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CAETS Communication Prize 2024

CAETS Communication Prize 2024

Felix Reinders receiving the Certificate from Lucas Noldus, the Chairman of the Communication Committee on behalf of the proSET teamSAAE entered proSET’s “STEMulator” for the 2024 CAETS Communication Competition. The results were announced on 2 July 2024 during the...

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CAETS Convocation 2024

CAETS Convocation 2024

The Annual CAETS Convocation was hosted by the Council of Finnish Academies and the Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences from 1 to 4 July 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. The theme of the CAETS 2024 conference was Carbon Neutral Technologies and Society.  CAETS 2024 was...

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2024 SAAE Academy Lecture

2024 SAAE Academy Lecture

Prof Hannes Gräbe, Prof Kathy Sole, Dr Paul Roberts, Prof Jasper Steyn,  Neil Macleod (President), Dr Pine Pienaar, Heleen Duffey (Secretary), Prof Roelf Sandenbergh, Prof Stephan Heyns, Prof James Maina and Felix Reinders in the foyer of Engineering4 after the...

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New Fellows elected in 2024

New Fellows elected in 2024

Prof Raj Naidoo            Prof Barend J van WykErrol KerstProf Adesola IlemobadeFour new Fellows were elected in 2024. Professor Adeshola Ilemobade, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand Errol Kerst, Retired Director, LBE Nako...

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EXCO Election 2024

EXCO Election 2024

TC Madikane, President of SAAE 2024 – 2026 In accordance with the SAAE Constitution, a new Executive Committee had to take office after the 2024 AGM. In April Fellows were invited to nominate Fellows for election to Exco. President Neil Macleod and Past President Prof...

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CAETS Communication Prize 2025

CAETS Communication Prize 2025

The Prize will be awarded to the most outstanding audiovisual communication of excellence and innovation in technological sciences or engineering. Entries must clearly communicat the successful identification of and solution for a problem, with the outcome being of...

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CAETS 2025 Brisbane, Australia

CAETS 2025 Brisbane, Australia

CAETS 2025 will be held in Brisbane, Australia, from 8-11 September 2025.  The theme of the symposium is “Generations:  An international symposium shaping a sustainable future in 50 years.”  Plenary sessions will include 1) Navigating big tech, big data,...

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Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2024

Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2024

The Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture, which is presented annually by SAAE in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology of the University of Pretoria, was presented  on 10 October 2024 in the Senate Hall at the...

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CAETS CONVOCATION 2023

CAETS CONVOCATION 2023

Felix Reinders and Pine Pienaar with CAETS CEO Dr Ruth DavidThe CAETS 2023 Annual Meetings and Technical Symposium was hosted by the Croatian Academy of Engineering from 9-11 October in Zagreb, Croatia. The theme of the symposium was e2 – Mobility.   In response to a...

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Induction of new Fellows

Induction of new Fellows

Due to the pandemic, no Induction Functions were held in 2020 and 2021. In November 2022 and March 2023 Induction Functions were held in Stellenbosch and Johannesburg to welcome the following new Fellows elected  since 2020: 2020 Johan De Koker, Semi-retired...

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Gauteng Induction Lunch

Gauteng Induction Lunch

Inductees with the President of SAAE. From left to right Prof Thomas Afullo, Sy Gourrah, Trevor Fowler, TC Madikane (Vice-President), Prof Estelle Trengove, Prof Kathryn Sole, Neil Macleod (President),  Malani Padayachee-Saman, Alex van Niekerk, Prof Akpofure...

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Cape Induction Lunch

Cape Induction Lunch

Fellow Gustav Rohde addressing the guests at the Cape Induction Dinner  On 18 November 2022 an Induction Lunch for new Fellows elected during the pandemic was held at STIAS in Stellenbosch.   The lunch was sponsored by Zutari and Paul Nel, Incubator Lead, Zutari, was...

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CAETS Communication Prize 2023

CAETS Communication Prize 2023

The landing page of STEMulator, SAAE’s entry for the 2023 CAETS Communication prizeSTEMulator, an entry prepared by proSET, a member of the NST Forum, won the national competition and was submitted by SAAE for the international competition. The STEMulator is an...

