellville, 25-29 October 2010

Ntamba Ntamba BM & Fester VG

Non-Newtonian loss coefficients for short square-edged orifice plate

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Ojumu TV

Bioleaching of sulphide minerals: The effect of pH on the microbial iron oxidation step (plenary lecture)

Faculty of Technology International Conference 2010 OAUTekconf2010

Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 5-9 September 2010

Sutherland A

Using electrical resistance tomography to determine behaviour of coarse particles in nonNewtonian fluids

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Tshilumbu NN & Masalova I

Instability and rheology of highly concentrated emulsions with supersaturated dispersed phase: Role of a surfactant

3 rd Southern African Conference on Rheology, SASOR 2010

Cape Town, 8-9 September 2010

Van Zyl RR, Jansen E & Mgwebi T

CubeSats for Africa: Sustainable human capacity development in satellite systems

United Nations/Austria/European Space Agency Symposium on Small Satellite Programmes for Sustainable Development: Payloads for Small Satellite Programmes

Graz, Austria, 21-24 September 2010

Van Zyl RR, Jansen E & Mgwebi T

Establishing sustainable nano-satellite programmes in Africa, for Africa, with CubeSats International Academy of Astronautics Conference

Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6-7 December 2010

Visser DF & Van Zyl RR

A new generation of South African student satellites

Southern African Amateur Satellite Association Symposium

Durban, 17 April 2010

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Aziz M, Ruiters A & Mojela L

Extraction of copper and nickel ions using PVDF carrier-facilitated tubular supported liquid membrane

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Bester JE, Groenewald BBJ & Wilkinson RH

Electrical power system for a CubeSat nanosatellite

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Bikitsha L, Khan Z & Haupt TC

Preliminary examination of construction methodologies on South African construction sites: Impact on bricklayers

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Booi X, Ntwampe SKO, Odisitse S & Sheldon MS Are perfluorinated compounds, PFOA and PFOS, a threat to human health in South Africa?

A case study of their worldwide presence in drinking water

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Chowdhury MR & Fester VG

Development of an empirical pressure loss coefficient correlation for long square-edged orifice plates

18 th International Conference on Hydrotransport

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010

De Jager D, Schoeman HA & Sheldon MS

Membrane bioreactor application within the treatment of high-strength textile effluent

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Hidayat DN & Jansen E

Development of flight software for a nanosatellite on-board computer

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kauvi LTP, Van Zyl RR & Visser DF

A UHF receiver for a nanosatellite

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Khotso AP, Van Zyl RR & Lehmensiek R

Implementation of an S-band antenna for nanosatellite application

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kleynhans JD, Wilkinson RH & Groenewald BBJ

A field programmable gate array based camera payload for a CubeSat nano-satellite

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Nghona X

Building an entrepreneurship education programme as a key element to promote the successful creation of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) to built environment students

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Quibell J, Wilkinson RH & Mouton H du T

Digital control of a class-D audio amplifier

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Royi N, Van Zyl RR & Visser DF

Development of a UHF transmitter for nanosatellites

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Sibanda M & Van Zyl RR

Electromagnetic compatibility design and implementation plan for a nano-satellite

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Siebrits R & Whaits C

The implementation of an S-band phase-locked loop for a nano-satellite

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Simpeh EK & Ndihokubwayo R

Preliminary investigation of the causes and costs of rework in construction projects

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Uken E

Energy and water interdependency

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Yan B & Makinde OD

An innovative model for managing NPD within small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Western Cape, South Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Yan B & McLaren P

The application of SERVQUAL to assess customer expectation of automobile retail services

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Zeelie PJ, Sheldon MS & Mashalaba M

Design, construction and operation of a membrane bioreactor for the treatment of paper and pulp wastewater

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Arendse C & Atkinson-Hope G

Design of a Steinmetz Symmetrizer and application in unbalanced network

Proceedings of the 45 th International Universities’ Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2010), Cardiff, UK, 31 August-3 September 2010

Cardiff: Cardiff University, 2010, 6 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-956 5570-0-1

Bikitsha L & Haupt TC

Preliminary examination of construction methodologies on South African construction sites: Impact on bricklayers

Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 479-494

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

Bredekamp AJ

Demand side management of the standby power consumed by television sets

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, Cape Town, 29-31 March 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, pp 79-87

ISBN 978-0-9814311-2-3

Britten MD, Tapson J & De Vries ID

Discrete logic current controlled brushless DC motor drive

SAUPEC 2010: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, Johannesburg, 28-29 January 2010

Johannesburg: SAUPEC (Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference), 2010, pp 95-99

ISBN 978-0-620-46157-3

Brits DV & Zietsman R

The feasibility of building integrated photovoltaic systems for single residential buildings in the Western Cape, South Africa

Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 104-116

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

Burger J, Haldenwang R & Alderman A Laminar non-Newtonian open channel flow: Investigating velocity, wall shear stress and fluid depth

18 th International Conference on Hydrotransport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010

Cranfield, UK: BHR Group Limited, The Fluid Engineering Centre, 2010, pp 193-207

ISBN 978-1-85598-119-5

Esbach J

The relevance of engineering entrepreneurship: A study at CPUT Gillin LM (ed.)

6 th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Proceedings: Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2009, Melbourne, Australia, 3-6 February 2009 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, 2009, pp 1081-1092

ISBN 978-0-9803328-5-8 CD-ROM

Fester VG, Chowdhury MR & Iudicello F Pressure loss and discharge coefficients for non-Newtonian fluids in long orifices

18 th International Conference on Hydrotransport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010

Cranfield, UK: BHR Group Limited, The Fluid Engineering Centre, 2010, pp 309-323

ISBN 978-1-85598-119-5

Haldenwang R, Fester V, Sutherland A, Holm R & Du Toit R

Design, construction, commissioning and testing of a portable tube viscometer and pump rig

18 th International Conference on Hydrotransport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010

Cranfield, UK: BHR Group Limited, The Fluid Engineering Centre, 2010, pp 287-298

ISBN 978-1-85598-119-5

Kallis DC & Fritz WLO

CAD in engineering education: Getting the balance right

Proceedings of the ICELIE 2009: 3 rd Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on e-Learning in Industrial Electronics, Porto, Portugal, 3-5 November 2009

IEEE, 2009, pp 36-39

ISBN 978-1-4244-4654-4

Kaplan S, Davies J, De Jager G & Wilkinson R

Transformer vibration monitoring using a wireless sensor network

SAUPEC 2010: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, Johannesburg, 28-29 January 2010

Johannesburg: SAUPEC (Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference), 2010, pp 244-247

ISBN 978-0-620-46157-3

Lloyd PJ

Changes in cooking energy could have a major impact on SA’s carbon emissions

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, Cape Town, 29-31 March 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, pp 29-32

ISBN 978-0-9814311-2-3

Madzivire G, Gitari WM, Ojumu TV, Balfour G, Misheer N & Petrik LF

Removal of sulphates from South African mine water using coal fly ash Wolkersdorfer & Freund (eds)

IMW8 2010 International Mine Water Association Conference, Sydney, Canada, 5-9 September 2010

Sydney, Canada: Cape Breton University Press (CBU Press), 2010, pp 151-154

ISBN 978-1-897009-47-5

Makanwe T & Atkinson-Hope G

Mapping tool for visualization of harmonic resonances across large ring main network

Proceedings of the 7th Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy, Cape Town, 10-12 August 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of

Technology, 2010, pp 135-141

ISBN 978-0-98-14311-3-0

Martin L

Challenges faced by South African emerging contractors – review and update COBRA 2010: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Paris, France, 2-3 September 2010

London: RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), 2010, 16 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-8-4219-619-9

Martin L

Facility Management in Südafrika: Land, Immobilien und Studieprogramme / Facility Management in South Africa: Country, Built Assets and Study Programmes Facility Management 2010, Frankfurt, Germany, 9-11 March 2010

Berlin: VDE Verlag GMBH, 2010, pp 157-166

ISBN 978-3-8007-3210-4

Martin L & Hartmann A

Understanding and knowledge creation in construction: Activity theory as an alternative approach

Egbu C & Lou E (eds)

ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management) Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 6-8 September 2010

Reading: ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management), 2010, Volume 1, pp 737-746

ISBN 978-0-955 2390-4-5 (2 Vols)

Martin L & Root D

Learning experiences for South African SMEs: Interactions with established contractors

Egbu C & Lou E (eds)

ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management) Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 6-8 September 2010

Reading: ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management), 2010, Volume 1, pp 675-684

ISBN 978-0-955 2390-4-5 (2 Vols)

Muluh ET, Vaughan CL & John LR

Modulation of individual alpha frequency and power by arithmetic-operation and problem-size effects

Ardil C (ed.)

International conference on Software Engineering and Technology (ICSET 2010)

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Rome, Italy, 28-30 April 2010

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2010, Volume 64, pp 361-381

ISSN 2070-3724

Mwape F & Ndihokubwayo R

Information and communication technology uptake and utilisation in the Zambian construction industry

Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 29-41

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

Ndihokubwayo R & Haupt T Waste reduction through lean and agile thinking: Case of variation orders

COBRA 2010: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Paris, France, 2-3 September 2010

London: RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), 2010, 11 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-8-4219-619-9

Nghona X

Building an entrepreneurship education programme as a key element to promote the successful creation of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) to built environment students

Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 538-557

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

Nghona X, Crowe J & Ndihokubwayo R

Identification of the causes of non-value-adding activities during the client briefing process

Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 144-161

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

O’Connell DP & De Vries ID

Digital energy metering for electrical system management

Proceedings of the 25 th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2010, Sierre, Switzerland, 22-26 March 2010

New York, NY: Association for Computing

Machinery, Inc (ACM), 2010, pp 516-520

ISBN 978-1-60558-638-0

Simpeh E & Ndihokubwayo R

Barriers to innovation in housing design: Perspective of architects

The South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) Conference

2010 – The P8 Summit, East London, 15 October 2010

Midrand: South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP), 2010, pp 1-13

ISBN 978-0-620-48105-2

Slatter PT & Fester VG Fittings losses in paste flow design

Jewell R & Fourie A (eds)

PASTE 2010: Proceedings of the 13 th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Toronto, Canada, 3-6 May 2010

Perth: Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) 2010, pp 303-310

ISBN 978-0-9806154-0-1

Smith J, Stemmet WC & Atkinson-Hope G HVAC/HVDC strategy for solving power delivery shortages to a localised area of a national grid ACDC 2010: The 9 th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, London, UK, 19-21 October 2010

London: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2010, 5 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-84919-308-5 CD-ROM

Smith J, Stemmet WC & Atkinson-Hope G HVDC harmonic analysis using time domain software

SAUPEC 2010: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, Johannesburg, 28-29 January 2010

Johannesburg: SAUPEC (Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference), 2010, pp 130-136

ISBN 978-0-620-46157-3

Stemmet WC, Smith J & Atkinson-Hope G AC harmonic filter design methodology for HVDC systems

SAUPEC 2010: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, Johannesburg, 28-29 January 2010

Johannesburg: SAUPEC (Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference), 2010, pp 176-183

ISBN 978-0-620-46157-3

Stemmet WC, Smith J & Atkinson-Hope G

Adaptive tools to conduct harmonic analysis using time domain software

ACDC 2010: The 9 th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, London, UK, 19-21 October 2010

London: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2010, 5 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-64919-308-5 CD-ROM

Uken EA

Adapting to adopt renewable energy

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, Cape Town, 29-31 March 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, pp 191-194

ISBN 978-0-9814311-2-3

Uken EA

Domestic water usage in South Africa

Clima 2010 10 th REHVA World Congress: ‘Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings’, Antalya, Turkey, 9-12 May 2010

Istanbul: Teknik Yayincilik Tanitim AS, 2010, 8 pp electronic

ISBN 978-975-6907-14-6 CD-ROM

Van der Byl A , Inggs M & Wilkinson RH

A many processing element framework for the Discrete Fourier Transform

Bian J, Zhou Q, Athanas P, Ha Y & Zhao K (eds)

Proceedings 2010 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, Beijing, China, 8-10 December 2010

Beijing: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), 2010, 4 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-4244-8982-4 CD-ROM

Warrington R, Otto AJ, Reader HC & Van Zyl R HVDC electrostatic field mill development

SAUPEC 2010: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, Johannesburg, 28-29 January 2010

Johannesburg: SAUPEC (Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference), 2010, pp 230-235

ISBN 978-0-620-46157-3

Wentzel L, Crowe J & Ndihokubwayo R

Improving workmanship in the low-cost housing sector by reintroducing the artisan/skilled workers trade test of yesteryear Fifth Built Environment Conference, Durban, 18-20 July 2010

Bellville: Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2010, pp 233-245

ISBN 978-0-620-46703-2

Yan B

An approach to new product development management in SMEs

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Macau, China, 7-10 December 2010

Singapore: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2010, pp 1072-1076

ISBN 978-1-4244-8502-4

Yan B & McLaren PA

Measuring the after-sales service quality in automobile retails: An application of the SERVQUAL instruments

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Macau, China, 7-10 December 2010

Singapore: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2010, pp 2090-2094

ISBN 978-1-4244-8502-4

Ziegler R

Enhancing skills through integrated projects –the student experience

International Conference on Engineering Education ICEE-2010, Gliwice, Poland, 18-22 July 2010

Gliwice: Silesien University of Technology, 2010, 4 pp electronic ISSN 1562-3580

Ziegler R

The value of experiential learning – the student perspective

International Conference on Engineering Education ICEE-2010, Gliwice, Poland, 18-22 July 2010

Gliwice: Silesien University of Technology, 2010, 6 pp electronic ISSN 1562-3580

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

A llie S, Armien MN, Burgoyne N, Case JM, Collier-Reed BI, Craig TS, Deacon A, Fraser DM, Geyer Z, Jacobs C, Jawitz L, Kloot B, Kotta L, Langdon G, Le Roux K, Marshall D, Mogashana D, Shaw C, Sheridan G & Womarans N Learning as acquiring a discursive identity through participation in a community: Improving student learning in engineering education

African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(2):6-14, 2010

Armien MN & Le Roux K

Student perspectives on group work in support of the learning of mathematics at high school and at a university of technology

African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(2):42-55, 2010

Aziz A & Makinde OD

Analysis of entropy generation and thermal stability in a slab

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 24(2):438-444, 2010

Aziz A & Makinde OD

Heat transfer and entropy generation in a twodimensional orthotropic convection pin fin International Journal of Exergy, 7(5):579-592, 2010

Barris K

Miscegenation, desire and rape: The shifting ground of Disgrace

Journal of Literary Studies, 26(3):50-64, 2010

Barris K

The ‘necessary silence’ of realism in Zöe Wicomb’s David’s Story Scrutiny2, 15(2):31-39, 2010

Barris K

The politics of originality: Reading Ivan Vladislavic through JM Coetzee’s early fiction

Contemporary Literature, 51(2):283-309, 2010

Burger J, Haldenwang R & Alderman N

Experimental database for non-Newtonian flow in four channel shapes

Journal of Hydraulic Research, 48(3):363-370, 2010

Burger J, Haldenwang R & Alderman N

Friction factor-Reynolds number relationship for laminar flow of non-Newtonian fluids in open channels of different cross-sectional shapes

Chemical Engineering Science, 65(11):35493556, 2010

Buys AG, Cain V & Knutsen RD

Performance evaluation of aluminium alloy 7075 for use in tool design for the plastics industry R & D Journal, 26:1-5, 2010

