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 AffiliateDigital Twins and Software Systems for Industry 4.0
Dr Dale Sparrow
Research AffiliateAn Architecture for Human Integration in Industry 4.0 Environments
Current Students
Azhar Cader
PhDTraceability 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
MEngCollaborative 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 graduateA Human Cyber-Physical System Implementation for Seafarers
Corné van Dyk
2023 MEng graduateDigital Twin Architecture for the Circular Economy
Arno van Bruggen
2023 MEng graduateDigital Twin Architecture to Support Machine Learning Operations
Stefan le Roux
2023 MEng graduateA Decision Framework for Digital Twin Cloud Implementations
Hanno Erwee
2023 MEng graduateDevelopment of a Clinical Pathway Digital Twin
Katherine Nicholls
2023 MEng graduateHuman-System Integration in Emergency Room Environments
Ockert Goosen
2022 MEng graduateA Digital Twin Implementation for a Water Distribution System
Gabriel da Silva
2022 MEng graduateDigital Twin Supported Virtual Reality for Facilities Management
Travis Defty
2022 MEng graduateHuman-System Integration in Medical Clinic Environments
Christiaan Doubell
2022 MEng graduateA Digital Twin Implementation for Rail Infrastructure