Research at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
We aim to establish a high-quality and attractive research environment for mechanical and materials engineering.
Materials engineering research focuses on solar energy materials and systems, next generation stationary energy storage technologies and light-emitting device technologies.
The focus of mechanical engineering research is on smart systems, laser based manufacturing processes and digital and system design.
Industrial Engineering and Management research focuses on sustainable development and sustainability over business lifecycles.
Research at our department
Industrial Engineering and Management
Automation Engineering
Newest publications
A coarse-grained model for aqueous two-phase systems: Application to ferrofluids (2025)
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Graphene nanoplatelet-coated electrodes with cellulose binders for 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl-based aqueous posolyte (2025)
Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Grid-forming and Grid-following Flywheel Energy Storage System for Microgrid Frequency Regulation (2025)
Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
Circular dichroism of quantum defects in carbon nanotubes created by photocatalytic oxygen functionalization (2025)
Nature Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Microstructure, mechanical properties and cross-sectional behaviour of additively manufactured stainless steel cylindrical shells (2025)
Thin-Walled Structures
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Halide-Directed Ligand Engineering Enables Expedient, Controlled and Divergent Syntheses of Diphosphine-Protected Au Nanoclusters (2025)
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(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Preliminary manufacturability evaluation of complex geometrical parts based on layer thickness in the metal powder bed fusion process (2025)
Progress in Additive Manufacturing
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Beyond material recovery: Exergy and environmental analysis of silicon solar panel recycling (2025)
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Intelligent Control to Suppress Epileptic Seizures in the Amygdala: In Silico Investigation Using a Network of Izhikevich Neurons (2025)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Electrochemical Design of Gold Nanostructures for Controllable Electrochemical Performance and Scalable Aptamer Sensing Application (2025)
ACS Applied Nano Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)