Chinyoka T & Makinde OD

Analysis of nonlinear dispersion of a pollutant ejected by an external source into a channel flow Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID: 827363, 17 pp electronic, 2010

Chinyoka T & Makinde OD

Computational dynamics of unsteady flow of a variable viscosity reactive fluid in a porous pipe Mechanics Research Communications, 37(3):347-353, 2010

Conceivious HIP

The impact of customer-specific requirements on supply chain management

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 4(1):57-68, November 2010

Dassah MO & Uken E

Benefits and impacts of THRIP-supported applied research projects

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 8(3):296-313, 2010

Foudazi R, Masalova I & Malkin A Ya

Effect of interdroplet interaction on elasticity of highly concentrated emulsions

Applied Rheology, 20(4):45096-1–45096-10, 2010

Foudazi R, Masalova I & Malkin A Ya

The role of interdroplet interaction in the physics of highly concentrated emulsions Colloid Journal, 72(1):74-92, 2010

Haldenwang R, Slatter PT & Chhabra RP

An experimental study of non-Newtonian fluid flow in rectangular flumes in laminar, transition and turbulent flow regimes Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 52(1):11-19, 2010

Hendry BA

Factors in reliable treatment plant operation for the production of safe water Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 32(4):353-359, 2010

Howells MI, Jonsson S, Käck E, Lloyd P, Bennett K, Leiman T & Conradie B Calabashes for kilowatt-hours: Rural energy and market failure Energy Policy, 38(6):2729-2738

Ibrahim SY & Makinde OD

Chemically reacting MHD boundary layer flow of heat and mass transfer over a moving vertical plate with suction Scientific Research and Essays, 5(19):2875-2882, 2010

Jacobs C

Collaboration as pedagogy: Consequences and implications for partnerships between communication and disciplinary specialists Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):227-237, 2010

Jacobs C

Transgressing disciplinary boundaries: Constructing alternate academic identities through collaboration with ‘the other’ African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(2):110-120, 2010

Kabwe AM, Fester VG & Slatter PT

Prediction of non-Newtonian head losses through diaphragm valves at different opening positions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 88(8):959-970, 2010

Kobo NS & Makinde OD

Second law analysis for a variable viscosity reactive Couette flow under Arrhenius kinetics Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID: 278104, 15 pp electronic, 2010

Kovalchuk K, Masalova I & Malkin A Ya

Influence of electrolyte on interfacial and rheological properties and shear stability of highly concentrated W/O emulsions Colloid Journal, 72(6):806-814, 2010

Lloyd PJ

Changes in the wet precipitation of sodium and chloride over the continental United States, 1984 – 2006 Atmospheric Environment, 44(26):3196-3206, 2010

Lloyd P

Historical trends in the flows of the Breede River Water SA, 36(3):329-333, April 2010

Mabogo M, Oliver GJ & Ronda J Numerical simulation of piercing using FEA with damage and SPH method

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, X(3):65-82, 2010

Madzivire G, Petrik LF, Gitari WM, Ojumu TV & Balfour G

Application of coal fly ash to circumneutral mine waters for the removal of sulphates as gypsum and ettringite

Minerals Engineering, 23(3):252-257, 2010

Makaka S, Aziz M & Nesbitt A

Copper recovery in a bench-scale carrier facilitated tubular supported liquid membrane system

Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B –Metallurgy, 46(1):67-73, 2010

Makinde OD

Non-perturbative solutions of a nonlinear heat conduction model of the human head Scientific Research and Essays, 5(6):529-532, March 2010

Makinde OD

On MHD heat and mass transfer over a moving vertical plate with a convective surface boundary condition

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (The), 88(6):983-990, December 2010

Makinde OD

Similarity solution of hydromagnetic heat and mass transfer over a vertical plate with a convective surface boundary condition

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(6):700-710, June 2010

Makinde OD

Thermodynamics second law analysis for a gravity-driven variable viscosity liquid film along an inclined heated plate with convective cooling Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 24(4):899-908, 2010

Makinde OD & Aziz A

MHD mixed convection from a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium with a convective boundary condition

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 49(9):1813-1820, 2010

Makinde OD & Aziz A

Second law analysis for a variable viscosity plane Poiseuille flow with asymmetric convection cooling

Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 60(11):3012-3019, 2010

Makinde OD & Bég OA

On inherent irreversibility in a reactive hydromagnetic channel flow

Journal of Thermal Science, 19(1):72-79, 2010

Makinde OD & Charles WM

Computational dynamics of hydromagnetic stagnation flow towards a stretching sheet

Applied and Computational Mathematics, 9(2):243-251, 2010

Makinde OD & Chinyoka T

MHD transient flows and heat transfer of dusty fluid in a channel with variable physical properties and Navier slip condition

Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 60(3):660-669, 2010

Makinde OD & Chinyoka T

Numerical investigation of transient heat transfer to hydromagnetic channel flow with radiative heat and convective cooling

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 15(12):3919-3930, 2010

Makinde OD & Chinyoka T

Transient analysis of pollutant dispersion in a cylindrical pipe with a nonlinear waste discharge concentration

Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 60(3):642-652, 2010

Makinde OD & Maserumule M

Inherent irreversibility and thermal stability for steady flow of variable viscosity liquid film in a cylindrical pipe with convective cooling at the surface

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 20(1):5-16, 2010

Makinde OD & Moitsheki RJ

On solutions of nonlinear heat diffusion model for thermal energy storage problem

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(3):246-250, March 2010

Makinde OD & Olanrewaju PO

Buoyancy effects on thermal boundary layer over a vertical plate with a convective surface boundary condition

Journal of Fluids Engineering – Transactions of the ASME, 132(4):044502-1–044502-4, April 2010

Maladzhi WR, Jacobs K, Yan BW & Makinde OD

Improving new product development through innovative leadership qualities within SMEs Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, 44(2):175-186, 2010

Martin L & Root D

Emerging contractors in South Africa: Interactions and learning

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 8(1):64-79, 2010

Mbavhalelo M & Oliver G

The development and implementation of finite element analysis techniques in the design of press tooling

Journal for New Generation Sciences, 7(3):48-57, 2009

Moitsheki RJ & Makinde OD

Classical Lie point symmetry analysis of nonlinear diffusion equations describing thermal energy storage

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 216(1):251-260, 2010

Msomi V & Nemraoui O

The influence of deposition temperature on vanadium dioxide thin films microstructure and physical properties

South African Journal of Science, 106(11/12), 4 pp electronic, 2010

Mudeme S, Masalova I & Haldenwang R

Kinetics of emulsification and rheological properties of highly concentrated explosive emulsions

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 49:468-475, 2010

Ntwampe S, Chowdhury F, Sheldon M & Volschenk H

Overview of parameters influencing biomass and bioreactor performance used for extracellular ligninase production from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 53(5):1057-1066, 2010

Ntwampe SKO, Williams CC & Sheldon MS

Influence of perfluorocarbons on Phanerochaete chrysosporium biomass development, substrate consumption and enzyme production

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Quarterly, 24(2):187-194, 2010

Ntwampe S, Williams CC & Sheldon M

Water-immiscible dissolved oxygen carriers in combination with Pluronic F 68 in bioreactors

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(8):1106-1114, February 2010

Phiri PA & Makinde OD

A new derivative-free method for solving nonlinear equations

International Journal of Physical Sciences, 5(7):935-939, July 2010

Sibanda P & Makinde OD

On steady MHD flow and heat transfer past a rotating disk in a porous medium with ohmic heating and viscous dissipation

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 20(3):269-285, 2010

Sun B

Deformation, vibration, buckling of continuum nanotorus

Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID: 480628, 6 pp online, 2010

Sun B

Formulation of 2D graphene deformation based on chiral-tube based vectors

Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID: 402591, 7 pp online, 2010

Trois C & Simelane OT

Implementing separate waste collection and mechanical biological waste treatment in South Africa: A comparison with Austria and England Waste Management, 30(8-9):1457-1463, 2010

Tshehla MS, Makinde OD & Okecha GE

Heat transfer and entropy generation in a pipe flow with temperature dependent viscosity and convective cooling

Scientific Research and Essays, 5(23):3730-3741, December 2010

Tshilumbu NN, Ferg EE & Masalova I

Instability of highly concentrated emulsions with oversaturated dispersed phase. Role of a surfactant Colloid Journal, 72(4):569-573, 2010

Van Rensburg NFJ, Van der Merwe AJ & Roux A

Waves in a vibrating solid with boundary damping Wave Motion, 47:663-675, 2010

Winberg C, Adams A, Esbach J, Lakay D, Groenewald W, Randall K, Muzondo I, Siyepu S, Seane G & Veeran P Day jobs/nightwork: Academic staff studying towards higher degrees

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(1):175-195, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Badur J & Sun B

Compatibility of non linear continua via Cartan’s method

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 1(1):73-82, January-July 2009

Barris K

The Rowing Lesson: A novel, by Anne Landsman English Academy Review, 27(1):149-151, 2010

Bredekamp A

Power spin-off in switch to digital

Business Day Home Front: Energy Focus: 5, November 2010

Engel-Hills P, Garraway J, Jacobs C, Volbrecht T & Winberg C

Working for a degree: Work-integrated learning in the higher education qualifications framework

Kagisano: Universities of Technology –Deepening the Debate, 7:62-88, February 2010

Godongwana B, Solomons D & Sheldon MS

A solution of the convective-diffusion equation for solute mass transfer inside a capillary membrane bioreactor

International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Article ID: 738482, 12 pp electronic, 2010

Hartmann A, Dorée A & Martin L

A constructivist approach for teaching research methodology in construction management

International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 6:253-270, 2010

Kohlhöfer W & Penny RK

Practical methods for creep assessments: Data extrapolation and crack propagation

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 2(1):9-18, January-June 2010

Lloyd PJ

A Mintek perspective of the past 25 years in mineral bioleaching

Journal of South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 110(1), 4 pp electronic, 2010

Mahomed N

Modelling and simulation of propellant flow for extrusion die design optimisation

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 1(2):223-235, July-December 2009

Mouton S

Synchronicity and the miracle of life

Odyssey:26-29, February/March 2010

Muluh ET, Vaughan CL & John LR

Modulation of individual alpha frequency and power by arithmetic-operation and problemsize effects

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 64:1093-1113, 2010

Sun B

Enhancement of buckling loads of piezoelectric smart structures

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 1(2):279-287, July-December 2009

Wagener JC & De Vries ID

Testing power converters using a liquidrheostat dummy load

Power Electronics Technology, 36(1):39-42, January 2010

Wang L & Sun B

Mechanics of micro capacitive accelerometer with U-shape cantilever beam

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 2(1):19-32, January-June 2010

Zhang B & Sun B

Uncooled infrared detector based on MEMS optical readout system

Journal of Mechanics and MEMS, 2(1):1-7, January-June 2010

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Goldie I, Aziz M, Petersen W & McLachlan D

Evaluation of scaling prevention in reverse osmosis membranes by anodic zinc addition and magnetic fields

Water Research Commision report no: KV 239/10

ISBN 978-1-77005-956-6

Lloyd PJ

A test of the revised INPD indicators against developments in South Africa

Commissioner: International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna, 2010

Martin L

Knowledge transfers in the South African construction industry: Focus on civil engineering contractors

Bellville: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010

ISBN 978-0-620-47545-7

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

DTech: Electrical Engineering

Kusekwa MAD

Real-time state of a distributed electrical power system under the conditions of deregulation

Supervisor: Prof R Tzoneva

Mohamed AK

Electrical energy management and its impact in sub-Saharan Africa

Supervisor: Prof MTE Kahn

DTech: Mechanical Engineering

Sanusi KO

Development of finite element procedures to model the behaviour of nanocrystalline grain structures during equal-channel angular press (ECAP) processing of metals

Supervisors: Prof GJ Oliver; Prof OD Makinde

Yan B

Managing new product development processes: An innovative approach for SMEs

Supervisors: Prof OD Makinde; Dr OS Franks

MTech: Chemical Engineering

Chowdhury MR

Determination of pressure loss and discharge coefficients for non-Newtonian fluids in long square-edged orifices

Supervisor: Dr VG Fester

Ichegbo NM

Investigation of factors effecting yield stress determination using the slump test

Supervisors: Prof R Haldenwang; Prof I Masalova

Kolvalchuk K

The effect of the surfactant hydrophillic groups and the concentration of an electrolyte in an internal aqueous phase on the interfacial interactions and rheology of highly concentrated emulsions

Prof I Masalova

Ngoie Mpinga C

Removal and recovery of aluminium and sulphate ions from an alkaline medium using solvent extraction

Supervisor: Mr P van der Plas

MTech: Construction Management

Bikitsha LS

The impact of prefabrication and pre-assembly on construction health and safety in South Africa Supervisors: Prof TC Haupt; Ms Z Khan

Nghona X

Analysis of non-value adding activities during the client briefing and design process of the construction process Supervisor: Mr JL Crowe

Wentzel L

An analysis of quality assurance in housing construction Supervisor: Mr JL Crowe

MTech: Electrical Engineering

Bangani SJ

Investigation into adaptive antenna array techniques for indoor wireless local area networks

Supervisor: Prof R van Zyl

Hidayat DN

Development of flight software for a nanosatellite on-board computer Supervisor: Prof E Jansen; Mr G Dreijer

Liu Z

Development of a lab-scale position measurement system for the state estimation of a moving body Supervisor: Mr W Fritz

Majani CC

Development of an active load shifting technique for demand side management applications Supervisor: Prof MTE Kahn

Mbangeni L

Development of methods for parallel computation of the solution of the problem for optimal control

Supervisors: Prof R Tzoneva; Mr C Kriger

Nabongo SS

Design and construction of reverberation chamber for electromagnetic compatibility measurements

Supervisor: Prof R van Zyl

O’Connell DP

Development of a digital energy-meter with error compensation for utility and management

Supervisor: Dr ID de Vries

Prinsloo NA

Design and development of a battery cell voltage monitoring system

Supervisor: Dr ID de Vries

Siebrits R

Implementation of an S-band phase-locked loop for a nano-satellite

Supervisors: Mr C Whaits; Prof R van Zyl

Wagener JC

Investigation and design of an isolated DC-DC converter suitable for battery cell balancing Supervisor: Dr ID de Vries

MTech: Mechanical Engineering

Legodi AMK

Analysis of heat transfer and thermal stability in a slab subjected to Arrhenius kinetics

Supervisor: Prof OD Makinde

Matolla JB

Characterising the material behaviour and responses of intelligent materials for use in aero-morphing applications: Actuation based piezoceramics

Supervisor: Prof G Oliver

Mokhalimetso L

Investigating the effects of lean thinking on new product development within SMMEs

Supervisor: Mr K Jacobs

Mwita WM

Development and testing an intelligent hybrid polymeric composite beam with healing ability embedded with NI-TI shape memory alloy Supervisor: Prof O Philander

Petersen ME cum laude

Development of a seamless morphing wing Supervisor: Prof O Philander

MTech: Quality

Arizon VA

Service quality delivery in the food and beverage industry in the Western Cape, South Africa Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr B Yan

Baliso U

Partnering with suppliers for quality improvement Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr A Bester

Botha M

Employee satisfaction as a catalyst for improved efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr A Bester

Maya NM

An approach to improve quality in the construction of electrical networks Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr P McLaren

McLaren PNR

The impact of quality governance in information technology service delivery

Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr R Arderne

Nguenang LB

An approach to six sigma implementation in South African enterprises

Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr P McLaren

Nonxuba AN

The application of total quality management within small and medium enterprises

Supervisor: Mr P McLaren; Prof JA Watkins

Ntlokombini NNP

Project management as a catalyst for improved quality within organisations

Supervisors: Mr A Bester; Prof JA Watkins

Viljoen CS

Quality factors contributing to the generation of construction waste

Supervisors: Mr A Bester; Prof JA Watkins

Zamxaka LL

The impact of quality management systems during a pebble bed modular reactor project: A case study

Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr B Yan

Zhang L

Quality management in the small business environment of South Africa

Supervisors: Prof JA Watkins; Mr B Yan

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

PhD

University of Cape Town

Martin L

Transfer mechanisms of knowledge and skills in co-operation between emerging and established civil engineering contractors

Faculty of HEALTH & WELLNESS SCIENCES

Research that is directed towards dealing with local health issues, while continuing to collaborate with international research partners

Health is one of the most critical and prominent societal issues in South Africa and indeed in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a faculty, we have taken cognisance of this, and have directed our research activities towards dealing with local health issues, on the one hand, while on the other hand continuing to collaborate with international research partners with a view to finding health solutions for common purpose.

