Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

These are our Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE) Top achievers for 2023. WELL DONE and keep it going! Electronic Engineering First Year: Caro du Toit, Dylan Pattle, Tanaka Chuma Second Year: Ane Badenhorst, Strider van Standen, Lindy Grobbelaar Third Year: Luke Stapelberg, Michael Dunlop, Matthew Inglis Electrical Engineering First Year: Ryan Govender, Onalenna Mokhuwane, Sarah Andrew Second Year: George Chavaranis, Bjorn Schäffner, Jacobus Weyers Third Year: Nathan Dawson, Jarrod Odendal, Franco Liebenberg Computer Engineering First Year: Bethlehem Shimelis, Tristan Botha, Kenna Geleta Second Year: Brent Bown, Michael Langley, Joshua Oosthuizen Third Year: David Nel, Heinrich le Roux, Jacques Pieterse #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #ebit #2023 #topachievers

During the Autumn graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT (EBIT) on 29 April 2024 at 14h30, the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE) graduated 1 PhD, 13 M.Eng, 24 B.Eng (Hons) and 168 B.Eng degrees. Congratulations to all the graduates! #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #Autumngraduation

The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT (EBIT) celebrated International Day of Women and Girls in Science this year. Natalie Hanekom, a master’s degree student in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE), is not one to let being a woman stand in the way of achieving her dream. By utilising speech enhancement signal processing, she wants to improve people’s quality of life by improving their auditory communication experiences. As the top student in the EECE in 2023, she has decided to continue her postgraduate studies in electronic engineering within the Department’s Bioengineering Group. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eH4rfhch #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #ebit #women #girls #science #auditory #communication #signalprocessing

Robot race day is an annual race hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP) Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE). The race involves Microcontroller-based Autonomous Robotic Vehicles (MARVs) built by teams of third-year students who compete against one another to complete the track in the shortest possible time. This year’s Race day was held on the 1st of June 2024 and was a great success. https://lnkd.in/d_uk9g4 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #robotraceday #marv #ebit

On the 30th of October in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Professor Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, a visiting professor from Clemson University, USA and the Vice-President for Industry Relations of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), delivered the University of Pretoria Smart Grid seminar on “Emerging Trends in Power Systems”. A group of researchers and students gathered to hear Professor Venayagamoorthy, an IEEE Fellow and Editor of the Wiley-IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems, speak about the challenges faced by the power industry and the need to embrace smart grid and other emerging technologies such as scalable and sustainable artificial intelligence for the future electric power system. The Smart Grid Programme is being worked on by the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering as well as Enterprises University of Pretoria. https://lnkd.in/eYt4KwBb https://lnkd.in/eDuFMwt2 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies  #smartgrid #seminar #clemsonuniversity #INNS #IEEE #wileyIEEE #enterprisesup

On the 7th of November 2024 the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering hosted their annual final year Project competition. The event was sponsored by industry partners of the department, namely Gendac | Software, Innovations & IoT, Etion Create, Rapid Mobile - Pty Ltd, BBD, PEC Engineers, Altron Arrow, and SmartGrid. There were three winners for each degree programme:    Electronic Engineering 1. Luke W. (supervised by Dr F. Camisani) 2. Nicolai Kuschke (supervised by Dr. J. Schoeman) 3. Ivana Venn (supervised by Prof. J.W. Odendaal) Electrical Engineering 1. Nathan Dawson (supervised by Prof. X. Ye) 2. Megan Meredith (supervised by Prof. R. Naidoo) 3. Jarrod Odendal (supervised by Prof. MN. Gitau) Computer Engineering 1. Gustav Bosman (supervised by Mr. W.R. Green) 2. Heinrich le Roux (supervised by Prof I.K. Craig) 3. Eben Steyl (supervised by Prof Johan Hanekom) https://lnkd.in/eNw-BwPU #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #Competition #Finalyear #project #winners #gendac #Etioncreate #rapidm #pecengineers #altronarrow #smartgrid

The Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering hosted its first annual final year Farewell function at Tuks Monate on Friday 11 October 2024. The function started with 3 speakers (Prof Ian Craig, Dr Leon Staphorst, PhD and Mr Baraka Masinde) providing their own personal experience about postgraduate and what it meant for their careers. Final years then had the opportunity to engage with the different research groups within the department, while enjoying some drinks and snacks. Photo evidence suggests that these students enjoyed it quite a lot! https://lnkd.in/eNeCmBuP Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT #UP #engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #farewell

The annual South African Telecommunications, Networking and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2024) was held in Skukuza, Kruger National Park from 6-9 October 2024. One of  The Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering students, Marchant Fourie, won the Best Paper award entitled "Automated crocodile detection using deep learning and synthetic data", co-authored by Prof Herman Myburgh and Dr Allan de Freitas. He was interviewed on SABC news. https://lnkd.in/ejaQZ4aa https://lnkd.in/g5E_rmcJ UP Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology #UP #deeplearning #Engineering #electricalengineering #computerengineering #electronicengineering #eece #innovation #research #postgraduatestudies #SABC #crocodiles #Krugernationalpark #Bestpaper