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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Review of channel estimation for candidate waveforms of next generation networks
(MDPI, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The advancement in wireless communication applications encourages the use of effective and efficient channel estimation (CE) techniques because of the varying behaviour of the Rayleigh fading channel. In ... -
Feature trajectory dynamic time warping for clustering of speech segments
(SpringerOpen, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dynamic time warping (DTW) can be used to compute the similarity between two sequences of generally differinglength. We propose a modification to DTW that performs individual and independent pairwise ... -
Investigating the effect of interventional programmes in combatting inappropriate use of antibiotics in managing and treating acute gastroenteritis in children younger than five years at the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital in ESwatini
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Patients at the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, ESwatini, especially children diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis, are mostly prescribed with antibiotics. Previous data suggest that inappropriate use ... -
Simulation and verifcation software for superconducting electronic Circuits
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dissertation presents simulation and veri cation software for both high- and low-level de- signs with emphasis on superconducting integrated circuits. A static timing analysis tool called SuperSTA ... -
Dynamic modelling of traction loads and renewable energy systems on shared power lines for power quality assessment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Eskom has recently started investigating the effect of traction on renewable energy sources due to the power quality problems associated with traction networks. Poor power quality generated by means of ... -
SLAM landmark identification using lidar measurements
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the use of Lidar sensors for landmark identification in simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM). Lidar sensors can very accurately measure the distance toward objects in the ... -
Detection of oscillatory actuator failures in passenger airliners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project investigates and develops techniques to detect oscillatory failure cases (OFCs) in aircraft control surface actuators. Oscillatory failures induce additional loads on the structure of the ... -
Augmented stellar sensor for a small spacecraft
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the maturity of the CubeSat industry and advancements in commercial off-the-shelf components, CubeSat-based projects have become an attractive option for advanced outer space missions. This increase ... -
Spray water control of a boiler superheater outlet temperature
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates Fuzzy and MPC control techniques for use in superheated steam temperature control through spray water quenching. The techniques are evaluated against the PID controller currently ... -
Towards a Paper-based Biosensor to Distinguish Between Bacterial and Viral Infections
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance has become more prominent in recent years due to strains of common bacteria becoming resistant to the medication used to cure the infections they cause. ... -
Quantification of CD4+ cell count via a nanofibre-based biosensor
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Antigen-substrate binding has been found to cause a change in the resistance of conductive nanofibre substrates. This thesis endeavoured to exploit this phenomenon to produce sensors capable of quantifying ... -
The development of a hand-held, self-powering bio-sensing device for the early detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis (TB) has been described as one of the top 10 leading infectious and deadliest diseases in the world and millions of people still contract and die from TB each year. TB diagnosis serves as one ... -
Predictive residential energy management with photovoltaic power generation and battery energy storage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the course of the past decade, South African national energy utility Eskom has increased its average electricity rate more than fourfold as it finds itself in financial difficulty, brought about ... -
Investigating PV module failure mechanisms caused by indirect lightning strikes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is an ever increasing global adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies as sources of renewable energy due to an increasing worldwide energy demand, the depletion of fossil fuel reserves, the ... -
Predictive models for smart vineyards
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We investigate the application of machine learning algorithms to the predictive analysis of environmental datasets compiled from two distinct vineyards. These datasets include the soil temperature at ... -
Thermal analysis of a dense dipole array for the SKA Mid-frequency aperture array
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Dense Dipole Array (DDA) has been designed as a candidate element for the Mid-Frequency Aperture Array that forms part of the SKA project. This is being developed to realise the aperture array concept ... -
Optimisation and dynamic effect of slip couplers in geared wind drivetrains
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two electromagnetic (EM) torque couplers, which are referred to as slip couplers, are designed and optimised to be placed in a 2.2 kWwind turbine drivetrain. These slip couplers make the drivetrain more ... -
Development of an interferon gamma biosensor towards the early detection of tuberculosis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract -
Autonomous landing of a tethered multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle on a stationary platform
(2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis contributes to the research of persistent tethered aerial vehicles by presenting a strategy to autonomously land a tethered multi-rotor UAV. A flight control system is developed for a quad-rotor ... -
Shielding effectiveness investigations using a reverberation chamber
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is one of the most common problems encountered in radio astronomy observatories. Interaction of electromagnetic (EM) waves from different sources may result in device ...
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