2022-06-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Unisa professor granted his first South African patent for a clean-energy invention
Prof Xinying Liu of the Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology was recently granted a South African patent for his ground-breaking method to manufacture high-performance lithium-ion batteries.
2022-06-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Unisa student creates app to connect tech talent with the tech industry labour market
Innovative Unisan, Xola dos Santos has developed software to address the struggle that technically skilled students go through when searching for employment online.
2022-06-15 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Unisa innovators awarded European patent for ground-breaking invention
The College of Science, Engineering and Technology’s Prof Vijaya Vallabhapurapu from the Department of Physics and Prof Patrice Umenne from the Department of Electrical Engineering were recently granted a European patent for their invention which will have a significant impact in the fields of quantum computing and medical imaging.
2022-05-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Innovator in the service of humanity earns a training opportunity in Switzerland
Mbuso Ngcongo, a Bachelor of Science in Computing student, is one of the winning innovators earmarked to attend a training programme in Switzerland, in September of this year.
2022-03-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate
CAES explores biotech research partnership
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently hosted a team from 54gene, a precision medicine and genomics company that is based in Africa and managed mainly by Africans, with a view to future collaboration.
2022-02-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Academic
The Forge — “Insimbi ilola insimbi” — Where iron sharpens iron
Unisa’s innovative minds are set to be mentored and seed-funded in 2022 to develop innovative solutions addressing urgent societal challenges.
2020-12-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Featured
Tshwane innovation wins set to bring bright sparks’ ideas to reality
The Tshwane InterUniversity Innovation Challenge 2020 finally came to a spectacular close on 27 November with an awards ceremony to announce and celebrate the top innovators.
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.
