M Brand - Third best
poster at the 11th Annual UNESCO/IUPAC Workshop and Conference on Functional
Polymeric Materials & Composites, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 26-29 Apr
2011.
NC Basson -
Diploma of distinction for the best student presentation, POLYCHAR-19 World
Forum on Advanced Materials, Kathmandu, Nepal, 20-23 Mar 2011.
F Meltz - Element Six (Pty) Ltd DST/NRF
Centre of Excellence award for the best honours student in Polymer Science
2010.
ML du Toit - Element Six (Pty) Ltd DST/NRF
Centre of Excellence award for the best honours student in Polymer Science
2010.
F Meltz
- AMS Laboratory Technologies award for the best honours student in Polymer
Science 2010 (cum laude).
2010
EP Jacobs - The WRC Technical Excellence
Award for developing innovative water purification technology that are
commercially available.
GM Bayley - Carl Klason Prize for the best
oral paper presented by a student at the World Forum on Advanced Materials (PolyChar
18), Siegen, Germany.
2009
RD Sanderson
- The Paul J Flory Polymer Research Prize for his pioneering work on
polymerization. Presented by the PolyChar World Forum on Advanced
Materials at PolyChar 17, France.
H Chirowodza - Chancellors medal for the
best MSc student during 2008/2009.
2008
GM Bayley
- Poster prize at the 39th SACI
National Convention, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 30 Nov – 5
Dec 2008.
Ron Sanderson - Outstanding Alumni
Award, Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Department, The University of Akron, Ohio, USA.
Waled Hadasha -
4th Place for his poster at a NATO-ASI Workshop on New Smart Materials via
Metal Mediated Macromolecular Engineering: from Complex to Nano Structures,
Turkey, 1-12 September 2008.
Rueben Pfukwa
- Honourable mention for his poster at the ACS
National Meeting in Philadelphia (USA), 17-21 August 2008.
Ron Sanderson -
NSTF Award to
a Researcher for Research Capacity Development over the last 5 to 10 years.
(Eskom sponsored award)
Anli Smith
- Element Six (Pty) Ltd DST/NRF Centre of Excellence Price for the best
Honours student in Polymer Science during 2007.
Anli Smith -
SMM-AMS Laboratory Technologies Price
for the best Honours student in Polymer Science during 2007.
2007
EP Jacobs
- WISA-MTD Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 for his contribution to membrane
science both locally and abroad.
A Bowes
- Honorory Colours from Stellenbosch
University for outstanding academic achievements.
L Hlalele - Best
BSc(Hons) student during 2006.
GEN Pound - Carl
Klason prize for the best student paper at the POLYCHAR15, 15th World Forum
on Advanced Materials, 15th Tutorial on Polymer Characterization, Rio de
Janeiro,
Brazil, 16-20 April 2007.
GM Bayley - IUPAC
prize for the best poster (out of 160) at the POLYCHAR15 , 15th World Forum
on Advanced Materials, 15th Tutorial on Polymer Characterization, Rio de
Janeiro,
Brazil, 16-20 April 2007.
FM Saoud - First prize
for the best student poster at the Controlled/Living Polymerization, CLP'07
Conference in Antalya, Turkey, 25-29 October 2007.
A Samakande - Second
prize for a student paper at the Controlled/Living Polymerization, CLP'07
Conference in Antalya, Turkey, 25-29 October 2007
2006
GM Bayley
- Third prize for posters at the
38th
National Convention of the South African Chemical Institute, Durban, South
Africa, 3-8 December 2006.
LL Vatta - First prize in the 2006 AAAS
Student Poster Session in the Physical Sciences category at the AAAS Meetings
in New York, USA.
A Bowes - SMM Instruments award for
the best Honours student during 2005.
A Bowes - Second prize at the 9th
Annual UNESCO/IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules: Polymers for Advanced
Applications, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 20-23 November 2006.
RAS Fleet - Third prize at the 9th
Annual UNESCO/IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules: Polymers for Advanced
Applications, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 20-23 November 2006.
2005
Prof RD Sanderson - WISA-MTD Honorary Award 2005 in full recognition of his role to advance and
support membrane science and technology in RSA.
MB Mbanjwa - Best student presentation
at the 6th WISA-MTD Workshop, Wilderness, South Africa, 13-15 March 2005.
SP Roux - Second price: student
presentation at the 6th WISA-MTD Workshop, Wilderness, South Africa, 13-15
March 2005.
2004
JL Rinquest - Merck Award
for best Chemistry III student during 2003.
GW Harding - Setpoint
Award for best BSc(Hons) student (Polymer Science) during
2003.
MB Mbanjwa - WISA Stander Evening 2004 Young Researcher Award, 21 October 2004.
NE Luruli - Best poster
contribution "Ethylene/1-pentene copolymers
synthesised using the metaloxy carbene complex catalyst
system [(CO5)W=C(ME)OZR(CP)2CL/MAO",
7th Annual UNESCO/IUPAC Conference on
Macromolecules focusing on Polymers in Medical,
Nanotechnology, Degradation & Stabilization,
Stellenbosch, South Africa, 5-8 April 2004.
2003
I Goldie
- THRIP Excellence Award 2003 nominee.
Prof RD Sanderson
- Victor Pretorius Memorial Lecturer 2003.
S
Govender - Best oral contribution at the 5th
WISA-MTD Symposium on Membrane Developments in Waste
Minimisation, Water Treatment and the Process Industry
held in Vereeniging, South Africa.
Z
Allie - Best poster contribution at the 5th
WISA-MTD Symposium on Membrane Developments in Waste
Minimisation, Water Treatment and the Process Industry
held in Vereeniging, South Africa.
2002
WJ Opperman
- One of the winners of the Catalyst Innovation
Competition, targeted at recognising the commercialisable
innovations developed by students at all universities and
technikons in South Africa in the Science, Health Science
and Engineering Faculties.
FM Calitz
- Best poster award - 5th UNESCO School and IUPAC
Conference on Macromolecules and Materials Science held
in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
WJ Opperman
- THRIP Excellence Award for the student registered on a
project that most represented the intentions of the DTI
and THRIP.
1999
SPJ Smith
- First prize in the student contest at the International
Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes held in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1998
UNESCO Associated Centre for
Macromolecules and Materials- awarded by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO).
Institute for Polymer Science
- SA Centre of Excellence for Polymer Science: Status
awarded by Polifin.
K Mequanint - JGP van der
Horst prize for the best MSc-student in Chemistry.
1997
DG Bessarabov - SA
Chemical Institute/Sasol Post-graduate Medal for the best
chemistry-related PhD obtained during 1996 in South
Africa.
1995
JP Botes - M-Net's
Jac van der Merwe Prize for Innovation: Cross-flow
ultrafiltration as one-step clarification and
sterilisation for potable water in rural communities.
1994
VM Linkov - First
prize in the student contest at the 3rd International
Conference on Inorganic Membranes held at the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.
FJ du Toit - Gold
Medal at the Symposium for Postgraduate and Post-diploma
students of the South African Academy of Science and Arts
(Chemistry Section).
1993
RD Sanderson and EP
Jacobs - Chemical Manufacturer's Association Award
for the best academic contribution to industry during
1992.
1989
RD Sanderson -
William Sage Award of the Plastics and Rubber Institute,
SA Division
1988
Institute
for Polymer Science - Centre of Expertise for
Membrane Studies: Status awarded by the Water Research
Commission.