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CAETS Convocation 2022

CAETS Convocation 2022

The 2022 CAETS Convocation will be hosted from September 26 to 29 in Versailles near Paris by the National Academy of Technologies of France. The theme of the Convocation will be Breakthrough Technologies for Healthcare. SAAE President Prof Elsabe Kearsley, the TC...

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SAAE Elects three distinguished new Fellows

SAAE Elects three distinguished new Fellows

In 2022 SAAE elected three distinguished engineers as Fellows of the Academy namely Malani Padayachee-Saman, the CEO of MPAMOT (Pty) Ltd, and two Professors from the University of Pretoria namely Prof Hannes Gräbe, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil...

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ONLINE AT 17H00 ON 26 OCTOBER 2021On 26 October Prof Richard Walls presented the Academy Lecture online from the University of Cape Town. Recently the Charlotte Maxeke hospital, the library and other buildings at UCT, the homes of 10,000 people in Hout Bay and...

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CAETS 2021

CAETS 2021

The 2021 CAETS Convocation was hosted by the National Academy of Engineering of Argentina from 17 to 24 September 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theme of the Convocation was The Future of Energy and due to Covid restrictions all presentations were done online....

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Equality, diversity and inclusivity policy

Equality, diversity and inclusivity policy

Including everyone is simply the way we do business. Our culture is collaborative, courteous, non-judgemental and respectful. We have a demographically diverse group of Fellows, employees and associates which is representative of the South African engineering...

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Obituary – Professor Tania Douglas

Obituary – Professor Tania Douglas

11 August 1969 – 20 March 2021It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Fellow Tania Douglas on 20 March 2021 following a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was aged just 51. At the time of her death, Tania was a professor at the University of...

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Advisory Note 4 The importance of hydrological information.

Advisory Note 4 The importance of hydrological information.

Building a Better post-COVID Water Sector Advisory Note 4: The foundation of our water security is eroding – why hydrological information is importantFloods have recently taken lives and destroyed infrastructure across the country, from the Northern Cape to...

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CAETS 2020

CAETS 2020

The 2020 CAETS Convocation, which was scheduled to take place in June 2020 but had to be postponed due to the Corona virus pandemic, was hosted by the National Academy of Engineering of Korea in Seoul from 12 to 15 October 2020. The theme was Engineering a better...

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Obituary – Nape Maepa

Obituary – Nape Maepa

1946 – 2021
Emeritus Fellow Nape Maepa died in America on 4 February 2021. He left South Africa in 1965 to study in the USA. He obtained BSc and MSc degrees in

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SAAE Annual Academy Lecture

SAAE Annual Academy Lecture

Dr Rob Adam presented the Annual Academy Lecture on 24 February 2021 online from the University of Cape Town. The topic of the lecture was “Technology, policy and politics: critical success factors in high-technology infrastructure projects”. Dr Adam is a Fellow of...

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Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2020

Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2020

The 2020 Annual Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture, An economic recovery strategy for South Africa and the role we can play, was presented online on 29 September 2020 by Chris Griffith. He was until recently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anglo American...

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Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2019

Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2019

SAAE Fellow Andrew Kirby, the President and CEO of Toyota SA Motors, presented the 2019 Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture on 9 October 2019 in the Senate Hall of the University of Pretoria. The title of his lecture was Can the South African Automotive Industry...

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Cape Town’s Water Supply – Experience and the Way Forward

Cape Town’s Water Supply – Experience and the Way Forward

Peter Flower presented the 2019 Academy Lecture on 28 November 2019 in the New Lecture Theatre at the University of Cape Town. He is a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering and he recently retired from the position of Director of the City of Cape Town’s...

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Advisory Note 3: Municipal Water Losses

Advisory Note 3: Municipal Water Losses

How do water losses occur? The most recent data in South Africa shows that approximately 41% of the potable water produced by municipalities is lost through leaks, or is water that is used but is not measured. The value of this lost water has conservatively been...