The thrust of one group of our researchers is to translate their research into tangible health improvement plans for the community. Their studies are associated with the high prevalence of diabetes, tuberculosis and obesity in local communities, and their clinical epidemiology research is considered valuable in the understanding and promotion of healthcare in underserved communities. Significant fundamental research in oxidative stress has been enhanced and, in the tradition of a university that promotes applied research, we have used our laboratory findings to conduct clinical investigations in order to improve the health status of society as a whole.

In the past year, we systematically investigated the anti-oxidative effects on various mammalian organs by indigenous herbal materials as

well as the use of natural plant products from other parts of Africa. An added dimension in this study has been the investigation of trace element absorption from antioxidants from these materials by various organs and the possible related physiological and biochemical effects. The investigative work done in the Oxidative Stress Research Centre is growing apace and gaining an international reputation. The centre has become a world leader in medical studies associated with indigenous teas. We have been fortunate to draw a number of postgraduate students from various parts of Africa and we will continue in building on this as some of our research is directed at making health interventions on the continent.

The quality and quantity of research output have improved over the year. We are particularly proud of the books and contributory chapters to books that some staff have made, particularly in the important area of health education research. Staff, as well as students, presented their research findings at prestigious international and national conferences. Based on our small staff complement engaged with research, we have sustained an appropriate level of publications in refereed journals, and there are clear indications that this will grow in the future.

DEAN’S REPORT Prof Dhiro Gihwala

Our research drive is promising. As always, we are indebted to ongoing support from the university, the NRF, the MRC, iThemba LABS, our partner universities locally and internationally, industry, and all other stakeholders who have joined us in our determination to ensure that we produce high quality research. We are also appreciative of those individuals who offer their ideas, criticisms, and encouragement to our researchers. Through this, together we are on a continuous track of making a contribution towards greater knowledge in health sciences, and translating this into making the appropriate health interventions in our communities, in South Africa, and on our continent.

Together we are making a contribution towards greater knowledge in health sciences, and translating this into making the appropriate health interventions in our communities

health & wellness sciences

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FUNDING

resear C h UNIT s Obesity and Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Research Unit

matshat@cput.ac.za hassans@cput.ac.za

The Obesity and Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Research Unit primarily engages in applied research, focusing on the lifelong characteristics of diseases of lifestyle.

The inter-institutional partners of the unit include the Division of Chemical Pathology, Stellenbosch University; Sport Science Department, University of the Western Cape; Department of Physiology, University of Stellenbosch; and Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University. These collaborations afford the unit an opportunity to provide an integrated approach to research and community through awareness and identification of predisposing factors that subsequently lead to an increased cardiovascular risk. The unit strives to use optimal research tools to achieve excellent, accurate results that can be translated to healthy lifestyles, early diagnosis, and costeffective prevention and management of these diseases.

Major achievements during 2010 include postgraduate qualifications: two honours degrees (Stellenbosch University), and one MTech degree. Four peer-reviewed manuscripts were accepted for publication. The unit continued to make an impact at both national

and international conferences. Of note was the conference in Uganda, where Prof Matsha and Mr Hassan became the founding members of the College of Pathologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (COPECSA). Furthermore, the team’s contribution (Prof Matsha and doctoral student, Ms Vergotine) at the IV Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/ Nutrigenomics in Pamplona, Spain, was published in the Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics.

Prof Tandi Matsha Mr Shafick Hassan

The unit engages primarily in applied research, focusing on the lifelong characteristics of diseases of lifestyle

Oxidative Stress Research Centre

marnewickj@cput.ac.za

The Oxidative Stress Research Centre contributes to existing knowledge regarding the role of oxidative stress in health and in disease development through high-quality research. Research findings and knowledge are disseminated to the general public in order to improve the health status of South Africans. The centre’s research areas are: Experimental Biology Research, South African Medicinal Plant Research, Bio- and Inorganic Materials Research, and Nutrition and Chronic Disease Research: Africa. Each area focuses on specific health and industry needs where oxidative stress plays a role. Specific health problems addressed include heart disease, cancer, diabetes and HIV/ Aids, which are all prevalent in South Africa. The centre trains future scientists by teaching existing knowledge as well as expanding that body of knowledge through original research activities. The centre also houses an analytical testing laboratory which provides an antioxidant testing service to industry and other institutes in addition to training postgraduate students.

2010 has been exciting and productive

for the centre. Research activities include the start of a clinical trial on rooibos and exercise, a ‘first of its kind’, in collaboration with CPUT’s Human Performance Laboratory and Department of Consumer Science. Prof Marnewick and Prof Esterhuyse were invited speakers at international conferences, reporting on the health properties of the indigenous herbal tea, rooibos, and red palm oil, respectively. The honorary position of Visiting Professor of Lanzhou University Second Hospital and the Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, China, was bestowed upon Prof Esterhuyse. Prof Oguntibeju, group leader of one of the research areas in the centre, reported that research activities have mainly been through collaboration with colleagues in and outside South Africa, and the majority of his group’s 13 scientific publications were produced via this route.

The analytical testing laboratory of the centre provided training to 10 master’s and 10 doctoral candidates from CPUT (Health and Wellness Sciences and Applied Sciences), the University of the Western Cape and the University of Stellenbosch. It introduced these postgraduates to state-ofthe-art research equipment. Mr Rautenbach,

manager of the analytical testing laboratory, reported a three-fold increase in income generated from industry during 2010, while Mr Neethling, technician at the centre, was invited to write a technical bulletin on the evaluation of their clinical chemistry analyser, the Medica EasyRA.

Other achievements for 2010 include 7 postgraduate qualifications, 17 peer-reviewed journal publications/ book chapters, 21 presentations at international and national conferences, and special lectures. The centre’s manager, Prof Marnewick, was also involved in promoting public awareness of science and technology as an invited guest speaker at the Republic of Tea’s summer summit meeting in New York City, a guest on RSG and Talk Radio 702 radio stations, and invited expert to the Rooibos Council’s 3rd Science Café, held in Johannesburg, and a rooibos educational event for SA Media, explaining the health benefits of rooibos.

The centre trains future scientists by teaching existing knowledge as well as expanding that body of knowledge through original research activities

Prof Jeanine Marnewick

Nursing Dept organises world-class conference

The Forum of University Nursing Deans in South Africa (Fundisa) and the Nursing Education Association (NEA) hosted an October 2010 conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) with the support of CPUT’s Nursing Department.

Championed by Hilda Vember, a nursing lecturer at CPUT and a member of the conference committee, the NEA and Fundisa collaborated for the first time to hold this joint national conference.

The NEA/Fundisa Conference, themed ‘Towards excellence in nursing – a new dawn…’ was attended by 457 delegates from nursing education institutions around the country. Delegates included nursing educators from universities and colleges and nursing professionals from the clinical milieu.

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CONFERENCE PAPERS

Aboua YG, Awoniyi DO, Marnewick JL, Brooks NL & Du Plessis SS

Can my diet improve my fertility status?

38 th Congress of the Physiology Society of Southern Africa

East London, 27-29 September 2010

Aboua YG, Awoniyi DO, Marnewick JL, Brooks NL & Du Plessis SS

The effect of natural antioxidant supplementation on male fertility

South African Congress for Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cape Town, 3-6 October 2010

Ajuwon O, Fakoya O, Afuwape O, Raheem B, Oguntibeju OO & Marnewick J

Effects of red palm oil (RPO) administration on lead-induced oxidative stress and tissue lead accumulation in Wistar rats

South African Congress for Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cape Town, 3-6 October 2010

BOOKS /CHAPTERS

Engel-Hills P & Winberg C

An integrated curriculum in medical imaging

Van Deven T, Hibbert KM & Chhem RK (eds)

The Practice of Radiology Education: Challenges and Trends

Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2010, pp 99-108

ISBN 978-3-642-03147-2

Marnewick JL

Rooibos and honeybush: Recent advances in chemistry, biological activity and pharmacognosy

Juliani HR, Simon JE & Ho C-T (eds) African Natural Plant Products: New Discoveries and Challenges in Chemistry and Quality

Washington DC: American Chemical Society, 2009, pp 277-294

ISBN 978-0-8412-6987-3

Bartel C, Bassett S, Matsha T, Hassan MS & Erasmus RT

Physical activity and insulin resistance in adults residing in a low income community in Cape Town Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

Davidson F

Assessing the practical/clinical skills of students: Structured Technical Skills Assessment Form (STSAF) and Global Rating Scales (GRS) Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning (RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Engel-Hills PC, Macapinlac HA, Do Socorro Maciel M, Read N, Svane G, Tan PH & Vandenberg T

Meeting the doctors: A simulated tumour board International Atomic Engergy Agency Scientific Forum (IAEA) 54th General Conference: Cancer in Developing Countries – Facing the Challenge

Vienna, Austria, 20-24 September 2010

Esterhuyse AJ, Bester DJ, Du Toit EF, Truter EJ & Van Rooyen J

Dietary red palm oil supplementation protects against the consequences of global ischaemia in the isolated perfused rat heart

The Journal of Clinical Urology International Academic Conference and Oncology Clinical Seminar

Lanzhou, China, 6-8 August 2010

Hassan MS, Matsha T & Erasmus RT

Metabolic syndrome in African children: An emerging phenomenon

10 th Biennial Conference of the Association of Pathologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (APECSA)

Kampala, Uganda, 13-17 September 2010

Hassan MS, Soita DJ, Matsha T & Erasmus R

Cardiovascular disease profile of a South African mixed ancestry community with high prevalence of type 2 diabetes

10 th Biennial Conference of the Association of Pathologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (APECSA)

Kampala, Uganda, 13-17 September 2010

health & wellness sciences

Jackson V, Paulse A, Neethling J, Bester A, Khan S & Khan W

Bioremediation of metal contamination in the Plankenburg River, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Jacobson L & Baillie G

Heritage and museums: Scope, roles and responsibilities

74th South African Museums Association (SAMA) Conference

Durban, 27-29 September 2010

Kisten YS & Govender P

The role of ultrasound in the management of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Radiographers Scientific Conference (RASCO)

2010

Rift Valley, Kenya, 8-10 October 2010

Kisten YS & Jansen van Rensburg R

Quality control and assessments of B-Mode ultrasound systems

Radiographers Scientific Conference (RASCO)

2010

Rift Valley, Kenya, 8-10 October 2010

Le Roux MR, Valentine AJ & Khan S

Biological nitrogen fixation is affected by malate metabolism in lupin root systems during shortterm phosphorus starvation

International Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Africa

Cape Town, 24-26 November 2010

Marnewick JL

Modulation of oxidative stress by rooibos (Aspalathus linearis): In vitro – in vivo correlation South African Congress for Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cape Town, 3-6 October 2010.

Marnewick JL

Rooibos power, the South African success story CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Marnewick JL, Rautenbach F, Venter I, Neethling H, Blackhurst DM, Wolmarans P & Macharia M

Phytochemicals and oxidative stress: Effects of rooibos ( Aspalathus linearis) on oxidative stress and biochemical parameters in adults at risk for cardiovascular disease

Society for Free Radical Research – Europe

Annual Meeting

Oslo, Norway, 12-18 September 2010

Mars JA & Gihwala D

Determination of elemental distributions in human fingernails using PIXE, RBS and SEM

12th International Conference on Particle Induced X-Ray Emission and Its Analytical Applications

Guildford, Surrey, UK, 27 June-2 July 2010

Matsha TE, Hassan MS, Esterhuyse J & Erasmus R

Low anti-oxidised LDL antibodies in individuals with hyperglycaemia

Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

Nell R

A study to evaluate if a mobile X-ray unit can handle the load to render radiographic services to patients who form part of a research study group at Khayalitsha Community Centre in South Africa

16 th International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) World Congress

Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 September 2010

Nell R

Theoretical method for detecting a 3D point in space with one X-ray exposure

16 th International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) World Congress

Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 September 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Akinloye O & Oyewale OJ

Evaluation of trace elements in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia

11th International Chemistry Conference in Africa (11 ICCA)

Luxor, Egypt, 20-23 November 2010

Riedel S, Windvogel SL, Joubert E, Marnewick JL & Gelderblom WCA

Chronic exposure to rooibos and honeybush tea – Perspectives on the antioxidant status in rat liver

Indigenous Plant Use Forum Conference: Indigenous Knowledge for Modern Times

Keimoes, Northern Cape, 28 June-1 July 2010

Sissing L, Gamieldien K, Marnewick JL , Joubert E, De Kock M & Gelderblom W

Modulation of N-methylbenzylnitrosamineinduced oesophageal papillomas in rats by Aspalathus linearis, Cyclopia intermedia and Sutherlandia frutescens

38 th Congress of the Physiology Society of Southern Africa

East London, 27-29 September 2010

Van Velden DP, Kotze MJ, Blakhurst D & Marnewick JL

Health claims on the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption in relation to genetic profile

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Aboua YG, Brooks NL , Mahfouz RZ, Agarwal A & Du Plessis SS

An in vivo model to study oxidative stress on male fertility: Can red palm oil supplementation offer protection?

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Aboua YG, Brooks N, Mahfouz RZ, Agarwal A & Du Plessis SS

An in vivo model to study oxidative stress on male fertility: Can red palm oil supplementation

The 4th International Congress on Wine and Health, Winehealth2010

Rosazzo, Italy, 3-6 October 2010

Wright J & Crawford K

From ‘wickedity’ to tameness: Reflections on the application of critical realism to researching higher education

Higher Education Close Up (HECU) 5: Questioning Theory Method Relations in HE Research

Lancaster, UK: 20-22 July 2010

Yako YY, Fanampe BL, Hassan MS,

Van der Merwe L, Erasmus RT & Matsha T Association of leptin-melanocortin genes with obesity and waist circumference in South African learners

Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

Zemlin A, Matsha T, Hassan MS & Erasmus R HbA1C in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus 10 th Biennial Conference of the Association of Pathologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (APECSA)

Kampala, Uganda, 13-17 September 2010

offer protection?

