The Department of Industrial Engineering has thirteen full-time academic staff, plus six who teach on a contract basis, and at undergraduate level is responsible for the programme in Industrial Engineering.

Meet the People

• Extra-ordinary
• Full-time Lecturers
• Head of Department
• Part Time Researchers & Ad Hoc Personnel
• PRASA
• STC/IAT Labs
• Support Staff

Willem J Barnard
Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: willem.barnard@vastech.co.za

Stephen Bosman
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: bosmans@cput.ac.za

Anthon Botha
PROFESSOR EXTRA-ORDINARY

Email: anthon@technoscene.co.za

Adele Botha
PROFESSOR EXTRA-ORDINARY

Email: abotha@csir.co.za

Alan Brent
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: acb@sun.ac.za

Oliver Damm
Associate Professor extra-ordinary /Mentor

Email: odamm@lha.co.za

Karolien De Bruyne
Associate Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: karolien.debruyne@kuleuven.be

Anton de Villiers
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: antonpdv@gmail.com

Marjolijn Dijksterhuis
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: marjolijn@meaglobal.com

Marlien Herselman
PROFESSOR EXTRA-ORDINARY

Email: mherselman@csir.co.za

Sophie U Hippmann
Associate Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: Sopie.hippmann@zv.fraunhofer.de

Vera Hummel
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: vera.hummel@reutlingen-university.de

Roland Jochem
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: roland.jochem@tu-berlin.de

Francois Joubert
Associate Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: Francois.joubert@kwanto.co.za

Denzil Kennon
Lecturer Extra-ordinary

Email: dkennon@sun.ac.za

Fernando J. Diaz Lopez
Associate Professor extra-ordinary

Email: fernando.diazlopez@tno.nl

Eric Lutters
Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: e.lutters@utwente.nl

Reimund Neugebauer
Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: reimund.neugebauer@iwu.fraunhofer.de

Erwin Pesch
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: Erwin.pesch@uni-siegen.de

William Stafford
Associate Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: wstafford@csir.co.za

Johann Stimie
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: johanns@sun.ac.za

PJ Vlok
professor Extra-ordinary

Email: pjvlok@sun.ac.za

Wouter Bam
Senior Lecturer

Email: wouterb@sun.ac.za

James Bekker
Associate Professor

Email: jb2@sun.ac.za

Imke de Kock
Lecturer

Email: imkedk@sun.ac.za

Theuns Dirkse van Schalkwyk
Senior Lecturer

Email: theuns@sun.ac.za

Andries Engelbrecht
PROFESSOR

Email: engel@sun.ac.za

Sara Grobbelaar
Associate Professor

Email: ssgrobbelaar@sun.ac.za

Jacomine Grobler
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Email: jacominegrobler@sun.ac.za

Wyhan Jooste
Senior Lecturer – PR. ENG

Email: wyhan@sun.ac.za

Louis Louw
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Email: louisl@sun.ac.za

Stephen Matope
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Email: smatope@sun.ac.za

Thuli Mkhaliphi
Junior Lecturer

Email: thuli@sun.ac.za

Stephan Nel
LECTURER

Email: gsnel@sun.ac.za

Louzanne Bam (née Oosthuizen)
Senior Lecturer

Email: louzanne@sun.ac.za

Natasha Sacks
Professor

Email: natashasacks@sun.ac.za

Corne Schutte
Professor
Chairman

Email: corne@sun.ac.za

André van der Merwe
Associate Professor

Email: andrevdm@sun.ac.za

Joubert van Eeden
Senior Lecturer

Email: jveeden@sun.ac.za

Jan H van Vuuren
Professor

Email: vuuren@sun.ac.za

Konrad von Leipzig
Senior Lecturer, Director IBi

Email: kvl@sun.ac.za

Philani Zincume
Lecturer

Email: philaniz@sun.ac.za

Corne Schutte
Professor
Chairman

Email: corne@sun.ac.za

Christle de Beer
Researcher

Email: 18867790@sun.ac.za

Christa de Kock
Lecturer

Email: christadk@sun.ac.za

Isabel Meyer
POSTDOC

Email: iameyer@me.com

Coenie Nel
Lecturer

Email: cjnel@sun.ac.za

Wessel Pienaar
Researcher

Email: wpienaar@sun.ac.za

Calie Pistorius
Lecturer

Email: calie.pistorius@deltahedron.co.uk

Thorsten Schmidt-Dumont
POSTDOC

Email: thorstens@sun.ac.za

Zane Simpson
Researcher

Email: zane@sun.ac.za

Emad Uheida
Postdoc

Email: uheida@sun.ac.za

Neels Fourie
CHAIR HOLDER

Email: cjf@sun.ac.za

Pieter Conradie
Research Engineer

Email: pieterc@sun.ac.za

Wyhan Jooste
Senior Lecturer – PR. ENG

Email: wyhan@sun.ac.za

Olabanji Asekun
Research Engineer

Email: asekun@sun.ac.za

Oliver Damm
Associate Professor extra-ordinary /Mentor

Email: odamm@lha.co.za

Devon Hagedorn-Hansen
Lab Manager, Dep Industrial Engineering Technical Manager, Additive Manufacturing

Email: devonh@sun.ac.za

Xola Madyibi
Technician, Additive Manufacturing

Email: xola@sun.ac.za

Natasha Sacks
Professor

Email: natashasacks@sun.ac.za

Chad Swart
Technical Manager, Subtractive Manufacturing

Email: chads@sun.ac.za

Konrad von Leipzig
Senior Lecturer, Director IBi

Email: kvl@sun.ac.za

Anèl de Beer
Departmental Manager

Email: au1@sun.ac.za

Amelia Henning
Undergraduate Student Coordinator & General Administration

Email: ah2@sun.ac.za

Dean Johnson
Accountant

Email: deanj@sun.ac.za

Melinda Rust
Postgraduate Manager: Industrial Engineering

Email: mrust@sun.ac.za

Karina Smith
Reception & Student Administrator

Email: ksmith@sun.ac.za

Sissie Willemse
Assistant

Elize Williams
Assistant

Melissa Williams
Assistant

Email: melissaw@sun.ac.za