August 2019
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand
INVITATION School Research Day: 29 August 2019 10:00-12:00 Postgraduate research poster viewing in Richard Ward 13:30-14:30 Prof. Silvana Luyckx Memorial Lecture Presented by Prof. Jack Sigalas 15:00-16:00 Prof. Robbie Robinson Memorial Lecture Presented by Prof. Jan Cilliers 16:00-16:30 2018 Undergraduate Awards Prizegiving Lectures and Prize giving will take place in Senate Room, Soloman Mahlangu House
1
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2018
During March and June there were graduation ceremonies where the class of 2018 received their degrees. Well done to all those that graduated and all the best for the future
2
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Prizes and Awards Undergraduates in 2018 Well done to our students who won awards last year
Genmin-Adrian Goddard Prize in Extractive Metallurgy The most deserving and meritorious final year student in Hydrometallurgy Metallurgy/Minerals Process
Mashudu Mutshaeni J Arthur Reavell Medal and Prize for Chemical Engineering The most distinguished graduand in Chemical Engineering
Ricardo Miguel Da Silva Stephen Luke Laishley PPC Ltd Prize and Certificate The two students who produced the best Laboratory Project in Chemical Engineering
Mpumelelo Thando Nhlapo Jonathan Kirkel S A Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Prestige Prize(Metallurgy) The student in the 3rd or 4th year of study whose academic achievements, contributions to student affairs and Interaction with the school are of high order
Francois Pierre Marais WorleyParsons CEO Award in Metallurgical Engineering Design The 4th year student with the highest mark in Metallurgical Engineering Design Report
Mohammed Ebrahim Dajee Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit (IMWaRU) The student with the highest mark in Wastewater Engineering
Aarti Bharat Dulabh Hatch Prize for Hydrometallurgy The student with the highest mark in Hydrometallurgy
Moshibudi Khutso Mahlo Tenova Prize – 3rd Year The best 3rd year student with highest mark in Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy
Marc Simon Henderson
3
Prizes and Awards Undergraduate 2018 Tenova Prize - 4th Year The best 4 year student with highest mark in Physical Chemistry of Iron and Steel Manufacturing th
Francois Pierre Marais Sasol Achievement for Corrosion Science The student with the best 3rd year marks in Corrosion and Wear
Marc Simon Henderson Sasol Thermodynamics Prize The best 3rd year student in Chemical Engineering in the course 'Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Jessie Tamar Wainer Compagnie de Saint Gobain Prize for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Design The highest final mark in Chemical Engineering Design by final year student or a group of students
Fiona Hao-feng Xiong NCP Prize rd
3 year student with highest mark for the course “Environmental Process Engineering�
Marc Simon Henderson CAIA Prize for Management for Process Engineers The highest mark in Management for Process Engineers for student in the branch of Chemical Engineering and in the branch of Metallurgical Engineering
Ricardo Miguel Da Silva Francois Pierre Marais Donald Williams Medal for the best performance in the subject CHMT2013 Process Engineering II The student who has the most outstanding academic performance in the course Process Engineering II
Izak Johannes Minnie
4
Professor Thoko Majozi receives the Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze
On 25 April 2019 Professor Majozi, OMB, received the Order of Mapungubwe in bronze “for his outstanding contribution to science, particularly the development of a novel mathematical technique for near-zero-effluent batch chemical facilities which enables the reuse of wastewater”. The advisory council also noted that, “as a young scientist, more trailblazing is expected of Professor Majozi in the years ahead.” He currently holds the NFR/DST Chair in Sustainable Process Engineering, a position that affords him the opportunity of exercising his main research interest, the integration of batch chemical processes. The central motif for this order is Mapungubwe, a kingdom that thrived at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, south of Great Zimbabwe, from about AD 1075 to 1220. The name means “hill of jackals”, according to one of the early excavators of the site. The capital is now a world heritage site.