International Federation of Fertility & Sterility (IFFS) 20 th World Congress on Fertility & Sterility Munich, Germany, 12-16 September 2010

Awoniyi DO, Aboua YG, Marnewick JL & Brooks NL

The effects of rooibos ( Aspalathus linearis), green tea (Camellia sinensis) and commercial rooibos and green tea supplements on epididymal sperm in oxidative stress-induced rats

International Federation of Fertility & Sterility (IFFS) 20 th World Congress on Fertility & Sterility

Munich, Germany, 12-16 September 2010

Bester DJ, Kupai K, Csont T, Szucs G, Csonka C, Esterhuyse AJ, Ferdinandy P & Van Rooyen J

Dietary supplementation with antioxidant-rich red palm oil, before myocardial ischaemia/ reperfusion, offers protection via inhibition of MMP2 activity

health & wellness sciences

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Chotia MY, Halperin ML, Rensburg M, Hassan MS & Davids MR Efficacy of glucose versus glucose plus insulin in the treatment of hyperkalaemia

American Society of Nephrology 43 rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Exposition

Denver, CO, 16-21 November 2010

Hon GM, Hassan MS, Van Rensburg S, Abel S, Erasmus RT & Matsha T Monosaturated fatty acids, n-9 and n-7 in blood cells from patients with multiple sclerosis

Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

Le Roux MR, Khan S & Valentine AJ Physiological recovery of lupin root systems from short-term phosphorus starvation

International Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Africa

Cape Town, 24-26 November 2010

Le Roux MR, Valentine AJ & Khan S Isolation of novel cytosolic malate dehydrogenase in Lupinus angustifolius

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Manesen MR, Khan S & Khan W Detection and isolation of pathogenic bacteria from river water

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Mpanza S, Rautenbach F & Van Wyk J Antioxidant activity of vinegar polyphenols and melanoidins

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15 th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Mugabo P, Hassan MS, Maritz P & Slaughter R

Acute pharmacokinetics of first line antituberculosis drugs in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis co-infected with HIV

South African Congress for Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cape Town, 3-6 October 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Akinola FF, Adisa AW & Owojuyigbe OS

Physico-chemical properties of palm oil from different Nigerian palm oil local factories

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 15 th World Congress

Cape Town, 22-26 August 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Akinloye O & Oyewale OJ

Evaluation of trace elements in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia

11th International Chemistry Conference in Africa (11 ICCA)

Luxor, Egypt, 20-23 November 2010

Orisatoki R & Oguntibeju O

The perception of taxi drivers in southern part of Saint Lucia, West Indies, towards HIV/Aids and condom use

16 th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Marseille, France, 24-26 March 2010

Pantsi WG, Marnewick JL, Esterhuyse AJ & Van Rooyen J

The effect of dietary rooibos herbal tea

supplementation on cardiac function after an episode of ischaemia/reperfusion in the isolated perfused rat heart

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Petrova A , Davids LM, Rautenbach F & Marnewick JL

Photoprotection by honeybush extracts,

hesperidin and mangiferin against UVB-induced skin damage in SKH-1 mice

4th Medical Research Council of South Africa

Research Day

Cape Town, 14-15 October 2010

Petrova A , Davids LM, Rautenbach F & Marnewick JL

Photoprotection by honeybush extracts, hesperidin and mangiferin against UVB-induced skin damage in SKH-1 mice

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Soita DJ, Matsha TE, Hassan MS, Kidd M & Erasmus RT

Cardiovascular disease profile of a South African mixed ancestry community with a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Thamahane E, Engelbrecht AM, Esterhuyse AJ, Bester DJ & Van Rooyen J

Akt phosphorylation plays a protective role in the rich antioxidant oil-induced cardioprotection in the isolated perfused rat heart model

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Truter EJ, Petrova A, Davids LM, Rautenbach F & Marnewick JL

Inhibition of UVB-promoted skin tumours by extracts of rooibos and honeybush in SKH-1 mice

Society for Free Radical Research and the European Environmental Mutagen Society

Oslo, Norway, 12-18 September, 2010

Vergotine Z, Erasmus RT, Hassan MS & Matsha TE

Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and obesity among a South African population

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Vergotine Z, Matsha TE, Hassan MS & Erasmus RT

Measures of adiposity associated with fasting blood glucose and insulin levels in a population of South Africa

38 th Congress of the Physiology Society of Southern Africa

East London, 27-29 September 2010

Vergotine Z, Matsha TE, Hassan MS & Erasmus RT

Metabolic syndrome and glucose tolerance in an urban community from Cape Town, South Africa

Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

Vergotine Z, Matsha TE, Hassan MS & Erasmus RT

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome associated with glucose tolerance and body mass index (BMI) in a mixed ancestry population of South Africa

IV Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics

Pamplona, Spain, 17-20 November 2010

Zemlin A, Matsha T, Hassan MS & Erasmus RT HbA1c of 6.5% to diagnose diabetes mellitus –does it work for us? The Bellville South African study

Federation of South African Pathology Societies

Annual Congress: Pathvine

Somerset West, 2-5 September 2010

health & wellness sciences

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

A juwon OR, Bada BS & Olujimi OO

Growth and antioxidative responses to excess cadmium in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 19(11a):2637-2643, 2010

Akinola FF, Oguntibeju OO, Adisa AW & Owojuyigbe OS

Physico-chemical properties of palm oil from different palm oil local factories in Nigeria

Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 8(3&4):264-269, 2010

Akinola FF, Oguntibeju OO & Alabi OO

Effects of severe malnutrition on oxidative stress in Wistar rats

Scientific Research and Essays, 5(10):1145-1149, May 2010

Akinloye O, Ogunleye K & Oguntibeju OO

Cadmium, lead, arsenic and selenium levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(32):5189-5195, August 2010

Akinloye O, Oyabiyi SA, Oguntibeju OO & Arowojolu AO

Non-enzymatic antioxidant status of women using four different methods of contraception

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 26(2):374-379, 2010

Akinloye O, Oyewale OJ & Oguntibeju OO

Evaluation of trace elements in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia

African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(32):5196-5202, August 2010

Bah’him YM, Oguntibeju OO, Lewis HA & Mokoena K

Factors associated with pregnancies among HIV-positive women in a prevention of motherto-child transmission programme

West Indian Medical Journal, 59(4):362-368, 2010

Bester D, Esterhuyse AJ, Truter EJ & Van Rooyen J

Cardiovascular effects of edible oils: A comparison between four popular edible oils

Nutrition Research Reviews, 15 pp electronic, 2010

Bester DJ, Kupai K, Csont T, Szucs G, Csonka C, Esterhuyse AJ, Ferdinandy P & Van Rooyen J

Dietary red palm oil supplementation reduces myocardial infarct size in an isolated perfused rat heart model

Lipids in Health and Disease, 9(64), 9 pp electronic, 2010

Cerf ME, Williams K, Van Rooyen J, Esterhuyse AJ, Muller CJ & Louw J

Gestational 30% and 40% fat diets increase brain GLUT2 and neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in neonatal Wistar rats International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 28(7):625-630, 2010

Coleshowers CL, Oguntibeju OO, Etoh QM, Alebiosu CO & Truter EJ

The effects of pyrimethamine sulfadoxine and berenil on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei congolese infected rats African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 4(7):479-483, July 2010

Coleshowers CL, Oguntibeju OO, Ukpong M & Truter EJ

Effects of methotrexate on antioxidant enzyme status in a rodent model Medical Technology SA, 24(1):5-9, June 2010

Davison GM

Dendritic cells, T-cells and their possible role in the treatment of leukaemia and lymphoma Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 42:189-192, 2010

Mayeye FB, Lewis HA & Oguntibeju OO

An assessment of adolescent satisfaction with

reproductive primary healthcare services in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa West Indian Medical Journal, 59(3):274-279, 2010

Msimanga M, Comrie CM, Pineda-Vargas CA & Murray S

Experimental stopping powers of Al, Mg, F and O ions in ZrO 2 in the 0.1 – 0.6 MeV/u energy range

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B – Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268:1772-1775, 2010

Nteta TP, Mokgatle-Nthabu M & Oguntibeju OO

Utilization of the primary health care services in the Tshwane region of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Plos One, 5(11), 8 pp electronic, November 2010

Odunaiya NA, Ayodele OA & Oguntibeju OO

Physical activity levels of senior secondary school students in Ibadan, Western Nigeria West Indian Medical Journal, 59(5):529-534, 2010

Oduntan OA, Clarke-Farr P, Hansraj R & Carlson A

Awareness of the phototoxic effects of sunlight among South African university students South African Optometrist (The), 69(3):146-151, 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Esterhuyse AJ & Truter EJ

Possible role of red palm oil supplementation in reducing oxidative stress in HIV/Aids and TB patients: A review

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 4(3):188196, February 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Katengua ET, Esterhuyse AJ & Truter EJ

Modulation of erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme levels by red palm oil supplementation in male Wistar rats

Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 8(2):250-255, 2010

Oguntibeju OO, Orisatoki RO & Truter EJ

The relationship between body mass index and physical activities among medical students in Saint Lucia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 26(4):827-831, 2010

Orisatoki RO & Oguntibeju OO

HIV-related knowledge and condom use by taxi drivers in Southern St Lucia, West Indies Scientific Research and Essays, 5(3):304-308, February 2010

Orisatoki RO & Oguntibeju OO

Job satisfaction among selected workers in St Lucia, West Indies Scientific Research and Essays, 5(12):1436-1441, June 2010

Orisatoki RO & Oguntibeju OO

Knowledge and attitude of students at a Caribbean offshore medical school towards sexually transmitted infections and use of condoms

West Indian Medical Journal, 59(2):171-176, 2010

Pineda-Vargas CA & Eisa MEM

Analysis of human hair cross sections from two different population groups by nuclear microscopy

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B – Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268:2164-2167, 2010

Solomon WL , Meehan KA, Gihwala D & Slabbert JP

Leukocyte apoptosis and micronuclei induction in individuals with varying sensitivity to ionising radiation

Medical Technology SA, 24(2):29-32, December 2010

Wright J

Critical realism as a ‘methodology’ for exploring discourse in technical fields

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):199-208, 2010

Wright J

Facilitating co-authoring: Reflections of content and language lecturers

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(4):661-673, 2010

Wyrley-Birch B

‘Talking technical’: Learning how to communicate as a health care professional Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):209-218, 2010

health & wellness sciences

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Engel-Hills P, Garraway J, Jacobs C, Volbrecht T & Winberg C

Working for a degree: Work-integrated learning in the higher education qualifications framework Kagisano: Universities of Technology –Deepening the Debate, 7:62-88, February 2010

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

MTech: Biomedical Technology

Awoniyi DO

The role of indigenous herbal tea antioxidants and commercially available antioxidant supplements on rat testicular and epididymal function

Supervisors: Dr NL Brooks; Prof JL Marnewick

Izaaks CD

Prevelance of HPV-induced lesions of the cervix among gynaecological clinic attendees in Namibia: Association of risk factors and cytomorphological findings

Supervisors: Prof S Khan; Prof E Truter

Pantsi WG

The effect of dietary rooibos herbal tea supplementation on cardiac function after an episode of ischaemia/reperfusion in the isolated perfused rat heart

Supervisors: Prof J van Rooyen; Prof J Esterhuyse

Patel F

Development of a cost-effective drug sensitivity test for multi-drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

Supervisors: Prof T Botha; Dr MJ Senekal

Smit FC

The development of a new fructosamine reference range for the Pathcare private pathology group, Somerset West, South Africa

Supervisors: Prof T Matsha; Dr O Oguntibeju

MTech: Radiography

Kyei KA

Pain assessment: The role of the radiation therapist

Supervisors: Prof P Engel-Hills; Dr S Opoku

Lackay CL

Evaluation of the labelling and binding efficiency of Tc -99m to red blood cells of patients who are being exposed to a cocktail of anti-tuberculosis drugs

Supervisors: Mr MS Hassan; Prof S Rubow

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

MSc Nursing

University of Cape Town

Kajee FK

Violence in nursing: Perceived prevalence and impact in community health clinics in Cape Town

Faculty of INFORMATICS & DESIGN

The faculty is in the process of steadily building its research capacity

informatics & design

DEAN’S REPORT

The Faculty of Informatics and Design is in the process of steadily building its research capacity with the promotion of Dr Nirvana Bechan to associate professor and the graduation of Dr Mugendi M’Rithaa, (DTech, CPUT), Dr Nhlanhla Mlitwa (PhD, UCT) and Dr Michael Adeyeye (PhD, UCT). Furthermore, Prof Shaun Pather has returned from his oneyear stay at the University of Washington on a Fulbright Scholarship.

We have also encouraged participation by our master’s students in national and international conferences, and have seen a marked increase in the number of conference papers, presentations and proceedings. In this respect, our doctoral student, Eugéne Visser, won a best poster competition at the 12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications. The faculty was strongly represented at this conference, which we organised, and which was hosted by the Business School, University of KwaZuluNatal.

The faculty’s master’s and doctoral student support programmes continue unabated, and we are seeing a steady increase both in enrolments and graduation of postgraduate students. We also encouraged our graduate students to arrange their own conference, and

they surprised us with a very well organised ‘IDEA 2010’ conference held at 80 Roeland Street.

On the international front, we have maintained our links with the University of Eastern Finland, Malmö University in Sweden, and the Sudan University of Science and Technology by student exchanges, while we have established new links with universities in Ghana, Nigeria and Brazil.

Locally, we have supplied services to communities in the Eastern Cape as well as in the local townships, and we have also provided the impetus for the development of the ‘Fringe’ design precinct on the eastern side of the City Bowl. We were also a proud partner of the Cape Town bid for the 2014 World Design Capital.

The faculty is firmly on a growth-path towards internationally recognised and locally relevant research in the field of informatics and design for development.

Prof Johannes Cronjé

The faculty is firmly on a growthpath towards internationally recognised and locally relevant research in the field of informatics and design for development

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CPUT had a strong presence at the 12th World Wide Web Conference held at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in September 2010. Nine of the 53 research papers and eight of the 20 research posters presented had CPUT authors.

At the conference, a poster titled Effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion, designed by Eugéne Visser, received the Best Poster Award. Visser completed his National Diploma, BTech and MTech degrees cum laude in Information Technology at CPUT. He is now works fulltime at Purple Cow Communications, an SEO specialist company in Cape Town. Visser is also currently completing his DTech thesis titled Fusing website usability variables and on-page search engine optimisation elements, supervised by Prof Melius Weideman.

A poster titled

Effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion, designed by Eugéne Visser, received the Best Poster Award

Eugéne Visser and Prof Weideman (front row) showing off the winning poster. The other poster first authors (back row) are, from left to right: Jean-Marie Sabwa, Herbert Zuze, Iris Uwimana and Wouter Kritzinger

Associate Professor NIRVANA B ECHAN

informatics & design

A CPUT BTech Surface Design student, Nolwazi Nandi, was recognised as one of South Africa’s promising up-and-coming designers when she was awarded the first runner-up prize for her throw design at the second annual House and Leisure Green Designers at Woolworths Competition. House and Leisure magazine and Woolworths joined forces to sponsor this competition, which highlights eco-friendly design techniques across a variety of products.

For a seven-month period, House and Leisure featured the creations of students from various tertiary design institutions, and the final products were displayed at their stand at the Design Indaba Expo held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 26 to 28 February 2010. On 25 February 2010, the winners were announced from a group of 10 finalists, and Nandi’s was the only design selected from the throw category.

When asked what inspired her original handmade design, she said: ‘I took my cultural roots into consideration and researched the design techniques of the Xhosa people.’

Using the smocking sewing technique, she

interpreted the geometric diamond shape, typically found in Xhosa clothing and jewellery, to create her throw made from an undyed cotton blend fabric. The colours of the threads used in the throw also have a symbolic meaning of growth (green), wealth (red) and maturity (yellow) in the Xhosa tradition.

Nandi is passionate about recycling and using natural products.

