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PhD Students
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Mrs Sonia Manyumwa
Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Effects of various socio-economic contexts on household willingness to pay domestic water tariffs.
Mr Kudzai Mugejo
Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Infrastructure performance and water governance for climate change adaptation in smallholder farming systems in the Western Cape, South Africa
Mr Thembelani Tyhotyholo
PhD: Public Administration
Structural Configurations on the Governance of Urban Water Supply in Cape Town, South Africa.
Andile Xolo
Doctor of Public Administration
An institutional and regulatory framework for urban water security in the Cape Town Metropolitan
Zimi Thibane
Doctor of Philosophy (Science)
A comparative study of equity in water pricing for rural and urban use in South Africa
Masters Students
Email Current level of study Topic Email Current level of study Topic Email Current level of study Topic Email Current level of study Topic Email Current level of study Topic Email Current level of study Topic
Mr Aphiwe Manyiki
Master of Engineering: Civil Engineering
Water availability, infrastructure management and water governance in the Goedverwacht historical settlement in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Mr Pitso Mashile
Masters in Environmental Health
The impacts of climate change and drought on smallholder farmers in Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa
Mr Buntu Rubusana
Master of Engineering: Civil Engineering.
Impacts of selected environmental parameters on the conditions of Castle of Good Hope heritage site in Cape Town, Western Cape.
Ludwe Amos Mehlwana
Masters in Public Administration and Governance
A socio-economic analysis of water security in selected informal settlements in Cape Town.
Yonela Sonjica
Masters in Public Administration and Governance
Critical analysis of disaster management policies: challenges in water and sanitation services in South Africa
Asandisile Gqola
Masters in Public Administration and Governance
Institutional effectiveness of water and sanitation services under stress: a comparative analysis of the Cape Town and eThekwini metropolitan municipalities.
Staff
Position Email Department Office Qualifications Professional Affiliation Research Interests Current Research / Activities Undergraduate Teaching Publication Profile Position Email Department Office Qualifications Professional Affiliation Research Interests Current Research Publication Profile Position Email Department Office Qualifications Professional Affiliation Research Interests Current Research Position Email Department Office Qualifications Research Interests Current Research Undergraduate Teaching
Prof Bongani Ncube
SARChI Research Chair in Governance and Economics of Water and Sanitation Sector institutions
Centre for Water and Sanitation Research
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
Office number 4, Old Maintenance Building, CPUT Bellville Campus
PhD in Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
MSc in Water Resources Engineering & Management
BSc (Honours) in Agriculture in Soil Science
Registered Professional Natural Scientist – South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
Member of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)
Member of the Soil Science Society of South Africa (SSSSA)
Water resource management
Water governance
Water and sanitation
Smallholder farming systems
Soil fertility management
Indigenous knowledge
Water security, water governance, equity, and financial and economic viability of water sector institutions.
Smallholder farming systems, soil fertility management, indigenous knowledge.
Postgraduate supervision, partnership building, fundraising, community engagement, and institutional development.
Water Engineering 1
Environmental Engineering
Soil Science
Solid Waste Management
Dr Evans Shoko
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Room 3, CWSR Prefab Building, Bellville Campus
PhD in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies
Academic Member, Water Institute of Southern Africa
Member, Society of South African Geographers
Water governance
|Water conflicts and peace
Community participation
Peace through health
Climate change, drought, water availability and resilience among smallholder farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa
Mr João Alberts
Administrative Assistant to the SARChI Research Chair in Governance and Economics of Water and Sanitation Sector institutions and Centre for Water and Sanitation Research
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Office number 3, Old Maintenance Building, CPUT Bellville Campus
BTech: Office Management and Technology
ND: Office Management and Technology
Knowledge Management
Operations Management
Data Analytics
Corporate Governance and Ethics
Registered Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Information Administration focusing on the incorporation of data analytics to reduce customer churn rates in the Banking Sector in South Africa.
Registered Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Information Administration focusing on the incorporation of data analytics to reduce customer churn rates in the Banking Sector in South Africa.
Ms Refiloe Maphiri
Research Assistant
Governance and Economics for Water and Sanitation Institutions
Centre for Water and Sanitation Research
Room 1, CWSR Prefab Building, Bellville Campus
MSc Environmental and Water Science
Hydrology, Environmental Sustainability, Governance and Economics for Water and Sanitation Institutions.
Assessing Water Losses and Water Quality Deterioration in the Overberg Water Board Raw Water Supply
Water quality, environmental management
Collaborating Staff Members
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Prof Rozenda Hendrickse
Head of Department
Associate Professor
Department of Public Administration and Governance
PAG Office Suites, Engineering Building, D6 Campus
PhD Public Administration
Leadership & Governance, Public Policy, Qualitative Research and Research Methodology pedagogy in Public Administration
Hybrid Governance
Research Methodology
Public Human Resource Management
Prof Veruscha Fester
Assistant Dean: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnership
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Bellville Campus, Civil & Geomatics Building (Old ABC Building)
DTech: Chemical Engineering
Southern African Society of Rheology
Non-Newtonian Fluids, Rheology, Process Engineering, Synthesis of metal oxide nanomaterials, Wastewater treatment and reuse.
Development of nanomaterials for application in wastewater treatment and solar thermal energy applications.
