Staff – Industrial Engineering

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

Willem J Barnard
Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: willem.barnard@vastech.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

Christle de Beer
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: debeerc11@gmail.com

Karolien De Bruyne
Associate Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: karolien.debruyne@kuleuven.be

Marjolijn Dijksterhuis
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: marjolijn@meaglobal.com

Johan du Plessis
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: jndup@sun.ac.za

Andries Gous
Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: an3sgous@gmail.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

Mauricio Uriona Maldonado
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: m.uriona@ufsc.br

Eddie Mathews
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: ehmathews@rems2.com

Reimund Neugebauer
Professor Extra-ordinary

Email: reimund.neugebauer@iwu.fraunhofer.de

Wiehan Pelser
Lecturer Extra-ordinary

Email: wapelser@sun.ac.za

Erwin Pesch
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: Erwin.pesch@uni-siegen.de

Calie Pistorius
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: caliepistorius@sun.ac.za

Jaco Prinsloo
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: jprinsloo@sun.ac.za

Johann Stimie
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: johanns@sun.ac.za

Jean van Laar
Senior Lecturer Extra-Ordinary

Email: jean@vanlaar.co.za

PJ Vlok
professor Extra-ordinary

Email: pjvlok@sun.ac.za

Full-time Lecturers

Wouter Bam
Associate Professor

Email: wouterb@sun.ac.za

James Bekker
Associate Professor

Email: jb2@sun.ac.za

Eldon Burger
Lecturer

Email: eldonburger@sun.ac.za

Imke de Kock
Associate Professor

Email: imkedk@sun.ac.za

Theuns Dirkse van Schalkwyk
Senior Lecturer

Email: theuns@sun.ac.za

Emmanuel Dufourq
Lecturer

Email: edufourq@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

Sydney Kasongo
Lecturer

Email: sydneyk@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

Department Head

Corne Schutte
Professor
Chairman

Email: corne@sun.ac.za

Part Time Researchers & Ad Hoc Personnel

Isabel Meyer
POSTDOC

Email: iameyer@me.com

Coenie Nel
Lecturer

Email: cjnel@sun.ac.za

Ben Peters
Lecturer

Email: barendpeters@sun.ac.za

Wessel Pienaar
Researcher

Email: wpienaar@sun.ac.za

Calie Pistorius
Professor Extra-Ordinary

Email: caliepistorius@sun.ac.za

Zane Simpson
Researcher

Email: zane@sun.ac.za

Gibela Engineering Research

Pieter Conradie
Research Engineer

Email: pieterc@sun.ac.za

STC/IAT Labs

Oliver Damm
Associate Professor extra-ordinary /Mentor

Email: odamm@lha.co.za

Clive Govender
Master Artisan

Email: clivegov@sun.ac.za

Xola Madyibi
Technician, Additive Manufacturing

Email: xola@sun.ac.za

Natasha Sacks
Professor

Email: natashasacks@sun.ac.za

Chanté September
Administrative Officer

Email: septemberchante@sun.ac.za

Konrad von Leipzig
Senior Lecturer, Director IBi

Email: kvl@sun.ac.za

Support Staff

Diana Cochrane-Van Eeden
Postgraduate Support and Marketing

Email: dianacochrane@sun.ac.za

Anèl de Beer
Departmental Manager

Email: au1@sun.ac.za

Dr Martina Frei
Postgraduate Manager: Structured Programmes and Short Courses

Email: mfrei@sun.ac.za

Amelia Henning
Administration & Maintenance

Email: ah2@sun.ac.za

Dean Johnson
Accountant

Email: deanj@sun.ac.za

Shivvon Ruiters
Undergraduate Manager: Industrial Engineering

Email: shivvon@sun.ac.za

Melinda Rust
Postgraduate Manager: Industrial Engineering

Email: mrust@sun.ac.za

Karina Smith
Reception & Student Support

Email: ksmith@sun.ac.za

Sissie Willemse
Assistant

Elize Williams
Assistant

Melissa Williams
Assistant

Email: melissaw@sun.ac.za