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Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Stellenbosch University
Staff
For contact information, please refer to the staff pages of the Dept of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Prof Anton H Basson | Research Interests: Automation, mechatronic system design, machine design | |
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Prof Kristiaan Schreve | Research Interests: Micrometrology | |
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Karel Kruger | Research Interests: Automation, mechatronic system design, Erlang applied to automation | |
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Reynaldo Rodriguez | Laboratory technician |
Current Students
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Christopher S van den Berg | MEng | Evaluation of Erlang for implementing ants in a holonic controller for Reconfigurable Manufacturing System conveyor | ||
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Greg Hawkridge | MEng | An evaluation of Erlang implemented on microcontrollers for distributed control | ||
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Johannes Leuvennink | MEng | Human Integration in holonic manufacturing systems | ||
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Anro Redelinghuys | MEng | Evaluation of holonic cell control for Industry 4.0 | ||
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Daniël Fölsher | MEng | Facilitation of robot motion programming using stereoscopic motion capturing |
Graduates
Most theses are available at SUNScholar
PhD Graduates
| Photograph | Name | Graduated | Dissertation topic | F Hagen M Nieberding | Mar 2010 | Selecting and tailoring design methodologies in form of roadmaps for a specific development project |  |
Charl Goussard | Apr 2008 | Design Analysis of a Lomolding Machine |
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Yang Liu |
Dec 2007 | A Flexible Distributed Design Assistance Tool for Early Design Phases | ||
| Corné Coetzee | Apr 2004 | Modeling of Granular Flow Using the Particle-in-Cell Method | |||
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Kristiaan Schreve | Mar 2002 | Edge Scanning and Sweep Surface Approximation in Reverse Engineering | ||
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Andreas Schueller | Mar 2002 | Aspects of Distributed Conceptual Design Support | ||
| Helmut R Schuster | Dec 1997 | A Computer Aid for Specification Development, Conceptual Design and Manufacturing Cost Estimation in Mechanical Design |
MScEng and MEng (Research) Graduates
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PJ Havenga | March 2017 | Traffic control strategies for a holonic controller for a modular conveyor in a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System cell | ||
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Matthew Deacon | March 2017 | Evaluation of transport alternatives in a station of a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System | ||
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Rainer Graefe | Dec 2016 | A C# implementation of a station controller for a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System | ||
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Marcus L Kotze | Dec 2016 | A holonic controller for a modular conveyor in a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System cell | ||
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Clint Steed | Mar 2016 | Evaluation of vision-based robot control configurations for reconfigurable assembly | ||
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Darlington Masendeke | Mar 2015 | Evaluation of LabView Based Control for a Reconfigurable Manufacturing Subsystem | ||
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Marius Claassen | Mar 2015 | A Reconfigurable Manufacturing System for Thermoplastic Fibre-Reinforced Composite Parts: A Feasibility Assessment | ||
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AJ (Kobus) Hoffman | Dec 2014 | IEC 61131-3-Based Control of a Reconfigurable Manufacturing Subsystem | ||
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Anro le Roux | Dec 2013 | Control of a Conveyor System for a Recon gurable Manufacturing Cell | ||
| Ruan van der Merwe | Dec 2013 | Development of Tailorable Mechanical Design Support Software | |||
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Chibaye Mulubika | Mar 2013 | Evaluation of Control Strategies for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems | ||
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Karel Kruger | Mar 2013 | Control of the Feeder for a Reconfigurable Assembly System | ||
| Juan Atkinson | Dec 2012 | Cost Model for Bipolar Plate Manufacture | |||
| Azeez Adams | Dec 2010 | Control of a Reconfigurable Assembly System | |||
| Francois SD Dymond | Dec 2009 | Design of a Fixtureless Reconfigurable Automated Assembly System | |||
| Michael A Sequeira | Dec 2008 | Conceptual Design of a Fixture-Based Reconfigurable Spot Welding System | |||
| Chukudi Egbuna | Mar 2008 | An Electric Actuator Selection Aid for Low Cost Automation | |||
| AC (Alex) Busch | Mar 2008 | Reflex Sensors for Telemedicine Applications | |||
| Cornel de Jongh | Dec 2007 | Critical Evaluation of Predictive Modelling of a Cervical Disc Design | |||
| Brett Johnson | Dec 2006 | The influence of processing on properties of injection-moulded and lomolded components | |||
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Jacques AD Dymond | Dec 2004 | The Simulation of the Flow of Polymer Melt in Lomolding | ||
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Yang Liu | Dec 2001 | Aspect of Linking CAD and Cost Estimation Software | ||
| Charl Goussard | Dec 2001 | Semi-automatic extraction of primitive geometric entities from point clouds | |||
| Anton V de Swardt | Dec 1998 | Design for Manufacture through Fabrication | |||
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Kristiaan Schreve | Mar 1998 | Cost Estimating Welded Assemblies Produced in Batches | ||
| SWP (Willem) Esterhuyse | Dec 1997 | The influence of geometry on dragline bucket filling performance | |||
| Willie Maree | Mar 1997 | Design for Fabrication: A Cost Estimation Model for Small Production Volumes | |||
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Gerhard Veldsman | Mar 1996 | Design for Manufacturing with Resin Transfer Moulding | ||
| Danie NJ Els | Mar 1996 | The Design and Analysis of the Dynamics of a Mechanical Impact Fuze for a 40 mm High Explosive Grenade |