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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ENGINEERING Research Overview ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC In this presentation ENGINEERING E&E Research what is your field of interest? Electrical Energy

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Research Overview

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • E&E Research – what is your field of interest?

– Electrical Energy Systems – Electronics & Electromagnetics – Signal Processing & Machine Learning – Computers & Control

  • Interesting Projects
  • More information

In this presentation

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • One BEng degree in E&E Engineering
  • Final year: Chosen 1 of 4 areas

– Energy – Telecommunication – Informatics – Robotics

What is your area of interest?

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • Electrical Machines & Drives
  • Power Electronics Group
  • Power Systems & Transformers
  • High Voltage Research
  • Renewable Energy – Photovoltaics

Electrical Energy Systems

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • Computational Electromagnetics
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Microwave Active & Passive Systems
  • High Frequency Antennas
  • SKA-related research
  • Superconducting Devices & Sensors

Electronics & Electromagnetics

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • Speech and Image Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Communication Systems
  • Adhoc and Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Media Distribution
  • Internet of Things & Distributed Systems
  • Intelligent Transport Systems

DSP & Machine Learning

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  • Aeronautical Systems
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Satellite Systems
  • Underwater Systems
  • General Control Systems
  • Computer Systems
  • Smart Metering

Computers & Control

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Interesting projects

ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • DST/NRF Wind Energy Research Spoke

– Reluctance synchronous wind generator – Integrated permanent magnet gearbox – New slip synchronous wind generator – Doubly Fed Induction Generator

  • Scatec Solar Photovoltaic Systems Research

– Energy modelling & grid interaction – Grid support & storage technologies – High efficiency thin film vs. S-ci modules – PID-free 1500 V system voltage capable modules – Inverter and storage technology

Electricity generation

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • Application of computer & control systems
  • Involves automating all aircraft types
  • Applications

– Power line inspection – Crop inspection & spraying – Surveillance & policing (eye in the sky) – Search & rescue

  • E&E operates a fleet of aircraft:

– Helicopters, fixed-wing, aerobatic, quadrotors, etc

Unmanned aerial vehicles

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Unmanned aerial vehicles

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • SKA telescope will be the biggest radio

astronomy project ever

– Proposed budget of US$1 billion! – Captures 2D radio frequency images of galactic phenomena – Three hundred reflector antennas planned

  • One of two sites in the world in Karoo
  • Supported by Stellenbosch E&E Dept:

– Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) – High frequency electronics – Electromagnetic modelling – High performance computing

Square Kilometre Array (SKA)

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • InductEx

– superconductors & nano-electronics

  • CustosTech

– Novel Anti-Piracy approach using cryptocurrency

  • S-Plane Automation

– aerospace and defence company specialising in product supply and development of auto- nomous systems and related subsystems

  • BridgIoT

– Intelligent Geyser Metering

  • CubeSpace

– develops components for microsatellites

Research Commercialisation

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • The Square Kilometre Array:

– with SKA SARCHI chair

  • Airbus:

– with collaboration projects in 3 different European countries

  • MTN:

– through MTN Mobile Intelligence Lab

  • Eskom, Scatec Solar and many others ...

Strong industry ties

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • Mobile-friendly website

– ee.sun.ac.za

  • Facebook page

– goo.gl/njFlP

  • Contact us!

– Dr Herman Engelbrecht – Postgraduate Coordinator – 021-808-2139 – hebrecht@sun.ac.za

More information