Faculty of Engineering shows off

An official media statement by Christel Eastes

Final-year students had to show and tell during the Open Day of the Faculty of Engineering on the PUK Campus. The students showcased their projects to guests of honour from the industry, members of the public, fellow students, lecturers and learners from high schools in the area.

A demonstration of the simultaneous interpreting project, which is being implemented in engineering classes at the University, was held to illustrate to visitors from the industrial sector and PanSALB how non-Afrikaans speaking students are accommodated in classes that are being presented in Afrikaans.

The afternoon was brought to a close with the Top 6 competition, where the faculty's top final-year students made a formal project presentation to a panel of judges and other interested parties. The winners were Leon Venter (School for Chemical and Minerals Engineering) - "Removal of mercury from fluorescent lights by using activated carbon";  Gerbrand Breed (School for Electrical and Electronic Engineering) - "The cell phone barcode scanner" and Malan den Heijer (School for Mechanical Engineering) - "The application of the blade-element theory in the development of tools to analyze and design a variable pitch propeller". The prize for best exhibition at the Open Day Project Showcase was awarded to Louis van Dyk and his project team, for the "Limb-mobile", an apparatus designed for handicapped or disabled persons, to help improve proper blood circulation and contribute to recovery.

 Visitors and students looking at the Limb-mobile, which also received an award for best exhibition.

Sam Lesufi explaining his project, "Production Line of Candle Moulds" to interested visitors.

Guests of honour listening to the demonstration of simultaneous interpreting.

Maretha Scheepers showing dr. Ngoato Takalo (Vice-principal of the North-West University) her project for optimizing flow in hoppers.

Leon Venter receives his prize as Top 6 winner of the School for Chemical and Minerals Engineering from Prof. Annette Combrink, Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU.

Gerbrand Breed receives his prize as Top 6 winner of the School for Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Prof. Annette Combrink, Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU.

Malan den Heijer receives his prize as Top 6 winner of the School for Mechanical Engineering from Prof. Annette Combrink, Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU.