Congratulations to Yashren Reddi whose 'Mini
Sedgeway' project won the First Prize
in the Universities' category of the
SAIEE 2009 National Student Project Competition
hosted by UKZN this year.
From
left: Dr Mqhele Dlodlo, UCT; UKZN delegation:
Mr Peter Dawoud, Mr Richard
Gordon, Professor Roger
Peplow, Professor Dasarath
Chetty, An academic
from India, Professor Dawoud
Dawoud, Mr Olutayo
Oyeyemi Oyerinde, Dr Eugene
Golovins, UCT.
MOU WITH AALBORG UNIVERSITY UKZN is the first South African university to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Aalborg University in Denmark. The MOU, which was signed on 9 February provides for collaboration
between the Centre for TelelnFrastruktur (CTIF) at Aalborg University and
the Centre for Radio Access and Rural Technologies Centre (CRART) in the
School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at UKZN.
Professor Ramjee Prasad, Director of the Center for
TelelnFrastruktur (CTIF) and Co-ordinator of CTIF -
Global of Aalborg University and Professor Dasarath
Chetty, Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Corporate Relations
signing the Memorandum of Understanding.
UKZN's
Professor
Fambirai
Takawira,
Telkom
Professor of
Digital
Communications,
has received
the
Department
of Trade and
Industry's (dti)
Excellence
Award in the
Best Black
Researcher
Category.
The award,
which
Professor
Takawira
received in
Bloemfontein,
was in
recognition
of the
contribution
he has made
in
Electrical
Engineering.
Isak du Preez
won three awards at the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer
Engineering's annual prize-giving function on the Howard College campus.