5
Professor Thokozani Majozi launched his book “Water Management: Social and Technological Perspectives� on the 28th of February 2019. Congratulations to Thoko and his research group 6
Staff Profile:Prof. Lesley Cornish, PhD Director: DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials, and Professor in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand Director: African Research Universities Association (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology (CoE-MEN)
Prof Cornish has been with the School (with the odd break) for over 22 years, won two marathons, been pushed out of an aeroplane, nearly climbed the highest mountain in southern Africa and has seen over 4000 of the world's 10,000 birds. As a Physical Metallurgist she has worked for the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Wits University (twice) and Mintek. Prof. Cornish obtained her BSc (Metallurgy and Materials), MSc (Computer Science) and PhD (Metallurgy and Materials) from the University of Birmingham U.K. Her research has focused on alloy development, including platinum-based alloys, cermets, as well as the derivation of phase diagrams. Recently, she has become involved in titanium alloys. As part of the alloy development work, she also works with characterisation techniques, and well as mechanical properties and corrosion. She is currently supervising or co-supervising 12 postgraduate students, mainly at Wits, with 39 MSc and 27 PhD students already graduated. She has lectured undergraduate Metallurgical Engineering since 1990, postgraduate courses, and has given external courses on phase diagrams, heat treatment etc., as well as giving lectures in the UK, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. In 2017, she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, cum laude. Prof. Cornish was the Director of the African Materials Science and Engineering Network (AMSEN), which was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 2009 - 2016
Among other awards she has won the best published paper using electron microscopy by the Microscopy Society of Southern Africa (MSSA) Conference (6 times), and won awards for presentations at the MSSA conference eight times. She has three Materials Science International Team Certificates: 2006, 2007 and 2009; and won the (University of the Witwatersrand) Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award in 1998, and won the Supervision Award: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, in recognition of outstanding contributions to postgraduate supervision in 2015. She was part of the team that was a R&D Magazine 2011, “R&D 100” Winner, for “Novel platinum/chromium alloy for the manufacture of improved coronary stents”, for work done at Mintek; and won the National Science and Technology Forum “Eskom Research Capacity Award”, 2013; as well as being in the team that won the “Communication and Outreach for Creating Awareness Award”, with Profs. A. Quandt and D. Naidoo, and Ms C.K. Sparkes, in the National Science and Technology Forum-South32 Awards, 2016 – 2017. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa in 2010. Most recently she was second runner up in the Distinguished Women Researchers –Natural and Engineering Science , at the South African Women in Science Awards 2019.
Prof. Lesley Cornish’s latest task is establishing The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Materials Energy and Nanotechnology, which comprises researchers from Wits, Pretoria University, University of Nairobi and the University of Ghana. ARUA Universities can only host two CoEs, and ARUA CoE-MEN is one of these at Wits. Currently, she is trying to obtain UKRI funding for this CoE.
When not working, she enjoys travelling to places without cell phone coverage, and is a very keen birder. She also is a keen photographer, especially of wildlife. Her photographs have been published in one book, and in four calendars. She has been an Honorary Officer for the North West Parks Board since 2003, and has had the privilege of working with rhinos, lions and wild dogs. She also enjoys books, especially about wildlife. 7
Congratulations Congratulations to Prof. Kathryn (Kathy) Sole who was awarded the Milton E. Wadsworth Award at the SME annual meeting in Denver, which is awarded to those who have increased the understanding of the science and technology of nonferrous chemical metallurgy. Kathy’s award citation reads: “Dr. Sole has made a significant impact on the development and practice of solvent extraction. Her academic contributions at the University of Arizona significantly improved the fundamental understanding of SX processes, and resulted in high impact publications.”
Congratulations to Dr. David Ming and co-authors for winning the most promising new textbook award from the the Textbook and Academic Authors Association for their book: Attainable Region Theory: An Introduction to Choosing an Optimal Reactor, 1st ed.
8
Well done to Joel Croft, who won the award for the best student Oral presentation at the Sustainable Chemical Product and Chemical Engineering Conference in China
Tamlyn Naidu won the award for best student technical paper written and presented at the International Mine Water Association Conference in Russia
The school was also well represented in the Institute of Materials, Mining and Metallurgy South Africa, Young Lecturers’ Competition. Where Tamlyn Naidu (right) placed first and Ntsundeni Ndou (left) placed third. Tamlyn will represent South Africa at the international competition in October.
9