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EE student, Alex Muthua, secures master’s degree with facial recognition technology

14 December 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral Newsfacial recognition technology, infrared, pigmentation

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 …

GAN You Hear Me? Reclaiming Unconditional Speech Synthesis from Diffusion Models

6 December 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral NewsASGAN, AudioStyleGAN, generative adversarial network

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 …

SearchBot: Development of an Urban Search and Rescue Robot

25 November 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral Newsautonomous vehicles, robotics, urban search and rescue, USAR

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on developing robots that can assist in Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) missions. These robots are designed to enter hazardous environments …

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering forms part of project team to develop an off-grid electric vehicle (EV) charging solution

14 November 2022Posted by ValpreElectrical Energy, General Newscharging station, electric vehicle, off-grid electric vehicle

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, under the guidance of Professor Thinus Booysen, is working on an off-grid electric vehicle (EV) charging solution. It’s funded as part of the …

New Engineering Test Facility and Air-Bearing Vehicles Provide A New Testbed For Spacecraft And Space Systems

31 October 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral News3D nozzles, air-bearing vehicle, planar air-breathing test facility

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University boasts a new planar air-bearing test facility. The facility contains a testbed for researchers to validate their projects and perform experiments …

Geospatial Capacity Allocation Framework of Wind and Solar Renewable Generation for Optimal Grid Support

20 October 2022Posted by ValpreElectrical Energy, General Newsenergy supply infrastructure, loadshedding, renewable energy resource planning framework

South Africa has displayed a unique energy supply profile over recent years, where the ability to meet the energy demand consistently has been constrained by physical limitations of the current …

R6m green energy project targets WCape no-fee schools

26 September 2022Posted by ValpreElectrical Energy, General Newsenergy efficency, green energy, pv solar

Green energy measures being implemented in the Western Cape are anticipated to help 100 no-fee schools in the area. The project, estimated at R6 million, will see energy efficiency startup, …

Astronomers develop a way to see the first stars through the fog of the early universe

22 August 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral Newsantenna technology, radio waves, Square Kilometre Array

Astronomers have long been interested in studying the first stars that formed in the universe. However, these stars are shrouded in a fog of gas and dust, making them difficult …

“An Optimal 18 m Shaped Offset Gregorian Reflector for the ngVLA Radio Telescope” wins Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award

1 August 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral NewsGregorian reflector, next-generation Very Large Array, paper award

A team of engineers, including Professor Dirk de Villiers, testing the design efficiency of reflectors for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s upcoming next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has received the Institute of Electrical …

The development of a test facility for satellite experiments

12 July 2022Posted by ValpreGeneral Newsair-bearing test facility, satellite experiments, spacecraft test facility

The expensive and risky nature of designing and manufacturing spacecraft components means that hardware and software must be thoroughly tested and validated before they can be used on real missions. …

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