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Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) 2018

Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) 2018

Prof Wikus van Niekerk, moderator, and the three panellists Dr Gustav Rohde, Dr Vukosi Marivate and Dr Reabetswe Kgoroeadira listening to a question from the audience On 12 December 2018 SAAE SAAE participated for the first time in the SFSA which is presented annually...

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Annual Gauteng Induction Dinner

Annual Gauteng Induction Dinner

New Fellows Dr Quentin Shaw, Prof Gerrit Jordaan, Dr Rodney Jones and Seetella Makhetha with Bob Pullen in the middle On 25 October the Gauteng Fellows of SAAE gathered at the Pretoria Country Club for the Gauteng Induction Dinner.  New Fellows Dr Rodney Jones, Prof...

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Annual Western Cape Induction Dinner

Annual Western Cape Induction Dinner

Dr Mike Shand, Honorary Fellow, Mr Leon Nel, Dr Trueman Goba, President of SAAE, and the three new Fellows Me Marna de Lange, Prof Neil Armitage and Dr Rob Adam Four new Fellows were inducted at SAAE’s Western Cape Induction Dinner on 10 October 2018 at...

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1.	CAETS Convocation 2018

1. CAETS Convocation 2018

SAAE Fellows Dr Mike Shand, Dr Trueman Goba, Bob Pullen and Felix Reinders represented SAAE at the 2018 CAETS Convocation in Montevideo. The annual CAETS Convocation was hosted by the Academy of Engineering of Uruguay in Montevideo in September 2018. The...

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New Fellows elected

New Fellows elected

At the 21st Annual General Meeting of the SAAE which took place on 28 June 2018, eight new members were elected and as Fellows of the Academy. These new Fellows will be inducted at Induction dinners which will be held in October and November. The eight new Fellows...

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SAAE Fellow Kevin Wall receives Lifetime Award

SAAE Fellow Kevin Wall receives Lifetime Award

SAAE is very proud of   Prof Kevin Wall, a Fellow and past Executive Committee member of SAAE, who recently received the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) -South32 Lifetime Award. The NSTF awards recognise, celebrate and reward excellence in science,...

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SAAE President Trueman Goba receives Honorary Doctorate

SAAE President Trueman Goba receives Honorary Doctorate

Trueman Goba, industry leader, mentor of young engineers and champion of the transformation of the engineering profession in South Africa, received the degree Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, from Stellenbosch University on 20  March 2018. This honorary...

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Decolonizing Engineering

Decolonizing Engineering

Prof Mike Muller  presented this lecture  on Tuesday 10 April at Nelson Mandela University, North Campus, Summerstrand - Faculty of Engineering, New Engineering Building - Venue 276-0-0003 Nelson Mandela Bay is already in the grip of water supply restrictions and,...

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Prof Wessel Pienaar inducted as a Fellow

Prof Wessel Pienaar inducted as a Fellow

Prof Wessel Pienaar, Research Fellow in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University and the current Chairman of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, was inducted as a Fellow of SAAE during the 2017 Western Cape...

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RAE presents Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Pretoria

RAE presents Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Pretoria

The RAE invited SAAE to nominate mid-career engineers to take part in a Frontiers of Engineering for Development (FoE) symposium which RAE presented in Pretoria in the first week of December 2017 with the aim of bringing together outstanding early career...

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Prof Ian Jandrell inducted as a Fellow

Prof Ian Jandrell inducted as a Fellow

Prof Ian Jandrell, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of the Witwatersrand, was inducted as a Fellow of SAAE during the 2017 Western Cape Induction Dinner.

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2017 Induction dinners

2017 Induction dinners

The Gauteng Induction dinner was held at the Pretoria Country Club on 5 October 2017 and the Western Cape Induction Dinner took place on 18 October 2017 at Kelvin Grove Club in Cape Town. At the dinner in Cape Town Honorary Membership was bestowed on...

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Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2017

Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture 2017

The 2017 Hendrik van der Bijl Memorial Lecture was presented in the Senate Hall of the University of Pretoria on 27 September 2017 by Mr Peter Staude, the Chief Executive Officer of Tongaat Hulett Limited. The topic of his presentation was “How do you stop...

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