Along with the other top three winners, Nandi walked away with an Apple MacBook computer and a R1 000 Woolworths gift voucher. She will also have her throw manufactured and sold at selected Woolworths stores throughout the country.

Nandi has participated in a three-month internship programme at Woolworths Homeware Department, where she was mentored on several design projects by Paul Duncan (head of homeware) and Lynne Harris. Her BTech thesis research topic focused on designing homeware products inspired by Cubism from recycled wood.

An elated achiever, Nolwazi Nandi, BTech Surface Design student at CPUT

(Above): The prize-winning throw design, inspired by the indigenous Xhosa design style

Student dazzles in green designer competition

‘I took my cultural roots into consideration and researched the design techniques of the Xhosa people’

e-Government and Community Engagement for Shared Growth

This NRF niche area focuses on the appropriation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within communities, government and business. The contributing researchers strive towards increased growth, improved skills and deeper understanding, thereby contributing to the South African information society. This unit has been active since 2002, and has amassed well over R3.5m in NRF funding since its inception. Current projects include website visibility and usability, information system effectiveness and virtual communities of practice. Standard activities inside the RNA in 2010 include peerreviewed conference organisation (ZAW3), DHET accredited journal management (South African Journal of Information Management), review of outside research papers and articles, and conference session chairs.

Eight postgraduate students were registered during 2010. Master’s topics include work on search engine spamdexing and free-form Internet searching, while doctoral focus is on social networking, search engine marketing and PPC (pay per click), and website usability. An invited plenary session titled ‘Crouch, Touch,

Pause, Engage! – Marketing your website to the crawlers’ was delivered at a local practitioners’ marketing conference. Two SEO (search engine optimisation) workshops were also presented at this conference. Several other papers and posters were delivered at international conferences.

Eugéne Visser, a part-time doctoral student, designed a poster titled ‘Effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion’. The layout strongly resembled that of a typical Google search result page, and the content comprised the various parts of the research background, results, etc. A double honour was bestowed on Visser, when this poster won first prize at a local conference, plus a second prize at the 2010 CPUT Research Day.

2010 marked the fourth year of a project founded to derive a holistic framework for evaluating e-service quality within e-commerce organisations. Initially, the study focused mainly on e-commerce; however, a number of national and international developments in the field necessitated an expansion of scope into the community informatics domain. Prof Pather spent the first half of 2010 as a Visiting

Scholar at the University of Washington (UW), on a Fulbright award. His collaboration with UW included investigations of evaluation criteria of socio-economic aligned goals of public access ICT usage. The sabbatical focused on two international projects, the ICT Landscape Study, and the Global Impact Study of Public Access ICTs. This resulted in several internationally recognised publications.

The development of an e-government service quality instrument (published in Government Information Quarterly ) is the first of its kind. Prof Pather was given further recognition for his expertise when he was appointed as an Associate Editor of the internationally based Journal of Community Informatics, a journal indexed by the IBSS, in January 2010. His mandate is to oversee the journal’s presence in Africa.

Grant holders of the RNA during 2010 were Prof Melius Weideman, Prof Shaun Pather and Prof Pieter van Brakel.

Prof Melius Weideman

informatics & design

BOOKS /CHAPTERS

Ruhode E & Owei V

Connected government for a developing country context: An assessment of the extent of inter-departmental integration for selected government departments in Zimbabwe

Maumbe BM (ed.)

E-Agriculture and E-Government for Global Policy Development: Implications and Future Directions

Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2010, pp 122-136

ISBN 978-1-60566-820-8

Tembo R & Maumbe MB

E-agriculture development in South Africa: Opportunities, challenges and prospects

Maumbe BM (ed.)

E-Agriculture and E-Government for Global Policy Development: Implications and Future Directions

Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2010, pp 19-42

ISBN 978-1-60566-820-8

Van der Merwe J

Rediscovering design education as a social constructivist foundation for innovative design thinking

Silva A & Simoes R (eds)

Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perpectives

Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010, pp 195-218

ISBN 978-161520-617-9

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Bagui L & Bytheway A (work in progress)

Underground voices: Community articulation of needs through mobile technology in public participation

Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on e-Government

Cape Town, 30 September-1 October 2010

Barnes J

Communities of support

3 rd International Development Informatics (IDIA) Conference

Kruger National Park, 28-30 October 2009

Barnes V & Du Preez V

Think tank: Assessing the industrial design learning environment

Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning

(RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Bechan N

Incorporating writing into the curriculum Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning (RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Bergevoet Y

Enhancing the livelihood of the cotton farmer by promoting organic cotton production in South Africa

‘Sustainability in Design: Now!’ LeNS Conference

Bangalore, India, 29 September-1 October 2010

Bergevoet Y, Maina MW, Kankondi A, Chisin A & M’Rithaa MK

Pedagogic support through learning-by-sharing – The case of an inter-disciplinary work group (DRAW) for postgraduate design students in South Africa

‘Sustainability in Design: Now!’ LeNS Conference

Bangalore, India, 29 September-1 October 2010

Brewis J

Creativity is the naturalised self experienced in ontogenic drift

First International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2010)

Kobe, Japan, 28 November-1 December 2010

Coleman L

Digital multimodal academic literacy practices: The changing nature of academic literacies and text in vocational higher education University Literacies: Knowledge, Writing, Disciplines Conference

Lille, France, 2-4 September 2010

Coleman L

Student academic literacy practices in a South African vocational web design and development course: What extending the methodological lens might reveal Higher Education Close Up 5 (HECU) 5: Questioning Theory Method Relations in HE Research

Lancaster, UK, 20-22 July 2010

De Flamingh F

Sustainable archi-textiles in a developing economy

CPUT IDEA Conference

Cape Town, 29-30 October 2010

Delen A

Service design challenges in home-based health care in the Western Cape CPUT IDEA Conference

Cape Town, 29-30 October 2010

Foudazi F & M’Rithaa MK

Sustainable solutions for cooling systems in residential buildings: Case study in the Western Cape Province

Transitions to Sustainability Conference (NZSSES 2010)

Auckland, New Zealand, 30 November-3 December 2010

Maina MW

Applying activity theory to an interior environmental system

CPUT IDEA Conference

Cape Town, 29-30 October 2010

Makwambeni B

Reception of entertainment education interventions on HIV and Aids by South African youths

Hacalara Workshop

Polokwane, 8-9 October 2010

Mlitwa N & Van Belle J-P

An activity based research framework to investigate adoption of LMSes at higher education institutions

Proceedings of the 13th International Business Information Management Conference

Marrakech, Morocco, 9-10 November 2009

An analysis of sustainability issues in Southern African design institutions’ programmes

‘Sustainability in Design: Now!’ LeNS Conference

Bangalore, India, 29 September-1 October 2010

M’Rithaa MK, Qually B & Sprong L

DESIGN for dialogue – Community-based tourism as a catalyst for social redefinition Social Innovation and Sustainability Symposium

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-26 November 2010

M’Rithaa MK & Du Toit GT

Design for sustainable mobility – The appropriation of open-source technology in industrially developing contexts

‘Sustainability in Design: Now!’ LeNS Conference

Bangalore, India, 29 September-1 October 2010

Newaya T & Tapela TN

Managing spatially-straddled livelihoods: How informal settlement dwellers juggle priorities and assets in making connections between urban and rural spaces

4th Planning Africa 2010: Beyond Crisis: Opportunities and Actions

Durban, 13-15 September 2010

Moalosi R, Rapitsemyane Y & M’Rithaa MK

informatics & design

Oni J & Owei V

A methodological framework of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development and e-business management implementation challenges

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD)

London, 13-16 December 2010

Pike ME & Abrahams R

The Cluetrain Manifesto: Are we there yet?

South African Association of Communication (SAComm 2010)

Johannesburg, 27-29 September 2010

Pike ME & Dyers L

What is everyone else doing with social media? South African Association of Communication (SAComm 2010)

Johannesburg, 27- 29 September 2010

Segal M

Street commentary as inspiration for jewellery design

CPUT IDEA Conference

Cape Town, 29- 30 October 2010

Tapela TN

Abandonment and dereliction in mining towns: Physical, social and economic consequences of mining decline and closures in the Free State goldfields

Association of African Planning Schools Case Study Research Workshop

Johannesburg, 28 April-1 May 2010

Tapela TN

Responding to informality and increased access to land through actor collaboration in design and implementing a responsive planning education curriculum at CPUT

Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) Conference

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 5-8 October 2010

Toyer A & Nondzube T

Investigating the exchange and relationship

paradigms within the marketing and corporate communications industries respectively South African Association of Communication (SAComm 2010)

Johannesburg, 27- 29 September 2010

Van Brakel P

Using qualitative research methods within a virtual community of master’s and doctoral students to establish their information recording behaviour

International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML2010) Chania, Crete, 25-28 May 2010

Van Jaarsveldt RW

Getting students to put theory into practice Research & Innovation in Teaching and Learning (RITAL) Conference 2010

Cape Town, 7 December 2010

Verster B

Five years down the line: Did anything change for public transport interchange users?

The 29 th Annual Southern African Transport Conference & Exhibition (SATC 2010)

Pretoria, 16-19 August 2010

Verster B, Tapela N & Theunissen V

Tracking employment patterns and performance of town planning graduates from Cape Peninsula University of Technology 4th Planning Africa 2010: Beyond Crisis: Opportunities and Actions

Durban, 13-15 September 2010

Vlok AG

Exploring the art of creative collaboration DesignEd Asia Conference 2010

Hong Kong, China, 1-2 December 2010

Weideman M

Empirical study on crawler visibility of PDF documents in digital libraries

Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2010)

Chengdu, China, 9-11 July 2010

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Bergevoet Y, Maina M, Kankondi A & Chisin A

Pedagogic support through learning-by-sharing

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Chisin A & Stipp S

Design as a catalyst for social change in a community under stress

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

De la Harpe R & Delen A

Design considerations for a home-based health record

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Du Preez V

Working together: A new model for collaborative design education

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Epalanga J & Parker M

The use of mobile web in healthcare services delivery to HIV patients

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Ismail S & Barnes J

The use of social networking technology to improve healthcare information availability to underprivileged communities

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Kritzinger WT & Weideman M

Between a rock and hard place: Search engine optimisation or pay per click?

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Kritzinger WT & Weideman M

Between a rock and hard place: Search engine optimisation or pay per click?

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Laloo I & Van Brakel PA

Knowledge sharing techniques in curriculum development

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Li-Hunt G & De la Harpe R

Using mobile technology to inform care givers

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Maina MW, Bergevoet MY & M’Rithaa MK

Social innovation through co-design: Selected cases from South Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

M’Rithaa MK

Mainstreaming universal design in Cape Town: FIFA World CupTM-related activities as catalysts for social change

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Munyai K, Kimani M & Cronjé JC

An exploration of informally handcrafted footwear using ecologically friendly production and design process in South Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Munyai K & M’Rithaa M

Local indigenous cultures and modern design innovations: A South African perspective

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Sabwa JM & Weideman M

Spending on PPC search engine marketing and its influence on return on investment

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Sabwa JM & Weideman M

Spending on PPC search engine marketing and its influence on return on investment

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

informatics & design

Siyotula B, Ballard H & Dassah MO

An evaluation of environmental impact of mega sporting events on the tourism industry in Cape Town

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Stofberg C, Moeng B, Banze V & Korpela M

The use and management of information and technology in maternal healthcare: A case study in the Western Cape, South Africa

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Uwimana I & Weideman M

The use of academic databases by postgraduate students

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Uwimana I & Weideman M

The use of academic databases by postgraduate students

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Visser EB & Weideman M

Effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Visser EB & Weideman M

The effect of website usability and search engine optimisation on conversion

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Weideman M

Search engine crawlers prefer certain websites –Is yours one of them?

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Weideman M

Search engine crawlers prefer certain websites –Is yours one of them?

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Zietsman E

Using internet technology to collaborate in the construction industry

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Zuze H & Weideman M

Keyword density in website body text-search engine spamdexing

12th Annual Conference on WWW Applications

Durban, 21- 23 September 2010

Zuze H & Weideman M

Keyword density in website body text-search engine spamdexing

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Angu PE

Using virtual interactions to enhance the teaching of communication skills to information technology students

Chova LG, Belenguer DM & Torres IC (eds)

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation Proceedings, Madrid, Spain, 15-17 November 2010

Valencia: IATED, 2010, pp 001617-001625

ISBN 978-84-614-2439

Bagui L & Bytheway A

Listening to the ground: Web and mobile technology options for public participation in government

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 18 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Bedi DS & Warden AC

Information security in hospitality SMMEs

Cape Metropolitan Area: The management and culture perspective

Clarke NL, Furnell SM & Von Solms R (eds)

Proceedings of the South African Information Security Multi-Conference: SAISMC 2010, Port Elizabeth, 17-18 May 2010

Plymouth: University of Plymouth, 2010, pp 142-153

ISBN 978-1-84102-256-7

Dassah MO

Responsible leaders: Attributes and roles in a multi-challenged global business environment and implications for leadership development

First International Conference in Responsible Leadership: The Next Generation Responsible Leaders, Pretoria, 18-20 May 2010

Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 2010, pp 30-36

ISBN 978-186854-784-5

Gomez R & Pather S

ICT evaluation: Are we asking the right questions?

Steyn J, Chigona W, Sewchurran K, Matavire R & Mimbi L (eds)

IDIA 2010: Proceedings of the 4th International Development Informatics Association Conference, Cape Town, 3-5 November 2010

Ruimsig: Monash University, School of Information Technology, 2010, 13 pp electronic ISBN 978-0-620-47590-7 CD-ROM

Kaisara G & Pather S

Inclusive e-government: Steps towards the e-inclusion of disabled persons in the WWW age Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 13 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Kaisara G & Pather S

Relevance of ethics in e-government: An analysis of developments in the WWW era Ruhode E (ed.)

Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on e-Government, Cape Town, 30 September-1 October 2010

Reading: Academic Publishing, 2010, pp 45-53

ISBN 978-1-906638-77-1

Lecanides-Arnott M

Grounding for aware and versatile designers: Towards a conceptual framework in an integrated, multidisciplinary design foundation programme in South Africa

Forsyth G (ed.)

ConnectED 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, Australia, 28 June-1 July 2010

Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2010, 7 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-646-54506-6

Maina MW, Bergevoet Y & M’Rithaa MK

Social innovation through co-design: Selected cases from South Africa

‘Young Creators for Better City and Better Life’ CUMULUS Conference, Shanghai, China,

7-10 September 2010

Helsinki: Aalto University School of Arts and Design, pp 145-151

ISBN 978-952-60-0046-6

Mlitwa N & Tshetsha N

Awareness and use of cell phone banking among low-income communities in rural areas in South Africa

Steyn J, Chigona W, Sewchurran K, Matavire R & Mimbi L (eds)

IDIA 2010: Proceedings of the 4th International Development Informatics Association Conference, Cape Town, 3-5 November 2010

Ruimsig: Monash University, School of Information Technology, 2010, 19 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-47590-7 CD-ROM

Mohsam F & Van Brakel PA

Knowledge sharing in SMEs: Has the web a role to play in their competitive advantage?

