General News

Climate change caused by anthropogenic carbon emissions has increased the adoption of variable renewable energy (VRE) resources as part of emissions mitigation strategies. As a result, there has been an 
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We’re proud to announce that Professor Bernard Bekker from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded the SARChI NRF Chair 
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Francois Snyders recently completed (and passed cum laude) his Master of Engineering degree. His research aimed to develop a paper-based glucose sensor that uses electrochemistry and glucose-specific enzyme reactions to 
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CubeSat launches are increasing rapidly. They were initially used for educational purposes; however, over time, they were used for more complex missions requiring a precise attitude. To achieve precise control 
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Technologies such as text-to-speech and braille provide an alternative to electronic text. It allows blind users to access most documents independently using a screen reader that reads a text out 
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As an electronics design project, Munashe Matingo of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently developed, tested and reported on a battery-powered remote-controlled car with collision 
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Probability theory often follows a familiar process of modelling, observation and inference and plays an important role in solving problems in engineering and computer science. To use probability theory, you 
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Legged robots have advantages over other forms of terrestrial locomotion, such as wheeled or treaded locomotion. In the past, legged locomotion on compliant terrains, such as sand or gravel, has 
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Facial recognition technology has become an increasingly prominent tool in many areas, ranging from crowd control at public events to data collection for marketing purposes. This revolutionary technology utilises highly 
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During November 2022, PhD student, Matthew Baas and Professor Herman Kamper, both from the Department Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University implemented a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for unconditional speech synthesis calling 
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