Alumni
Graduates
2016
| Name | Degree | Supervisor/s | Title |
| S Bremner | PhD | I Govender, A Mainza | A granular flow model of an annular shear cell |
| G Gakingo | MPhil | BD Reddy, M Macdevette | The impact of thermophysiacl properties on nanofluid-based solar collector performance |
2015
| Name | Degree | Supervisor/s | Title |
| E Ssozi | MSc | J van Zyl, BD Reddy | Effect of plastic deformation in pipe cracks on leakage response to variations in pressure |
| AEJ Bogaers | PhD | BD Reddy, T Franz, S Kok | Efficient and robust partitioned solution schemes for fluid-structure interactions |
| IE Ireka | PhD | T Chinyoka | Computational analysis of non-isothermal flows of non-Newtonian fluids |
| E Smuts | PhD | DA Deglon, CJ Meyer | A methodology for coupled CFD-DEM modeling of particulate suspension rheology |
| MS Sirry | PhD | T Franz, NH Davies | Computational biomechanics of acute myocardial infarction and its treatment |
2014
| Name | Degree | Supervisor/s | Title |
| K Sack | MSc | S Skatulla | Biological tissue mechanics with fibres modelled as one dimensional Cosserat continua. Applications to cardiac tissue in healthy and diseased states. [link] |
2013
| Name | Degree | Supervisor/s | Title |
| H Appa | PhD | DA Deglon, CJ Meyer | Numerical modelling of hydrodynimics, gas dispersion and mass transfer in an autoclave [link] |
| L Bbosa | PhD | I Govender | Probability based models for the power draw and energy spectra of a tumbling mill [link] |
| M Dabic | MSc | D Deglon | Simulation of fluid suspended particle behaviour subject to transverse standing acoustic fields [link] |
| I Donev | MSc | BD Reddy | Time dependent finite element simulations of a generalized Oldroyd-B fluid [link] |
| S Goqo | MSc | RB Tait, BD Reddy, S Skatulla | Fracture mechanics study of stress intensity factors using CFEM and XFEM |
| B Grieshaber | PhD | BD Reddy | Locking-free discontinuous Galerkin methods for problems in elasticity, using linear and multilinear approximations [link] |
| D Kallon | PhD | I Govender | Circulation rate modelling of tumbling mill charge using positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) [link] |
| R Omar | MSc | T Franz, H Krynauw, D Bezuidenhout | Optimization of structural and mechanical properties of electro-spun biodegradable scaffolds for vascular vissue regeneration [link] |
| R Pauck | MSc | BD Reddy | Computational analyses towards the design of biodegradable polymeric coronary artery stents |
| T Povall | MSc | BD Reddy, AT McBride | Single-Crystal plasticity at finite strains: A computational investigation of hardening relations [link] |
| P Wise | MSc | T Franz, NH Davies | Optimisation of hydrogel tharapy used in treatment of myocardial infarction |
2012
| Name | Degree | Supervisor/s | Title |
| M Bickell | MSc | I Govender | Investigations into a positron emission imaging algorithm [link] |
| M Malahe | MSc | I Govender, A buffler | A one-way coupled DEM-CFD scheme to mode free-surface flows in tumbling mills [link] |
| N Mangensana | MSc | I Govender | In-situ characterisation of viscosity profiles in tumbling mills |
| J MBewu | MSc | BD Reddy, S Skatulla | Computational modelling of cardiac function and myocardial infarction [link] |
| R Miller | MSc | T Franz, NH Davies | A computational study of post-infarct mechanical effects of injected biomaterial into ischaemic myocardium [link] |
| HBH Mohamed | PhD | BD Reddy | Properties of solutions of the equations of the generalised Oldyroyd-B fluids |
| R Rama | MSc | S Skatulla | Local maximum entropy approximation-based modelling of the canine heart [link] |
| NJN Richardson | MSc | BD Reddy, AT McBride | An investigation into aspects of rate-independent single crystal plasticity [link] |
| M Saleh | MSc | E Meintjes, NH Davies, T Franz | Methods and adaptations required to perform small-animal MRI scanning using a large bore clinical MRI [link] |
| A Thiart | MSc | CJ Meyer | A CFD study of fuel evaporation and related thermofluid dynamics in the inlet manifold, port and cylinder of the CFR octane engine [link] |
| J Waters | MSc | I Govender | Viscosity characterisation in cyclonic separators |
Post-Doctoral
2013
| Name | Supervisor/s | Area of Research |
| P Singh | BD Reddy | Modelling of memory materials |
2012
| Name | Supervisor/s | Area of Research |
| OP Layeni | BD Reddy | Partial differential equations and variational methods |
| M Kona | BD Reddy | Parametric instability of composite structures |
| D Legner | S Skatulla, T Franz | Computational cardiac mechanics |