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 12 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

informatics & design

Morkel J & Voulgarelis H

The passport, integrated undergraduate studiobased architectural-design learning, teaching and assessment instrument

ConnectED 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, Australia, 28 June-1 July 2010

Sydney: The University of New South Wales, 2010, 5 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-646-54506-6

Munyai K & M’Rithaa M

Local wisdom and sustainability: A South African perspective

‘Young Creators for Better City and Better Life’ CUMULUS Conference, Shanghai, China, 7-10 September 2010

Helsinki: Aalto University School of Arts and Design, pp 347-352

ISBN 978-952-60-0046-6

Ntsokolo L & Mlitwa N

Using interactive ICT to support the rehabilitation of juvenile ex-convicts in South Africa

Steyn J, Chigona W, Sewchurran K, Matavire R & Mimbi L (eds)

IDIA 2010: Proceedings of the 4th International Development Informatics Association Conference, Cape Town, 3-5 November 2010

Ruimsig: Monash University, School of Information Technology, 2010, 18 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-47590-7 CD-ROM

Ogbamichael HB & Van Brakel PA

Models to establish the efficiency of information and knowledge flow within virtual communities of practice

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 16 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Oosterwyk GW & Parker MB

Investigating bullying via the mobile web in Cape Town schools

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of

Technology, 2010, 15 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Pather S & Gomez G

Public access ICT: A South-South comparative analysis of libraries, telecentres and cybercafés in South Africa and Brazil

Proceedings of the 16 th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 12-15 August 2010, Lima, Peru, paper 526, 12pp electronic

Online http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2010/526

Pather S & Usabuwera S

Implications of e-service quality dimensions for the information systems function

Sprague RH, Jr (ed.)

Proceedings of the Forty-Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, 5-8 January 2010

Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010, 10 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-7695-3869-3 CD-ROM

Pather S & Uys C

A strategy for evaluating socio-economic outcomes of an ICT4D programme

Sprague RH, Jr (ed.)

Proceedings of the Forty-Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, 5-8 January 2010

Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010, 11 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-7695-3869-3 CD-ROM

Sabwa JM & Weideman M

Paid search engine versus organic results: Young consumer preferences

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 18 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Smith SC, Parker M & Hendricks T

The use of mobile technologies to address unemployment in the Western Cape

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on

World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 14 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Thompson K & Uys C

Parliament’s Information Systems (IS) user satisfaction factors to enhance its democratic functions

Ruhode E (ed.)

Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on e-Government, Cape Town, 30 September-1 October 2010

Reading: Academic Publishing, 2010, pp 130-138

ISBN 978-1-906638-77-1

Uys C & Pather S

Developing a framework for evaluating the benefits of Information Technology projects in local communities

Brown I (ed.)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Cape Town, 25-26 March 2010

Reading: Academic Publishing, 2010, pp 553-560

ISBN 978-1-906638-56-6

Van Brakel PA

Mentoring doctoral students within a virtual community of practice – with special reference to their information recording behaviour

Proceedings of the InSITE 2010: Informing Science + Information Technology Education

Joint Conference, Cassino, Italy, 19-24 June 2010

Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Institute, 2010, pp 439-448

ISBN 978-1-932886-27-6

Van der Merwe J

Conversation and control in the animal 20 th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 6-9 April 2010

Vienna: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, 2010, pp 130-135

ISBN 978-3-85206-178-8

Voulgarelis H & Morkel J

The importance of physically built working

models in design teaching of undergraduate architectural students

ConnectED 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, Australia, 28 June-1 July 2010

Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2010, 8 pp electronic

ISBN 978-0-646-54506-6

Warden SC, Löffler C & Chichava H New innovation: Mobile loyalty in higher education

5 th International LAMS & Learning Design Conference: Sharing Great Ideas, Sydney, Australia, 8-9 December 2010

Sydney: LAMS Foundation, Macquarie University, 2010, 8 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-74138-366-9

Weideman M

Empirical study on crawler visibility of PDF documents in digital libraries

Yi H, Wen D, Parvinder SS (eds)

The Third IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2010), Chengdu, China, 9-11 July 2010

Beijing: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010, 13 pp electronic

ISBN 978-1-4244-5538-6

Weideman M

Search engine query generalisation for effective retrieval of known academic publications

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 16 pp electronic ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Xakaza-Kumalo S

Transformation and governance in higher education: Students’ participation in institutional strategic planning of the university Ruhode E (ed.)

Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on e-Government, Cape Town, 30 September-1 October 2010

Reading: Academic Publishing, 2010, pp 168-175

ISBN 978-1-906638-77-1

Xakaza-Kumalo S & Cronjé JC

Using the Internet communication tools to facilitate learning (Paper ID 104)

2010 International Conference on Education and Management Technology (ICEMT 2010), Cairo, Egypt, 2-4 November 2010

Online publication: IEEEXplore, 2010, pp 706-710

ISBN: 978-1-4244-8617-5

informatics & design

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

Dassah MO & Uken E

Benefits and impacts of THRIP-supported applied research projects

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 8(3):296-313, 2010

El-Hussein MOM & Cronjé JC

Defining mobile learning in the higher education landscape

Educational Technology & Society, 13(3):12-21, 2010

Motsaathebe G

Language, Afrikology and the tremor of the political moment: English as a main language of discourse in Africa

Indilinga – African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 9(1):96-109, 2010

Parker MB, Wills J & Wills GB

Reconstructed Living Lab: Supporting drug users and families through co-operative counselling using mobile phone technology

South African Family Practice, 52(3):245-248, 2010

Pineteh E

Haven or hell? Discordant representations of

Johannesburg in testimonies of Cameroonian forced migrants

African Identities, 8(1):69-80, February 2010

Van der Merwe J

A natural death is announced

Design Issues, 26(3):6-17, Summer 2010

Van der Merwe J

Cybernetic conversations: Designing ourselves towards discovery

Image and Text: A Journal for Design, (16):22-39, 2010

Van Graan A

Contested modernism: Post Slums Act public housing in Cape Town

South African Journal of Art History, 24(2):31-40, 2009

Winberg C, Adams A, Esbach J, Lakay D, Groenewald W, Randall K, Muzondo I, Siyepu S, Seane G & Veeran P

Day jobs/nightwork: Academic staff studying towards higher degrees

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(1):175-195, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

De la Harpe R, Barnes J & Korpela M

Information needs in home-based healthcare in South Africa

Studies in Health Technology Informatics, 160(1):53-57, 2010

Mitrovic Z & Bytheway A

Awareness of e-government: Small business development services in Cape Town Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 39(4):1-14, 2009

Mlitwa N & Van Belle J-P

A proposed interpretivist framework to research the adoption of learning management systems in universities

Communications of IBIMA, Article ID: 574872, 11 pp electronic, 2010

Onojaefe D & Bytheway A

Brand management in a transforming economy: An examination of the South African petroleum industry

African Journal of Marketing Management, 2(1):001-009, January 2010

Ruhode E & Owei V

Harnessing information and communication technologies for diffusing connected government applications in developing countries: Concept, problems and recommendations

International Journal of Technology Diffusion, 1(1):1-19, 2010

Steyn B & Niemann L

Enterprise strategy: A concept that explicates corporate communication’s strategic contribution at the macro-organisational level Journal of Communication Management, 14(2):106-126, 2010

Tapela N

Planning and planning education in the Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Building and Land Development, Special Issue: 100-114, June 2010

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

DTech: Design

M’Rithaa MK

Mainstreaming universal design in Cape Town: FIFA 2010 World CupTM-related activities as catalysts for social change

Supervisor: Prof DAV Boonzaaier

Co-supervisor: Prof EH Davis

DTech: Information Technology

Wu J

Development of an agent-based middleware for co-ordination of the real-time control functions in complex industrial systems

Supervisor: Prof R Tzoneva

MTech: Design

Du Preez V

Networks for design, through design

Supervisor: Mr WJP van der Merwe

Qually BA

A socio-technical inquiry into semiotics and ethnology in South Africa, with special reference to electricity

Supervisors: Mr B Verveckken; Mr M M’Rithaa; Prof E Uken; Mr D Christer

MTech: Information Technology

Chikotie TT

Utilisation of e-health in selected Cape Town communities: Towards narrowing the health divide

Supervisor: Prof V Owei

Dhansay S

Innovation in the age of mass collaboration: Reaching out to a global world Supervisor: Prof AJ Bytheway

MTech: Public Relations Management

Champion M

The prevalence, nature and status of public relations measurements practice within the Western Cape NGO sector of South Africa: A best practice-based inquiry

Supervisor: Ms E Myburgh

Soungue Owanda AM

Journalists and public relations practitioners:

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

PhD

University of Cape Town

Adeyeye M

A SIP-based hybrid architecture for converged sevices in the web session mobility scenarios

PhD

University of Cape Town

Mlitwa NW

Integration of e-learning systems into academic programmes in South African universities

Different role perspectives

Supervisor: Ms M Pike

Van Oudenhove De St Gery LA

Public relations and marketing: A framework for stakeholder management in the Life Healthcare groups of hospitals – Eastern Region

Supervisor: Prof N Bechan

Wei N

Measuring corporate social performance at Lenovo and Dell in the area of Chengdu, China: A comparative public perception study

Supervisor: Prof J van der Merwe

Wiese J

A case study on the communication of trust, reliance and belief in Namibian organisations

Supervisor: Prof N Bechan

UNITS

BIOCATALYSIS AND TECHNICAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP

leroesm@cput.ac.za

The Biocatalysis and Technical Biology (BTB) Research Group is a unique group that comprises researchers from diverse backgrounds, including biochemistry, microbiology, environmental microbiology, molecular and cell biology, biotechnology, medical biochemistry and chemistry. The main focus of the research at BTB is the discovery and development of robust industrial biocatalysts. This work ranges from gene discovery to enzyme characterisation and bioreactor design. Group team members benefit greatly from the shared research expertise within the research group.

The BTB research group moved from the University of Cape Town (Department of Chemical Engineering) to CPUT in April 2009, into a new building that was specifically designed to house the BTB research team on the Bellville campus. Our research laboratory is set up for the development of fermentation and biotransformation processes on laboratory scale, and the bioprocess laboratories have automated instrumentation of varying capacity. This is well supported by the ancillary equipment and analytical facilities, including a new state-of-the-art liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer (LC-MS). The research group

enjoys collaboration with several industries as well as with colleagues in other research units and university departments in related fields, both nationally and internationally.

Main achievements in 2010:

• Work integrated learning (WIL) student, Mr Peter Griffiths, received 1st prize for his WIL presentation (biotechnology programme) after a year of internship at BTB

• WIL student, Mr Alaric Prins, received 3 rd prize for his WIL presentation (biotechnology programme) after a year of internship at BTB

• CPUT Research Day award: 1st prize for research excellence in the posters category (Khan N, Le Roes-Hill M, Cowan DA & Burton SG) – Production of industrially important peroxidases isolated from various environments

• CPUT Research Day award: 2nd prize for research excellence in the sourcing of external funding (Prof SG Burton)

• Prof Burton was awarded an NRF RISP grant with which a Bruker LC-MS/MS was purchased

• Prof Burton was awarded the SASBMB gold medal for her contribution to the field of biochemistry

The main focus of the research at Biocatalysis and Technical Biology (BTB) Research Group is the discovery and development of robust industrial biocatalysts

Dr Marilize Le Roes-Hill (Prof Stephanie Burton 2010)

CPUT academic honoured for her contribution to biochemistry in South Africa

Prof Stephanie Burton, who was awarded the (SASBMB) Gold Medal Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of biochemistry

Acclaimed researcher, Prof Stephanie Burton, has been awarded the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Beckman (SASBMB) Gold Medal Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of biochemistry. This is the society’s most prestigious award, recognising a lifetime of achievement and contribution to biochemistry and molecular biology nationally and internationally.

Prof Burton, the Director of Postgraduate Studies at CPUT from 2009 to 2010, has served the discipline of biochemistry for 20 years. According to SASBMB, she has made a major impact on research and teaching at many levels in the fields of applied biochemistry and biotechnology.

A B-rated researcher, Prof Burton said while the award celebrates her contribution to the discipline, it also provides an example to young researchers of what can be achieved through hard work and dedication.

RESEARCH

BOOkS /CHAPTERS

Kirby BM, Vengadejellum CJ, Burton SG & Cowan DA

Anthropogenically-created habitats – Coal, coal mines and spoils heaps

Timmis K (ed.)

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Volume 3

Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp 2277-2292

ISBN 978-3-540-77584-3

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Bressa C, Griffiths P, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Effects of site-directed mutagenesis on the substrate specificity of a thermostable nitrile hydratase

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Burton SG, Davids L, Chigorimbo-Tsikiwa N & Zwane R

New natural antioxidants and in vivo demonstration of their protective effects on health

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Burton SG, Le Roes-Hill M & Cowan DA

New oxidases from extreme environments

8 th International Congress on Extremophiles

São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 12-16 September 2010

Horne k A & Burton SG

Comparative fermentation profiles of newer TM mutants: TM336, TM444 and TM54x Big Science Meeting Guildford, UK, 22-23 February 2010

k han N, Le Roes-Hill M, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Production of industrially important peroxidases from Actinobacteria isolated from various

environments

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Le Roes-Hill M, k han N, Kirby B, Rohland J, Meyers P, Cowan D & Burton SG

Oxidative enzymes in Actinobacteria

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010 Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Le Roes-Hill M, Kirby B, Rohland J, Meyers P, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Oxidative enzymes from actinomycetes: A focus on new tyrosinases with industrial potential

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Mavengere WN, Casanueva A, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton SG, Tuffin MI & Cowan DA

‘Deserted’ or in ‘hot soup’: The search for thermotolerant Actinobacterial tyrosinases

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Mavengere NR, Kirby B, Syldatk C, Burton SG, Tuffin MI & Cowan DA

Isolation and characterisation of Actinobacteria from a Zambian hot spring

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Parker A, Adelakun E, Murefu N, Zwane R & Burton SG

The use of laccase for the production of beneficial novel antioxidant polymers

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Ramond J-B, Welz PJ, Burton SG, Tuffin M & Cowan DA

Molecular survey of constructed wetland microbial communities impacted by winery effluent

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Welz PJ, Ramond J-B, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Removal of plant phenolics by constructed wetland sediments

31st International Limnological Society Congress

Cape Town, 15-20 August 2010

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Adelakun OE, Parker A, ku danga T & Burton SG

Biocatalytic modification of ferulic acid by a laccase from Trametes pubescens

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Bressa C, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Effects of site-directed mutagenesis on the substrate specificity of a thermostable nitrile hydratase

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Bressa C, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Effects of site-directed mutagenesis on the substrate specificity of a thermostable nitrile hydratase

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010

Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Burton SG, Davids L, Chigorimbo-Tsikiwa N & Zwane R

New natural antioxidants and in-vivo demonstration of their protective effects on health

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010

Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Casanueva A, Mavengere W, Crisp R, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton S, Tuffin M & Cowan D

Identification of laccase, peroxidase and tyrosinase-producing thermophilic Actinobacteria

Extremophiles 2010

São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 12-16 September 2010

Crisp R, Casanueva A, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton SG, Bauer R, Cowan DA & Tuffin M

The identification and characterization of thermophilic lignin degrading peroxidases from actinomycetes for use in biofuel production

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Griffiths P, Bressa C, Cowan DA & Burton SG

An analysis of site-directed mutation effects in thermo-stable nitrile hydratases: Substrate specificity

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Horne k A & Burton SG

Beneficiation of citrus and deciduous fruit wastes

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Horne k A & Burton SG

Beneficiation of citrus and deciduous fruit wastes

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Horne k A & Burton SG

Beneficiation of citrus and deciduous fruit wastes

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010 Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

k han N, Le Roes-Hill M, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Production of industrially important peroxidases from Actinobacteria isolated from various environments

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

k han N, Le Roes-Hill M, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Production of industrially important peroxidases from Actinobacteria isolated from various environments

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010 Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

ku danga T, Adelakun OE, Parker A & Burton SG

Laccase-mediated coupling of putative lignin monomers with flavonoids: A model for improving antioxidant capacity

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Le Roes-Hill M, k han N, Rohland J, Kirby BM, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Widespread occurrence of oxidases in Actinobacteria: Is their production environment driven?

