2020-04-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept of Decision Sciences, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Artificial intelligence inspired by nature
"When you consider how elegantly nature copes with complexity, it makes sense to borrow these ideas to deal with complexity in the problems that the world is facing," says Prof Katherine Malan, a member of the Unisa One Million Rand Club.
2020-04-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Ground-breaking research in anti-cancer drug discovery
Prof Monde Ntwasa, winner of a 2019 Unisa Innovation Award, says that new therapies currently under development involve molecular targeting using small molecules.
2020-04-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Teaching engineering in the ODeL environment is a serious business
The new Director of Unisa's School of Engineering, Prof Fulufhelo Nemavhola, has his heart set on the development of rural villages using technology.
2020-04-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Photonic professor heads prolific awards
"There is nothing more rewarding than to observe that 'aha' moment when new theoretical discoveries are made or when a product or process is made to work for the first time," says Unisa's Lukas Snyman.
2020-04-06 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Socially relevant research innovation in intelligent systems
Prof Zenghui Wang, winner of one of the 2019 Unisa Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Research, says that his objective is quality research that can be applied to solve societal problems.
2020-04-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Corporate
A most prolific innovator at Unisa in 2019
Prof Malik Maaza, nanoscientist and distinguished scholar, scooped three awards at the 2020 Research & Innovation Awards for advancing world-class research.
2020-04-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept of Decision Sciences, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Striving to remain globally competitive
Prof Kerstin Jordaan, member of a very exclusive Unisa club, says that she sees many positive signs of an increasing focus on quality research rather than on the quantity of research papers.
2020-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Corporate
How Africa's academic diaspora can help revive higher education back home
Through their exposure to new trends in knowledge production, they can contribute to equipping African students for the global economy, says Unisa's Prof Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba.
2020-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Corporate
Heeding the President's call to action, Unisa's labs step up to the sanitiser challenge
Thanks to the innovative thinking of MSc student Fungai Chibaya, Unisa will soon be producing affordable and effective hand and surface sanitisers.