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Centre of Process Engineering

The Centre of Process Engineering is the research, development and service organization of the Department of Process Engineering. The Centre was established in 1999 with the aim of making the expertise and knowledge of the personnel and facilities of the Department available to industry and the interested public.  

At the Centre, research is grouped into seven research themes.  Our academic personnel welcome projects in research and development, primarily in the areas as described above.

The aims of the Centre can be summarized as follows:

  • To undertake research in development and new applications in our areas of expertise and to make the results known and available through conferences, patents and publications in reputable journals.
  • To offer the knowledge and infrastructure of the department to industry and other academic institutions by means of collaboration in research projects, design and problem solving.
  • To provide training to qualified engineers by means of advanced and continued education.

All companies, universities and other research institutions are invited to contact the Director of the Centre Prof. C. Aldrich, should you wish to make use of our services, or conduct joint projects and collaborations with the Centre.

Contact Details

Centre of Process Engineering
Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University,
Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa

Tel: +27 (21) 808 4485
Fax: +27 (21) 808 2059

Email: Centre of Process Engineering

Latest News

Lidia Auret wins coveted Chancellor's Medal

Dr Lidia Auret of our Department won the prestigious Chancellor's Award at the December 2010 graduation ceremony. After completing her Master's studies in 2 years, her degree was upgraded to a PhD which she completed during the following year - all by the age of 25. Her promoter was Prof Chris Aldrich, and the title of her studies was "Process Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis using Random Forests". The average over 4 years for her undergraduate studies was 87.8%. To continue with her post-doctoral studies, she has received a fellowship from the Claude Leon Foundation.

Stellenbosch hosts 3rd Intervarsity Beer Brewing Competition

The Department of Process Engineering hosted the 3rd annual intervarsity brewing competition sponsored by SAB, FoodBev Seta and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD). The event was a great success and the University of Pretoria won with the best beer. Stellenbosch University's team managed to get a third place in the speciality category with their Honey Pils.

Team members (from left to right): Nardus Uys (1st year Process Engineering), Leonardo Erazo (MSc Wine Technology), Eben Uys (PhD Process Engineering), Antoine Mfa Mezui (PhD Microbiology) and Reinhardt Barnard (1st year Process Engineering). 

SA Women Engineering (SAWomEng) conference 2010

The 5-day SAWomEng conference is a flagship event that brings the top female engineering students from around South Africa together to tackle social and engineering problems by finding engineering solutions. It provides a forum where students, sponsors, academics, government and industry can come together to share their knowledge, passion and experience in the field of engineering. It also motivates engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women and aims to empower women to succeed and advance in this field. This year 3 students from our department were chosen as delegates: Analene Beyers, Nadia Church and Megan Van Ster.

 

 
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