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Matthews LA, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton S, Bauer R, Tuffin MI & Cowan DA

Screening for α -L-arabinofuranosidases from thermophilic actinomycetes for the digestion of lignocellulosic feedstocks for biofuel production

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Mavengere W, Casanueva A, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton S, Tuffin M & Cowan D

Dietzia sp., a novel tyrosinase-producing hot spring isolate

13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME) 2010

Seattle, WA, 22-27 August 2010

Oldale M, Easton S, Le Roes-Hill M, Burton SG, Bauer R, Tuffin MI & Cowan DA

The isolation and characterisation of thermophilic esterases from actinomycetes for application in lignocellulose digestion

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Palmer Z, Le Roes-Hill M & Burton SG

The isolation, purification and characterisation of tyrosinases produced by actinomycetes isolated from constructed wetlands soil samples

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Parker A, Adelakun E, Murefu N, Zwane R, Davids L & Burton SG

The use of laccase for the production of beneficial novel antioxidant polymers

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010

Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Parker A , Davids L & Burton SG

Ultraviolet radiation and hydrogen peroxide as an oxidative stress model to test the efficacy of antioxidants in human keratinocytes

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Prins A, Welz P, Ramond J-B, Cowan DA & Burton SG

An investigation into the metabolic processes implicated in the degradation of ethanol using pilot-scale constructed wetlands

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research

Cape Town, 3 December 2010

Ramond J-B, Welz PJ, Burton SG & Cowan DA

Molecular survey of constructed wetland microbial communities impacted by winery effluents

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010

Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Welz P, Prins A , Ramond J-B, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Microbial population changes in response to amendment with winery wastewater and ethanol in pilot-scale constructed wetlands

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

Chiyanzu I, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Immobilization of Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8 nitrile hydratase (NHase) reduces substrate inhibition and enhances thermostability

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 63(3-4):109-115, 2010

ku danga T, Prasetyo EN, Sipilä J, Guebitz GM & Nyanhongo GS

Reactivity of long chain alkylamines to lignin moieties: Implications on hydrophobicity of lignocellulose materials

Journal of Biotechnology, 149(1-2):81-87, 2010

ku danga T, Prasetyo EN, Sipilä J, Nyanhongo GS & Guebitz GM

Chemo-enzymatic functionalisation of lignocellulose materials using oxiranes

Process Biochemistry, 45(9):1557-1562, 2010

Navarra C, Goodwin C, Burton S, Danieli B & Riva S

Laccase-mediated oxidation of phenolic derivatives

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 65(1-4):52-57, 2010

Welz PJ, Ramond J-B, Cowan D & Burton SG

Microbial population changes in response to amendment with winery wastewater and ethanol in pilot-scale constructed wetlands

Cape Biotechnology Forum

Somerset West, 24-26 March 2010

Welz PJ, Ramond J-B, Cowan D & Burton SG

Microbial population changes in response to amendment with winery wastewater and ethanol in pilot-scale constructed wetlands

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Congress 2010

Bloemfontein, 18-20 January 2010

Olaofe OA, Burton SG, Cowan DA & Harrison STL Improving the production of a thermostable amidase through optimising IPTG induction in a highly dense culture of recombinant Escherichia coli

Biochemical Engineering Journal, 52(1):19-24, 2010

Velankar H, Clarke KG, Du Preez R, Cowan DA & Burton SG

Developments in nitrile and amide biotransformation processes

Trends in Biotechnology, 28(11):561-569, November 2010

CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING

ndunaj@cput.ac.za

The Centre for Community Engagement and Work-integrated Learning was established as an institutional response to the 1991 Education White Paper on the transformation of higher education institutions to demonstrate greater responsibility and commitment to the socio-economic development of communities.

The centre integrates the following three units:

• Cooperative Education, which is responsible for nurturing industry partnerships that result in student workplace learning

• Service Learning, which drives the integration of community engagement with teaching, learning and research

• Civil Engagement, which coordinates volunteer and outreach programmes

RESEARCH O UTPUT

JOURNAL ARTICLE (DHET SUBSIDISED)

W inberg C, Van der Geest T, Lehman B & Nduna J

Teaching technical writing in multilingual contexts: A meta-analysis

South African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):299-308, 2010

Dr Joyce Nduna

CENTRE FOR E - LEARNING

Mr Izak Smit

The Centre for e-Learning delivers a strategic support service to teaching and research in the effective pedagogical use of networked computer technologies for teaching and learning, utilising an online electronic learning management system.

The primary purpose of the Centre for e-Learning is to support academics in using the correct pedagogical approaches in the application of technologies within a structured online electronic learner management system (LMS). The assistance

offered to teaching academics includes training on the use of the LMS, support in setting up online courses, and development of media-rich teaching material.

Postgraduate supervision is supported in the creation of online portals for supervisors and assistance in the use of tools to detect originality against online resources to minimise plagiarism. The secondary role is to investigate alternative tools that may be integrated into the learner environment and to give advice in respect of their effectiveness.

CONFERENCE FUNDING

Researcher Rands

kumalo S

13 146

The primary purpose of the Centre for e-Learning is to support academics in using the correct pedagogical approaches in the application of technologies

RESEARCH

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Smit I

Matching development models with reality

Emerging Trends

Noordhoek, Cape Town, 10 November 2010

Smit I

OBE and ICT in higher education

ICT in Higher Education

Sandton, 24-25 March 2010

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Xakaza- kumalo S

Transformation and governance in higher education: Students’ participation in institutional strategic planning of the university Ruhode E (ed.)

Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on e-Government, Cape Town, 30 September1 October 2010

Reading: Academic Publishing, 2010, pp 168-175

ISBN 978-1-906638-77-1

Xakaza- kumalo S & Cronjé JC

Using the Internet communication tools to facilitate learning

2010 International Conference on Education and Management Technology (ICEMT 2010), Cairo, Egypt, 2-4 November 2010

Online publication: IEEEXplore, 2010, pp 706-710

ISBN: 978-1-4244-8617-5

CENTRE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

In 2010, the Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CPGS) consolidated its mission to provide services to help manage the administration of postgraduate students and to oversee the personal and academic development of the postgraduate student community as emerging researchers at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Please see page 9 for the breakdown of CPGS activities for this year.

makinded@cput.ac.za

CPUT academic honoured for his contribution to science in

South Africa

Outstanding contributions towards science, engineering, innovation, and technology were acknowledged at the Twelfth National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards. The winners of the 2009/10 NSTF Awards were announced at the annual Gala Dinner that took place on 4 May 2010 at Emperors Palace, Gauteng. The Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, presented the fourteen category awards on the evening.

The NSTF Awards afford an opportunity for recognition to all practising scientists, engineers, technologists, and innovators across the system of innovation. Teachers, schools, and students who excelled in the mathematics, science, and technology fields, are also acknowledged.

These awards represent a collaborative effort by the SET community of South Africa, made possible by the participation and sponsorship of a variety of stakeholders.

CPUT’s Prof Oluwole Daniel Makinde received recognition for his success in research in mathematical modelling and computation as well as research capacity development in challenging environments.

Prof Daniel Makinde (Prof Stephanie Burton 2010)

COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION UNIT

The Community Water Supply and Sanitation Unit is a nationally recognised, multi-disciplinary unit, offering a range of development and collaboration opportunities to staff and students within a framework of commissioned projects based on sector, community, and client needs.

The unit promotes sustainable water services in accordance with VISION 21 and MDG principles. Projects address strategic approaches and institutional development for basic services delivery, sector training and capacity building, and appropriate water supply and sanitation technologies.

Prof Alvin Lagardien

RESEARCH O UTPUT

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Cousins D, Lagardien A, Muanda C & Zindoga C

A guideline for integrating community-based procurement in the operation and maintenance of basic services

Proceedings of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) 2010 Biennial Conference and Exhibition: A Time to Reflect, Durban, 18-21 April 2010

WISA, 2010

ISBN 978-0-9802623-7-7 CD-ROM

Mdingi N & Muanda C

Investigating the suitability of using effluent grey water from an AUBR for irrigation

Proceedings of the Water Institute of Southern

Africa (WISA) 2010 Biennial Conference and Exhibition: A Time to Reflect, Durban, 18-21 April 2010

WISA, 2010

ISBN 978-0-9802623-7-7 CD-ROM

Zindoga C, Lagardien A, Muanda C & Cousins D Reducing vandalism and increasing sustainability of water and sanitation services

Proceedings of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) 2010 Biennial Conference and Exhibition: A Time to Reflect, Durban, 18-21 April 2010

WISA, 2010

ISBN 978-0-9802623-7-7 CD-ROM

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Lagardien A, Cousins D & Muanda C

A guideline for integrating community-based procurement in the operation and maintenance of basic services

WRC report TT423/09

Lagardien A, Muanda C & Cousins D

The integration of community-based procurement in the operation and maintenance of basic services

WRC report 1714/1/09

ISBN 978-1-77005-903-0

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

MTech: Civil Engineering

Muanda C

Investigation of anaerobic up-flow batch reactor for treatment of greywater in un-sewered settlements

Supervisor: Prof A Lagardien

CPUT and UWC embark on joint water research project

CPUT and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) will play a central role in research and training for integrated water resource management in South Africa. With funding of 1.5 million euros from Nuffic, a Netherlands initiative for capacity development in higher education, the institutions will work jointly on a water research and training project that will span the next four years.

Challenges cover the entire water use cycle and range from inadequate planning for bulk water infrastructure to poor community participation in water planning and delivery.

The announcement of the project, which took place at the Bellville campus on 28 July 2010, was attended by delegates from government, Nuffic, and the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria.

Water Affairs Dept grants Community Water Supply & Sanitation Unit R3.6m project

The Community Water Supply & Sanitation Unit has been awarded a three-year contract worth R3.6 million by the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) to serve as a professional service provider. The unit will manage and coordinate the Masibambane Civil Society Support (MCSSP) Programme at national level.

The Masibambane Programme is a multifaceted water sector support initiative whose overall objective is to ‘improve the quality of life of poor communities by improving their access to adequate, safe, appropriate and affordable basic water supply and sanitation services’.

According to Prof Alvin Lagardien, Director, the award of the contract is an acknowledgement of the unit’s capacity and record in supporting civil society initiatives.

Delegates from CPUT, UWC and The Netherlands at the announcement of the joint water research project

Community Water Supply & Sanitation Unit evaluates water-saving sanitation project

With the government working towards eradicating the country’s sanitation backlog, the CPUT Community Water Supply & Sanitation Unit (CWSS) has been appointed to evaluate a pilot project in Cape Town. MobiSan Technology, a dry sanitation and urine diversion stand-alone unit, which does not affect ground water, is currently being implemented at Pooke se Bos informal settlement, Athlone.

CWSS’s primary role is to evaluate the user acceptance and functioning of mobile communal sanitation facilities, using Cape Town as a case study. The initiative was as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between CWSS and Partnership Group, which includes a Dutch consortium and the City of Cape Town, which was signed on 28 July 2009. The Dutch consortium comprises Lettinga Associates Foundation and Viitens-Evides International.

The MobiSan is an ecological sanitation system and it does not require the use of water for flushing. In South Africa, as a water-scarce

country, the application of MobiSan Technology may result in reduction of the use of potable water for flushing and save substantial amounts of water.

Under the MoU, it was agreed that the CWSS Unit should cover the evaluation and analysis of the MobiSan pilot project and operationalise it through monitoring and the development of comprehensive guidelines for operation and maintenance.

(Top): View of the Mobisan facility in Pooke Se Bos Cape Town. (Above): CWSS Unit Research Team: From left to right: Christophe Muanda, Amanda Gcanga, Prof Lagardien, Deborah Cousins, Claudius Zindoga, Tom De Boer, Remy Tshbangu, Ameen Mogammad Benjamin (Below): Christophe Muanda and Mpho Antoinette Baatlhodi interviewing a community member in Ethekwini

CPUT LIBRARIES

During 2010, CPUT Libraries put its research agenda, drawn up in 2009, into action. This assisted staff to undertake research into various aspects, including information literacy, knowledge management, access to information and knowledge resources, service delivery and quality management, digitisation, information technology, e-resources, collection development and management, continuing education and training for library staff, management in CPUT Libraries, and collaboration with Computer and Telecommunication Services. On a national level, this has led to the inauguration of a project to develop a statistical database for all South African Higher Education Institutions’ libraries; on an international level the first steps have been taken in data curation partnerships with the Technische Universität München in Germany, through the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries. Further results of some of this research can be seen in the presentations and papers outlined below.

In addition, CPUT Libraries has continued its support to researchers and postgraduate students through the RISC (Research Information Support Centres) at Bellville and Cape Town. This has also included support by RISC staff at other sites, such as Mowbray and Wellington, and the extension of training to all faculty, information, and branch librarians, to empower them to support researchers and postgraduate students at all sites of delivery.

Digital libraries and archives, sometimes called repositories, have become an extremely valuable resource for researchers and academics. CPUT is one of 18 institutions in South Africa which currently have such a service, accessible to anyone with an internet connection. CPUT Libraries’ Digital Knowledge was launched in September 2009, initially only loading master’s and doctoral theses, with older theses identified and outsourced for retrospective scanning. Support was received from the university with the decision that all postgraduate students would be obliged to submit their theses to the library in electronic and print format. In addition

to theses, the growing collection of hosted CPUT items is the result of the efforts of CPUT staff, who have contributed poster presentations, journal articles, conference papers and proceedings, and oral presentations.

The service uses the Digital Commons platform, which allows the library to deposit and archive items, as well as provide:

• individual websites for CPUT staff members

• image galleries for archival and current images

• e -journal publication

• presentation of conference papers

A report by Google Analytics, tracking site visits since the launch of Digital Knowledge, states that the site has been visited by users from 109 countries, including the USA, UK, India, Canada, and Australia, as well as many African countries such as Namibia, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Dr Elisha Chiware

RESEARCH INFORMATION SUPPORT CENTRE (RISC)

Located at the Bellville and Cape Town libraries, the RISC units provide research and information support to postgraduate students, researchers and academic staff. Each centre features networked computing, scanning and copying/ printing, as well as information support.

prosker@cput.ac.za

The Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CPGS) has a presence in each centre, offering financial advice and expert statistical guidance. Postgraduate students’ use of these innovative facilities has increased exponentially since their establishment.

Services include:

• Information support

• Networking with the academic research information community

• Training and guidance in online information retrieval

• Training sessions on site and at campus locations

• Publishing Research Notes online

• Information literacy training

• Bibliographic instruction

RESEARCH O UTPUT

CO NFERENCE PAPERS

Chiware E

Future knowledge and skill areas for African librarians

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL)

Workshop on Librarians’ Skills in a Changing Environment

Munich, Germany, 30 November-1 December 2010

Coreejes-Brink P

‘Gesels gesels’: Hoe voer jy ’n onderhoud?

