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Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
in Africa (ARCA) 2012, 29-31 August 2012, Elmina, Ghana.
Ghana: Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA)
Conference. ISBN 9789988170516.
Department of Electrical
Engineering
Head of Department: Emeritus Professor
B.J. Downing
Departmental Profile
The Department of Electrical Engineering has 24
permanent academic staff, 131 MSc students and 53 PhD
students. The research activities and projects are largely
industrially based. The main funding sources are Eskom,
Sasol, Telkom, Siemens, De Beers, Mintek, Water Research
Commission, Anglo Platinum, Department of Trade and
Industry, South African National Defence Force, SunSpace,
IQS and the NRF.
The Department has seen a growth in the number of
undergraduate students over the past 10 years, which is
expected to result in higher postgraduate numbers. There
are seven large research groups in the Department, which
attract 80% of the postgraduate students. These are:
1. Broadband, Wireless, Communication, and Networks
2. Electrical Machines and Power Electronics
3. Image Processing and Vision Systems
4. Control and Instrumentation
5. Power Engineering
6. Remote Sensing and Radar
7. Robotics and Mechatronics
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff
Professors
6
Associate Professors
6
Senior Lecturers
9
Lecturers
6
Research Staff
3
Technical Support Staff
6
Administrative and Clerical Staff
6
Departmental Assistants
1
Total
43
Students
Doctoral
53
Master’s
131
Undergraduates
710
Total
894
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Professor M. Braae
Multivariable control; mineral extraction control
applications; computer-based education
Professor A. Baghai-Wadji
Electronics and Computational Engineering
Professor C.T. Gaunt
Electricity delivery networks
Professor M.R. Inggs
Radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; software
defined radio; parallel computing
Professor J. Tapson
Instrumentation and measurements; ultrasonics;
microactuators; probe micropscopy
Professor P. Pillay
Electrical machines and drives
Associate Professor S.P. Chowdhury
Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation and Grid
Integration, Microgrids and Smartgrids, Energy Efficiency
and Demand Side Management, Fuel Cells and Energy
Storage, Electrical Drives, Power System Operation,
Control and Stability
Associate Professor M.E. Dlodlo
3G mobile and future communication systems
Associate Professor K. Folly
Power system stability, control, grid integration of
Renewable Energy, Intelligent grid, applied Computational
Intelligence and HVDC Transmissions Systems
Associate Professor M.A. Khan
Electrical machines and drives
Associate Professor A.J. Wilkinson
Signals and image processing; radar; SAR interferometry;
tomography, Bayesian interference; inverse problems; RF
power amplifiers