Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering is an exciting and dynamic field. Electrical engineers are responsible for the generation, transfer and conversion of electrical power, while electronic engineers are concerned with the transfer of information using radio waves, the design of electronic circuits, the design of computer systems and the development of control systems such as aircraft autopilots. These sought-after engineers can look forward to a rewarding and respected career.
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Cross-coupling inductance parameter estimation for more accurate performance evaluation of wound-field flux modulation machines
(MDPI, 2020-10-22)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this paper, a proposed numerical frozen permeability modeling procedure is fully derived to accurately estimate the parameters of two variants of wound-field flux modulation machines (WF-FMMs) namely: ... -
Review of automatic detection and classification techniques for cetacean vocalization
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-06-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cetaceans have elicited the attention of researchers in recent decades due to their importance to the ecosystem and their economic values. They use sound for communication, echolocation and other social ... -
Afrikaans and Dutch as closely-related languages : a comparison to West Germanic languages and Dutch dialects
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2015)Following Den Besten’s (2009) desiderata for historical linguistics of Afrikaans, this article aims to contribute some modern evidence to the debate regarding the founding dialects of Afrikaans. From an applied perspective ... -
Regression adjusted colocalisation colour mapping (RACC) : a novel biological visual analysis method for qualitative colocalisation analysis of 3D fluorescence micrographs
(Public Library of Science, 2019-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The qualitative analysis of colocalisation in fluorescence microscopy is of critical importance to the understanding of biological processes and cellular function. However, the degree of accuracy achieved ... -
A probabilistic estimation of the capacity of solar PV SSEGs installed on a LV feeder network
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Increased solar photovoltaic (PV) installation on to the grid has led to increased technical challenges in electricity network operations. These challenges mainly stem from the design structure of the ... -
Quantification and improvement of state consistency in a virtual environment under adverse network conditions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Virtual Environments (VE) all share a critical requirement: the virtual environment needs to be consistent and interactive, in order to provide the realism that ... -
Geared PM wind generator and MPPT control for DC-grid wind energy system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study a geared PM generator for small-scale DC-grid connected wind energy systems is considered. A commercial 2.2 kW PM generator is evaluated using FEA software and is used for practical system ... -
Non-invasive measurement of quality attributes of processed pomegranate products
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pomegranate fruit has witnessed tremendous growth over the past decade in production, consumption, processing and research within South Africa. Currently, in order to provide value-addition and effective ... -
Cooperative collision avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents the design, implementation, and verification of a cooperative collision avoidance algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in multi-aircraft conflict scenarios. Two types of ... -
Robust control of a quadrotor with a suspended payload
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation presents the design of a feedback control system for a quadrotor with a suspended payload, where the quadrotor-payload system contains significant uncertainties in the quadrotor thrust, ... -
VAST : a scalable spatial publish and subscribe system integrated with Minecraft
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the world becoming more connected by the day, the need for modern massively multi-user virtual environments (MMVEs) to be capable of hosting an increasing number of players is vital. Unless large ... -
Reinforcement learning in the Minecraft gaming environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the long-term goal of surviving the night in Minecraft, we ask whether a reinforcement learning agent learns better by first learning the skills to perform smaller tasks in a complex environment or ... -
Vision-based flight control for a quadrotor UAV
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents the development, implementation, and practical verification of a vision-based flight control and waypoint navigation system for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The vision-based ... -
Model predictive control of a medium-voltage grid-connected converter with LC filter using optimal pulse patterns with relaxed symmetry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Medium-voltage converters are operated at very low switching frequencies. To minimise the resulting harmonic distortions, offline computed optimised pulse patterns are the modulation method of choice. ... -
Modelling and performance evaluation of a pseudo-random impulse sequence for in situ parameter estimation in energy applications
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: System identification and parameter estimation procedures involve the use of experiments to find an accurate model for a target system. These experiments typically involve excitation of the target system ... -
Automatic sub-word unit discovery and pronunciation lexicon induction for automatic speech recognition with application to under-resourced languages
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Automatic speech recognition is an increasingly important mode of human- computer interaction. However, its implementation requires a sub-word unit inventory to be designed and an associated pronunciation ... -
Stabilization of a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle with an unknown suspended payload
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis addresses the problem of stabilizing a quadrotor with an unknown suspended payload able to swing in one axis. The payload parameters, such as its mass and cable length, are unknown and its ... -
The development of MATLAB based tools for antenna array analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The electric field integral equation's (EFIE) solution using the Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) implementation of the method of moments (MoM) is a complicated process employed in finding the solution of ... -
Multimodal one-shot learning of speech and images
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Humans learn to perform tasks such as language understanding and visual perception, remarkably, without any annotations and from limited amounts of weakly supervised co-occurring sensory information. ... -
Design of induction machines for traction applications
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the past few years, electric vehicles have gained popularity due to environmental driven aspirations of industrialized countries to ban fossil-fuel cars. In synergy with an agenda for renewable ...
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