3rd International Symposium in Biomedical Engineering

Board of Directors

Prof FJ Nemavhola

Email: FulufheloN1@dut.ac.za
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment (DUT)

Qualifications

  • PhD (Engineering), University of Cape Town
  • MSc (Engineering), University of the Witwatersrand
  • BSc (Engineering), University of the Witwatersrand
  • Professional Engineer – Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
  • Chartered Engineer – Engineering Council of the United Kingdom (ECUK)

Field of Specialisation

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering Design
  • Experimental Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering

Research Interest

  • Experimental mechanics
  • Mechanobiology
  • Soft tissue mechanics
  • Polymer mechanics
  • Computational biomechanics
  • Engineering education in open distance e-learning (ODeL)

Other

Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ferACrkAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-5157

Scopus Link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57203879380

Dr. H Ngwangwa

Unisa: College of Science, Engineering & Technology
Email: ngwanhm@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD Mechanical Engineering- University of Pretoria, 2014
  • MSc Mechanical Engineering- University of Pretoria, 2004
  • BSc Hons Mechanical Engineering, 2002
  • BSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Malawi, 1995

Field of Specialisation

  • Structural dynamics (Mechanical vibrations)
  • Finite element analysis
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Infrastructure condition monitoring

Research interests

  • Condition Monitoring of Engineering Structures
  • Rotordynamics
  • Machinery and infrastructure health monitoring using AI methods
  • Kinetic energy harvesting from Biosystems

Other

Google scholar link: ‪Harry Ngwangwa - ‪Google Scholar

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-8049

Researchgate link: HM Ngwangwa (researchgate.net)

Prof D.M. Madyira

Institute for School of Engineering (UJ) 
Abstract Reviewer
Email: dmadyira@uj.ac.za

Qualification(s)

  • DEng

Research Interests

  • Fatigue of Metals,
  • High Speed Machining,
  • Finite Element Structural Modelling Renewable Energy (Biomass)

Other:

Dr. T Pandelani 

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Abstract Reviewer
Email: TPandelani@csir.co.za

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Bioengineering), Imperial College London, 2020
  • DIC (Bioengineering), Imperial College London, 2020
  • M.Sc. (Mechanical), University of Cape Town, 2014
  • B.Sc. (Mechanical), University of Cape Town, 2007

Field of Specialisation

  • Human Vulnerability
  • Injury Biomechanics
  • Finite Element modelling

Other

Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=w7wYz1UAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2107-5194

Researchgate link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thanyani-Pandelani

 

Dr. D Modungwa 

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Abstract Reviewer
Email: dmodungwa@csir.co.za

Qualifications:

  • PhD (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • M-Tech (Mechatronics Engineering), Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
  • B-Eng (Integral Product Design Engineering), Hoge School Utrecht, Netherlands
  • B-Tech (Mechatronics Engineering), Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Research interests:

  • Design and development of mechatronic systems
  • Robotics (Manipulators and Mobile)
  • Intelligent systems
  • Multi-Objective Optimisation of Engineering Systems (with Artificial Intelligence and Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms); Computational Intelligence
  • Multi-body mechanisms kinematics, dynamics modelling and simulation
  • Vehicle Mobility (Vehicle-terrain interaction, Modelling and Simulation)
  • Autonomous Ground Systems
  • Engineering design and optimisation

Other

Research gate: Dithoto Modungwa (researchgate.net)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2420-4545 

Dr. DA Desai 

Tshwane University of Technology
Abstract Reviewer
Email: desaida@tut.ac.za

Qualifications:

  • DTech (Mech Eng) , Tshwane University of Technology,
  • HDE (PD Sec Tech), SACTE,
  • Professional Engineer Technologist – Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), MSAIMechE, AeSSA (RAeS-UK)

Research Interest:

  • Structural Dynamics (vibration)
  • Fatigue
  • Vibro-acoustics
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Infrared Thermography

Other:

Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?hl=en&user=SukRy8IAAAAJ

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5608-4528

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dawood-Desai

Last modified: Mon Aug 07 18:04:24 SAST 2023