Presentation given at Potchefstroom Museum

Potchefstroom, 8 November 2010

Coreejes-Brink P

Google Earth as ’n inligtingsbron vir navorsers met spesifieke verwysing na grafsteeninligting in Suid-Afrika

National Congress of the South African Society of Cultural History

Bloemfontein, 1-2 October 2010

Mr Rolf Proske

Coreejes-Brink P & Becker DA

The implication of developmental opportunities and diversity on social perceptions at CPUT: A case study 2009

12th Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) Annual Conference

Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010

Coreejes-Brink P & Moll ME

Looking back to move forward: A case study of CPUT digital knowledge

South African Society of Archivists (SASA): Bringing the Disciplines Together: Heritage, Archives, Records Management and Library Science

Louis Trichardt, 7-9 December 2010

CONFERENCE POSTER

Proske R & ka lam N Reaching out to researchers

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

CO NFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

B ecker D & Moll M

From repository to service: The CPUT digital knowledge

Koch A & Van Brakel PA (eds)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

Hart G & Davids M

Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology

Innovation: A Journal for Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa, 41:25-41, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Chiware ERT

Positioning the technological university library in higher education and human resources development in Africa

Library Management, 31(6):391-403, 2010

k leinveldt L

Academics’ experience of and perceptions of the role of the academic library in research at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

12th Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) Annual Conference

Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010

Moll ME & Coreejes-Brink P

Reaching out, reaching in: Building a multiresource network

South African Society of Archivists (SASA): Bringing the Disciplines Together: Heritage, Archives, Records Management and Library Science

Louis Trichardt, 7-9 December 2010

World Wide Web Applications, Durban, 21-23 September 2010

Cape Town: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010, 14 pp electronic ISBN 978-0-620-48797-9

Moll ME

First mergers: A case study of the Boland College of Education and the Cape Technikon libraries

South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science, 76(1):57-63, 2010

DISABILITY

Dr Nina du Toit

UNIT

The Disability Unit provides a comprehensive range of specialised support services to students and staff with disabilities at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. It also serves as an information centre for people wishing to learn more about accommodating people with disabilities in the workplace and at learning institutions.

RESEARCH O UTPUT

CO NFERENCE PAPER

D u Toit HG

Exploring ways in which the Arts could contribute to an inclusive educational experience of students with disabilities within a higher education context

The 2010 Drama for Life Africa Research Conference

Johannesburg, 26-28 August 2010

FUNDANI CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

winbergc@cput.ac.za

The Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development is a strategic unit which, under the direction of CPUT’s Vision and Mission, as well as the Strategic Plan, serves the university as the site that initiates and facilitates higher education development in alignment with relevant international and national imperatives.

Fundani staff members are actively engaged in researching work-integrated learning/university knowledge transfer, multilingual classrooms, improving first-year experiences, mathematics education, and general issues concerning academic staff development and curriculum design.

Fundani staff support and manage the Research Innovation Funding for Teaching & Learning (RIFTAL) project for the institution and the Workintegrated Learning Research Unit.

Prof Chris Winberg

NRF R ESEARCH NICHE AREA

Work-Integrated Learning Research Unit (WILRU)

Prof Chris Winberg

The Work-integrated Learning Research Unit (WILRU) was established at CPUT in 2002. Past and current funders include the NRF, SANPAD, SIDA, the US-based Conference on College Composition and Communication, Joint Education Trust, the ETDP SETA, and CPUT.

winbergc@cput.ac.za

There are currently approximately 15 different projects within WILRU that study relationships and partnerships between higher education and its broader contexts. These projects include policy studies, studies on the roles of advisory committees, curricular research, audits of graduate attributes, education and

BOOkS /CHAPTERS

Engel-Hills P & Winberg C

An integrated curriculum in medical imaging

Van Deven T, Hibbert KM & Chhem RK (eds)

The Practice of Radiology Education: Challenges and Trends

Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2010, pp 99-108

ISBN 978-3-642-03147-2

RESEARCH O UTPUT

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Bester M

Empowering higher education teachers in curriculum development using a strength-based approach

Higher Education Learning and Teaching

workplace alignment studies, evaluations of programmes, service learning audits and evaluations, language practices in higher education and the workplace, technical writing, and workplace readiness studies.

Garraway JW

Field knowledge and learning on foundation programmes

Hutchings C & Garraway J (eds)

Beyond the University Gates: Provision of Extended Curriculum Programmes in South Africa

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 2010, pp 31-39

ISBN 978-0-62046-968-5

Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Conference – Higher Education Development: Academic Excellence, Opportunities and Challenges

Tzaneen, 23-25 November 2010

Hassan S

Developing assessment criteria for researchbased learning

XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society

Istanbul, Turkey, 14-18 June 2010

Hassan S & Wium W

Factors related to lecturer performance that contribute to low pass rates in an Applied Science faculty

4th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference: Diversity, Transformation and the Student

CO NFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

S iyepu SW

Social-cultural approaches involved when university students find derivatives during a differential calculus course De Villiers MD (ed.)

Proceedings of the 16 th Annual Congress of the Association for Mathematics Education of South

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DHET SUBSIDISED)

D eyi S

A multilingual approach to conceptual development in technical contexts

South African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):259-266, 2010

Garraway J

Knowledge boundaries and boundary-crossing in the design of work-responsive university curricula

Teaching in Higher Education, 15(2):211-222, April 2010

Hassan S

Developing staff for the implementation of problem-based learning: Experiences from Botswana

Experience in Higher Education Teaching and Learning

Pietermaritzburg, 20-22 September 2010

Siyepu SW

The implementation of the zone of proximal development in a first-year university of technology mathematics classroom

3 rd African Regional Congress of the International Commision on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) [AFRICME]: Mathematics Education as a Leading Edge in the Education for All (EFA) Framework

Gaborone, Botswana, 18-21 May 2010

Africa (AMESA): ‘Mathematics: The Pulse of the Nation’, Durban, 28 March-1 April 2010

Johannesburg: Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA), 2010, pp 246-261

ISBN 978-0-620-46739-1

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(1):84-97, 2010

Winberg C, Adams A, Esbach J, Lakay D, Groenewald W, Randall k , Muzondo I, Siyepu S, Seane G & Veeran P Day jobs/nightwork: Academic staff studying towards higher degrees

South African Journal of Higher Education, 24(1):175-195, 2010

Winberg C, Van der Geest T, Lehman B & Nduna J

Teaching technical writing in multilingual contexts: A meta-analysis

South African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3):299-308, 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

Engel-Hills P, Garraway J, Jacobs C, Volbrecht T & Winberg C

Working for a degree: Work-integrated learning

in the higher education qualifications framework Kagisano: Universities of Technology –Deepening the Debate, 7:62-88, February 2010

PhD University of the Western Cape Mkonto N

The development and evaluation of a learning styles assessment tool for the South African higher education context

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

HIV/AIDS UNIT

The HIV/Aids Unit strives to prevent, control and manage HIV/Aids among students and staff of CPUT and in the community.

Its strategic objectives are:

• Incorporation of HIV/Aids/STI and TB module into curricula: an HIV/Aids/STI and TB module has been introduced as part of the curriculum for many of CPUT’s courses.

• Student and staff training workshops: HIV/Aids workshops are held regularly by the unit for staff and students. These workshops provide information about HIV/ Aids and how to deal with the pandemic.

• Awareness campaigns: events and campaigns are run with the support of student peer educators, workplace peer educators and health promoters on certain health calendar days to raise awareness of HIV/Aids.

• Men as Partners, Student Peer Education Programme: students are trained to become peer educators and given the proper skills that enable them to go out and speak to their peers. At the end of the year students are awarded for their motivation, commitment and performance.

• Community outreach programmes: in cooperation with other organisations, the unit runs projects in the community, such as the project at Malmesbury Prison. Recently, collaboration with the St George’s Home for Girls was established.

• Workplace programme: ongoing training is made available for CPUT staff to equip them with skills and knowledge around HIV/Aids/STI and TB.

• Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT): external service providers are invited to campus twice a year to test students and staff. This service not only provides rapid results, but also makes pre- and posttesting counselling available.

• Care and support: this is spearheaded by health promoters on campus, who render ongoing lay-counselling for students and staff who are infected with or affected by HIV/Aids. There are weekly support groups and one-on-one sessions.

Dr Ashraf Mohammed is the Head of the HIV/Aids Unit. He was a Humphrey Fellow in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, from September 2010 to June 2011. In this capacity, he made several presentations and conducted several capacity-building workshops as an invited guest at various universities, institutions, and NGOs throughout the United States. He recently completed his Professional Affiliation in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a co-researcher in an international collaborative study on TB.

Dr Ashraf Mohammed

CONFERENCE POSTERS

ka llon I, Mohammed A & Schutte De W

An evaluation of the antiretroviral rollout programme in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme

CPUT Research Day: A Celebration of Research Cape Town, 3 December 2010

RESEARCH O UTPUT

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED

MTech: Environmental Health

ka llon II

An evaluation of the ‘Antiretroviral Programme’ in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme Supervisors: Dr A Mohammed; Prof De W Schutte

ka llon I, Mohammed A & Schutte De W

An evaluation of the ‘antiretroviral rollout programme’ in two informal townships in the Western Cape, South Africa: Exploring Aids patients’ access to and experiences of the programme

South African Medical Research Council: Research Day 2010

Cape Town, 14-15 October 2010

The HIV/Aids unit staff members: Alex Semba, Rene van der Westhuizen, Akhona Ndiki (front row, left to right), Ravi Jayaweera, Marius Harmsen, Alik Chingwe (back row, left to right)

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Office of International Affairs aids international students wishing to pursue their studies at CPUT. Its role includes:

• Advice on and assistance with immigration and visas

• Assistance with accommodation

• O rientation to campus life and Cape Town

• Production of information pamphlets

• Preparation of standardised letters for students’ use

Ms Merle Hodges

Erasmus Mundus project at CPUT

CPUT was represented at two Erasmus Mundus Project (EMP) meetings, held at Leuven and Antwerp Universities in Belgium in September 2010. Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnerships, Dr Chris Nhlapo; Executive Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Nomathamsanqa Tisani; and International Affairs Director, Merle Hodges, attended the meetings.

The EMP is a European Union initiative that seeks to establish partnerships between European higher education institutions and their local counterparts, and offers scholarships, varying in duration from three months to two years, for postgraduate study or research initiatives.

The EMP’s goal is to promote European higher education throughout the world, to establish Europe as a setting for excellent higher education, and to offer a valuable framework for exchange and dialogue between cultures. The EMP fosters institutional cooperation in the field of higher education between the

European Union and developing countries through a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges for the purpose of studying, teaching, training and research.

The meetings followed CPUT’s securing membership in two consortia under the EMP, with Leuven and Antwerp Universities coordinating EMA2SA and EUROSA consortia respectively.

For CPUT, the Erasmus Mundus Project promises to give a special boost to transformation through the potential it holds for capacity-building among staff. The focus will be on master’s and doctoral applicants.

Each consortium was awarded €1.6 million which is to be divided among member institutions of the consortium.

CPUT strengthens ties with France

A CPUT delegation visited the French Consulate on 13 May 2010, where they met with the Consul of France, Mr Antoine Michon, with a view to strengthening ties between the CPUT and France.

Dr Nhlapo, who led the CPUT delegation, said the institution has several memoranda of understanding with universities and organisations in France. Most notable is the collaboration with Airbus S.A.S., the graduate school Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique (ESIEE) in Paris, and the French–South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI), a specialised centre at CPUT’s Bellville campus.

F’SATI collaborates with ESIEE on the delivery of postgraduate programmes in Engineering. On completion of their degrees, graduates receive qualifications from both CPUT and ESIEE.

According to Merle Hodges, Director of International Affairs at CPUT, many of the French collaborations are located in the Faculty of Engineering. CPUT would like to broaden collaborations across other departments and disciplines, and create more opportunities for staff to participate in exchange programmes at French research organisations.

DVC: Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships Dr Chris Nhlapo and International Affairs Director Merle Hodges attended the EMP meetings

The CPUT delegation pictured with French Consul (standing second from left), Antoine Michon, at the French Consulate in Cape Town

RESEARCH DIRECTORATE

The Research Directorate manages:

• Research funding and grants

• Research finances

mpako-ntusit@cput.ac.za

• Research publications, including the DHET publications audit and annual Research Report

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Mpako-Ntusi T

Cross cultural nuances and culture-centric perspectives of international research collaborations

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( NOT DHET SUBSIDISED)

D yason k , L ategan L & Mpako-Ntusi T

Case studies in research capacity-building initiatives

Kagisano: Universities of Technology –Deepening the Debate, 7:42-61, February 2010

Please see page 8 for an overview of the Research Directorate’s activities during 2010.

Examining Core Elements of International Research Collaboration: A Workshop Washington, DC, 26-27 July 2010

Mpako-Ntusi T & Ntusi NBA

The challenges of cardiovascular medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities for engagement between academia, industry and civil society

Innovating for the Health of All: Global Forum Update on Research for Health, 6:072-077, 2009

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES OBTAINED BY STAFF MEMBERS

MPhil Stellenbosch University

Smith LL

The influence of gratitude journalling on the motivation and English language proficiency of young adult isiXhosa speakers

Dr Tembeka Mpako-Ntusi

STUDENT COUNSELLING

devilliersab@cput.ac.za

Student Counselling provides a comprehensive range of services to registered and prospective students of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. This is done through different levels of engagement, ranging from individual counselling and therapy sessions, to skills development workshops and wellness promotion.

The professional staff regularly gathers information through qualitative and quantitative methods, and the results are presented as either informal (annual reports and newsletters) or formal (conference papers, workshops, poster presentations, journal articles) research output, or are used for formal postgraduate degree purposes.

CONFERENCE POSTER

De Villiers AB

Developing best practice for student counselling within a positive psychology framework 31st Conference of the Southern African Association for Counselling and Development (SAACDHE)

Stellenbosch, 13-16 September 2010

Dr AB de Villiers

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR R ESEARCH , TECHNOLOGY IN NOVATION & PA RTNERSHIPS

RESEARCH DIRECTORATE

Dr Chris Nhlapo

Tel 021 959 6203

Fax 021 959 6002

Email nhlapoc@cput.ac.za

Administration Building, Bellville

Secretary

Ms Elaine Abrahams Tel 021 959 6242

Fax 021 959 6002

Email abrahamse@cput.ac.za

Administration Building, Bellville

RESEARCH

Ms

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Ms ka ren Martin Administrator

460 3798/959 6568 021 460 3887

Mr La-Juan Persensie Contract Manager

6431 021 959 6896

021 959 6879 021 959 6896 rabiuh@cput.ac.za Technology Transfer Office Technology Institute

021 959 6044 021 959 6896 martink@cput.ac.za Technology Transfer Office Technology Institute Bellville

021 959 6879 021 959 6896

PersensieL@cput.ac.za Technology Transfer Office Technology Institute

DIRECTORATE (continued)

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & INDUSTRIAL LIN k AGES ESTABLISHED

The 2010 Research Report is published by the CPUT Research Directorate.

The editors acknowledge, with thanks, the contributions of:

• T he Marketing and Communication Department at CPUT for photographs and items retrieved from the News Archive

• Dr André Steenkamp (Faculty of Education & Social Sciences), for the Afrikaans translation of the Vice-Chancellor’s message

• Dr Nozuko Gxekwa (Faculty of Education & Social Sciences), for the isiXhosa translation of the V ice-Chancellor’s message

• Ms Julie Medhurst for the graphic on page 16

• Researchers, faculties, and research units and centres

EDITORIAL TEAM

Prof Liz van Aswegen vanaswegene@cput.ac.za

Ms Lara Smith smithll@cput.ac.za

Ms Luyolo ka mati kamatil@cput.ac.za

DESIGN

Bridgette Hunt bahunt@wol.co.za

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