News
Melissa Sikosana, an MSc student with Professor Harro Von Blottnitz in the Department of Chemical Engineering, was selected by a high-ranking jury of experts out of more than 800 applications from over 100 countries as one of the top 25 up-and-coming scientists.
CeBER PhD student, Sarah Jones recently wrote an article entitled "Moving Algae the Key to Renewable Oil Production?" which was featured in the Science Voices supplement of the Mail & Guardian. The article is based on the work she is doing for her PhD and was submitted as part of a six-month- long Mail & Guardian project which helps teach postgraduate science students how to turn their academic writing into something the general public can read and enjoy.
Rissa Niyobuhungiro, a PhD student in the Environment and Process Systems Unit in the Department of Chemical Engineering, received a Best Student Poster award at the 5th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation, which was held in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference theme was in line with Rissa’s research, which aims to find alternative clean and cheap fuels for poor vendors in information settlements.
On 8 November, Dr Dyllon Randall, an alumnus from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCT, won 3rd place at the Falling Walls Lab competition which was held in Berlin. 100 young scientists, young entrepreneurs and innovators from 34 countries had three minutes to present their research projects, ideas and initiatives concerning social challenges and the big issues of the future.
Pages
- 1
- 2