Members

Leadership

Prof Anton Basson

He obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University in 1992. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.

Email: ahb@sun.ac.za

Prof Karel Kruger

He obtained his PhD in Mechatronic Engineering in 2018 from Stellenbosch University, where he is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.

Email: kkruger@sun.ac.za

Dr Anro Redelinghuys

Research Affiliate
Digital Twins and Software Systems for Industry 4.0

Dr Dale Sparrow

Research Affiliate
An Architecture for Human Integration in Industry 4.0 Environments

Current Students

Azhar Cader

PhD
Traceability in Fruit Supply Chains

Dylan Eksteen

MEng (II)
Standardization of a Production Data Pipeline for Predictive Maintenance and Anomoly Detection

Sa'eed Fataar

MEng (II)
Human-Systems Integration in an Underground Mine

Akhil Joseph

MEng
Collaborative Robot Digital Twin for Enhanced Human-Robot Collaboration

Jean Maree

MEng (II)
Integrated Platform for IoT Edge Solutions

Micaela Melim

MEng (II)
An Investigation Into the Effectiveness of a VR System for Reducing Motion Sickness on Maritime Vessels 

Dauda Sheni

MEng (II)
Knowledge Based Assistant Concept for Correction of Anomalous Data

Divan Smit

MEng (II)
Information Management for Operational Control of a Fruit Treatment Facility

Heinrich Swanepoel

MEng (II)
Digital Twin for Maintenance Support of Industrial PV Systems

Ryno Visser

MEng (II)
Vehicle Digital Twin Architecture with Product and Production Data

Keegan Weaver

MEng (II)
Further Development of a Clinical Pathway Digital Twin for Handover in Emergency Center Environments

Lize De Wet

MEng (I)
A Speech-to-Patient Record Human Cyber-Physical System 

Nicholas Campbell

MEng (I)
An Architecture for a Federated Digital Twin of Vehicle Lifecycles 

Kundra Oosthuizen

MEng (I)
Development of an Environmental Sustainability Digital Twin for Hospitals 

Andrew Ingle

MEng (I)
The Development of a Digital Twin System for AR-Based Maintenance Support of Bulk Water Utility 

Abbey Kirkman

MEng (I)
A Maintenance Decision Support Digital Twin for Passenger Trainset Life Cycle Costing 

Ameer Mohamed

MEng (I)
A Thermo-Fluid Modelling Approach for Digital Twins of Pump Sets 

Past Students

Nicole Taylor

2023 PhD graduate
A Human Cyber-Physical System Implementation for Seafarers

Corné van Dyk

2023 MEng graduate
Digital Twin Architecture for the Circular Economy

Arno van Bruggen

2023 MEng graduate
Digital Twin Architecture to Support Machine Learning Operations

Stefan le Roux

2023 MEng graduate
A Decision Framework for Digital Twin Cloud Implementations

Hanno Erwee

2023 MEng graduate
Development of a Clinical Pathway Digital Twin

Katherine Nicholls

2023 MEng graduate
Human-System Integration in Emergency Room Environments

Ockert Goosen

2022 MEng graduate
A Digital Twin Implementation for a Water Distribution System

Gabriel da Silva

2022 MEng graduate
Digital Twin Supported Virtual Reality for Facilities Management

Travis Defty

2022 MEng graduate
Human-System Integration in Medical Clinic Environments

Christiaan Doubell

2022 MEng graduate
A Digital Twin Implementation for Rail Infrastructure