Rheology of food hydrocolloids
Bulk materials handling in power stations
Fluid Flow
Research Methodology
Dr Sandra Williams
Learning and Teaching Coordinator: Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
Lecturer
Marketing
Room E3.34, Engineering Building, District 6 Campus
PhD in Public Administration (Water Governance and Law)
Member: HELTASA
Water resource management
Water governance
Water law
Smallholder farming
Curriculum Development – Higher Education
Indigenous knowledge
Water Law
Principles of Management and Law
Mercantile Law
Research Methodology (Postgraduate)
Prof Morris Fanadzo
Associate Professor: Agronomy
Agriculture
Room AB5, Agri-Hub Building, Wellington Campus
PhD (Agronomy)
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)
Systems agronomy, smallholder farming, climate smart-agriculture
Application of yeast-based biocontrol agents against fruit spoilage mould; Activated water treatments and packaging systems on physiological responses, phytonutrients and overall quality of minimally processed vegetables; Genetic gain on agronomic and malting quality traits among selected barley cultivars in the Western Cape Province.
Agronomy 2A & 2B, Plant Production 2A & 2B, Production Systems Management (Diploma); Agronomy (Advanced Diploma); Ecologically Responsible Agriculture, Applied Field Crop Systems and Management (Postgraduate Diploma).
Prof Kumar Pallav
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Office number 144, Civil Engineering and Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus
PhD in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)
Heritage/Old Structure material
Numerical Methods
Structural Analysis
Seismic Hazard studies
Heritage Building and its Material analysis
Sustainable design of Building Panel
Seismic Hazard Studies
Numerical analysis
Structural Design
Structural Steel and Timber Design
Dr Amos Adeniyi
Senior Lecturer: Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room 2.63, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry building
B.Sc (Honours) Chemical Engineering
MTech Chemical Engineering
DTech Chemical Engineering
International Mine Water Association (IMWA)
Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)
Institution of Chemical Engineers (ICheM)
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Nanotechnology
Membrane Technology
Green Energy
Development of thin-film composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes (AREHOFI)
Synthesis of triblock terpolymer nanofiltration membrane for nitrate removal from drinking water
Design 2 and 3; General Engineering for Chemical Engineers
Dr Bronwyn Swartz
Senior Lecturer: Industrial & Systems Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Room 2.50 Civil & Geomatics Building (Old ABC Building), Bellville campus
DPhil Quality Management
MTech Quality
BTech Quality
NDip Veterinary Technology
Association of Quality Practitioners Western Cape (AQPWC)
HELTASA
Engineering Education – AI, Ethics, Graduate Attributes
Operational Excellence – Risk Management, Systems Engineering
Engineering Education – Assessments and AI; Data Analytics for the management of at-risk students; ECSA Graduate Attributes
Operational Excellence – Performance Management for Engineers working from home; Process optimization for Medical Device Manufacturers and Risk Management Approaches for Civil Engineers
Statistical Quality Techniques (SQT470S and QTS400S)
Lean Six Sigma (LSS470S)
Professional Communication (PCM150X)
Dr Patrick Bukenya
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Room 2.29, Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, CPUT, Bellville Campus
PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Cape Town
Candidate Engineer: Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA)
Associate Member: South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE)
Non-destructive testing of building structures
Structural health monitoring and surveillance systems for dams and building structures
Finite element modelling
Machine learning
As Research Chair the broad research objectives include water security, water governance, equity, and financial and economic viability of water sector institutions.
Under the Centre for Water and Sanitation Research, I facilitate interdisciplinary projects, including partnership building, fundraising, and creating postgraduate opportunities.
Structural Analysis 1
Structural Analyses 2
Dr Thandazile Mhlongo
Coordinator: Postgraduate Dev Support
Department of Post Graduate Studies
1st Floor, New Library Building, Bellville Campus
PhD Environmental Sciences, M-Tech Civil Engineering
SACNASP, OWSD, WISA
Water quality management and public health, Water and Wastewater treatment processes and technologies, Water resources management, Water losses and non-revenue water management, Water demand management and water structures, Water Microbiology (including molecular biology and metagenomics), and Hydrology.
Fungi and metabolites in water sources and human health impacts.
Microplastics and nanoplastics from aqueous environments.
Impact of the blue drop certification programme withdrawal on the efficiency of water treatment plants.
The reaction and effects of inorganic and organic compounds on chlorine demand.
Sugar bagasse for the treatment of industrial effluents.
Use of Modified TiO2 photocatalytic electro-disinfection as alternative disinfection and removal of emerging pollutants.
Plasmodium falciparum spp. in treated drinking water and human health impacts.
Water storage and biofilm formation, microbial presence and human health impacts.
Water quality indicators and emerging pollutants.
Viability of hybrid constructed wetlands as an advanced technology for the bioremediation of mine water.
Cryptosporidium and Gardia spp. in water sources and associated human health impacts.
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Water Quality ManagementEnvironmental Literacy.
Mr Crispen Mutsvangwa
Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Room 2.33, Civil Engineering & Geomatics Building, Bellville Campus
MEng Civil Engineering
MSc Water & Environmental Management
Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes & Technologies
Contaminant Transport
Colloidal & Biological Filtration
Sediment Transport
Onsite Sanitation
Water & Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Water & Wastewater Engineering
Water & Sewer Reticulation Design
Civil Engineering Hydrology
Mr Bramley Lemine
Lecturer: Environmental Law
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room 2.49, Chemical Engineering Building, Bellville
LL.B; LL.M; MTech; PGDip IWRM; PhD candidate
Wetlands resources management education and law
Wetlands and the Law
Environmental Law, Water and the Law, Management and the Environment for Chemical Engineers.
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