Impact of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) in Office Buildings by Kgaladi, Lebogang

“…The system was estimated to consume 2 384 908 kWh annually and cost R 1 734 156 to operate in the initial year. Similar to the HVAC option, the TABS installation would have a simple payback period of seven years and a discounted payback of ten years. …”
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Optimal energy management for a grid-tied solar PV-battery microgrid: A reinforcement learning approach by Muriithi, Grace

“…There has been a shift towards energy sustainability in recent years, and this shift should continue. The steady growth of energy demand because of population growth, as well as heightened worries about the number of anthropogenic gases released into the atmosphere and deployment of advanced grid technologies, has spurred the penetration of renewable energy resources (RERs) at different locations and scales in the power grid. …”
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The ribbon microphone multi‑physics educational aid by Van Wyk, Marius

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Validated leaf spring suspension models

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Personalized fall detection monitoring system based on user movements

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Investigating the use of rubber to attenuate the effect of blast load applied to a surrogate lower leg by Ungerer, Delmarie

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Development of a population dynamics model to investigate the displacement of Rhipicephalus decoloratus by Rhipicephalus microplus

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A systematic approach to select new table grape varieties for cultivation by Helberg, Corné Jacob

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Sequence of return risk in South African post-retirement portfolios: the effectiveness of volatility-focused asset allocation strategies to address sequence and associated risks by Schabort, Kilian Petika

“…Using monthly asset index returns separated into bull and bear market regimes for the period 1991 to 2020, correlated non-normal returns were simulated and combined with independently simulated inflation to generate 10 000 independent 30-year simulation trials. …”
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An investigation into the use of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in packet radio by Neilson, Rob

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The Verification of different model configurations of the Unified Atmospheric Model over South Africa

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Coastal climate change and variability in the Benguela current system by Tomety, Folly Serge

“…Lastly, in chapter 5, the decadal variability in the Benguela upwelling system, identified in Chapter 3, is investigated using a long-term ocean model simulation of 110 years (1900 - 2010) of the global ocean-ice components of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM). …”
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Current transformers transient response modelling using electromagnetic transient program (EMTP) by Chuthi, Noel Nelson Stima

“…EMTP package proved to be very useful and handy when studying transients though one has to be careful with numerical oscillations which might be present during simulations. Problems of numerical oscillations have been discussed under current transformer simulation tools.…”
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Spatialised ecosystem modelling to evaluate the influences of marine protected areas and provisioning ecotourism on the foraging and distributional response of top predators from M... by Grusd, Samantha Paige

“…The Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and Ecospace modelling framework was utilised to investigate the distributional response of sharks and top predators on the South-East coast to the introduction of two new MPAs (in 2019) and seasonal provisioning for shark cage diving (in 2020), over a 35-year simulation period. A mass-balance Ecopath model was designed and parameterised for the 2008–2018 data period as a foundation for the spatial Ecospace models. …”
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Structural dynamics of 1T-TiSe2 using femtosecond electron diffraction by Suleiman, Aminat Oyiza

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A comparison of value at risk & expected shortfall models in cryptocurrencies by Bosman, Lisa-Marie

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Multi-market analysis of the impact of trade restrictions on importing live animals into South Africa

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Student perceptions of blended learning interventions in teaching auditing

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The stoichiometry and kinetics of biological heat generation in the aerobic stage of dual digestion by Messenger, John

“…Over the past 10 years the Water Research Commission (WRC) has recognized the potential benefits of the dual digestion system for South Africa where anaerobic digestion is the preferred method of sludge stabilization. …”
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Testing adaptive market efficiency in the presence of non-Gaussian uncertainties by Wakandigara, Vykta

“…However, the possibility of time-varying weak-form market efficiency has received increasing attention in recent years. Under the Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH) it is postulated that market efficiency is dynamic, which advocates using models with non-constant coefficients. …”
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