ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Phoneme recognition systems typically suffer from low classification accuracy. Recognition for South African English is especially difficult, due to the variety of vastly different accent groups. This ...

The aim of this study is to analyse the operation of a wind-electric pumping system (WEPS) as an alternative to conventional mechanical wind pumps for application in stand-alone water-pumping schemes. The steady-state as ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy-efficient (EE) lighting projects form a substantial percentage of Demand Side Management (DSM) initiatives. These largely entail the exchange of one lighting technology for another more energy-efficient ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aerostats and Stratolites could play a major role in expanding current satellite and other technologies in the near future. A study was made on the development of aerostat platforms and the current state ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sonars are used extensively for underwater sensing and recent advances in forward-looking imaging sonar have made this type of sonar an appropriate choice for use on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. The ...

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are the integration of nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The idea of this thesis is to give a basic preparation to approach NEMS, a subcategory of nanotechnology. ...

This thesis investigates aggressive all-attitude flight control systems. These are flight controllers capable of controlling an aircraft at any attitude and will enable the autonomous execution of manoeuvres such as high ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of a solid state transformer (SST) is to use power electronic converters to mimic the operation of the conventional distribution transformer. These power electronic converters are proposed ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) monitors brain activity by using signals such as EEG, EcOG, and MEG, and attempts to bridge the gap between thoughts and actions by providing control to physical devices ...

The design of an aperture-coupled coaxial diplexer for R-band, is presented. To improve the ease of tuning, a tuning procedure for the diplexer with the aid of a MATLAB application with graphical user interface, is ...