ANU (Australian National University) presently has four post-doctoral positions advertised in the Solar Thermal Group, see the link below. The positions suit people with materials, mechanical, metallurgical or process engineering background, and spans CSP topics relating to thermal storage technologies, advanced materials, and system modelling, as well as decarbonisation of steelmaking. Applications close 28 September [...]
PREMA: Energy efficient, primary production of manganese ferroalloys through the application of novel energy systems in the drying and pre-heating of furnace feed materials Published on: Thursday, 6 August, 2020 The Highveld region of South Africa experiences cold-dry winter conditions. Therefore, even moderate winds have the potential to entrain dust particles into the lower [...]
The Royal Academy of Engineering opened applications for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021 on 23 June 2020. The prize aims to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. Applications are invited from individuals or small teams, living and working in sub-Saharan Africa. Entrepreneurs from all engineering disciplines, with an [...]
STERG PhD student, Steve Clark, was recently interviewed on Total's Brulpadda find. Read about it here.
North-West University 21 September 2020 The Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels together with the SARChI Research Chair in Coal Research and the SARChI Research Chair in Biofuels are co-hosting the annual national renewable energy postgraduate symposiums (REPS) to provide masters’ and doctoral students the opportunity to present their research. In 2020 the focus [...]
The intern’s core task will be to support the Portfolio Manager in organisational, administrative and technical aspects to guarantee the successful management and strengthening of the projects’ portfolio at GIZ South Africa and Lesotho. In this way, the intern will have the opportunity to gain an overview on several relevant and interesting processes [...]
Steve Clark, one of our STERG PhD candidates, was recently on a panel at the Energy Indaba. Read about it here: https://www.fin24.com/Economy/South-Africa/numbers-for-developing-an-sa-gas-network-still-dont-add-up-energy-indaba-hears-20200307-3
SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the SolarPACES 2020 conference to be held from September 29 - October 2, 2020, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SolarPACES is the premier international network advancing research, development, and commercial deployment of concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) and related technologies. This year, our annual SolarPACES [...]
The South African Conference in Applied Mechanics is taking place in November this year. Abstract deadlines are 15 March. https://sacam2020.org/conference-theme-2 Important Dates 15 March 2020 – Abstract submission deadline 15 April 2020 – Notification of abstract acceptance 31 July 2020 – Early-bird registration deadline 31 October 2020 – Regular registration deadline 1 November 2020 – [...]
What is the GradStar Awards? We help students find employment and have an amazing group of business mentors from various corporates, as well as our Alumni of Accenture Rising Star winners, who help us teach students what they really need to know, when navigating the world of work. We have a GradStar Regional Qualifier [...]