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New SAAE Fellows elected and inducted

SAAE welcomes the following new Fellows who were elected at the AGM on 18 May 2006 and inducted at the Gauteng Induction Dinner at Gallagher Estate on 4 September 2006 and the Cape Induction Dinner at Kelvin Grove on 12 September 2006 respectively. Their experienced contribution will be fundamental in empowering our Academy to fulfill its vital role in South Africa and on our continent.

Fellow Carl Grim, CEO of Aveng Ltd was the guest speaker at the Gauteng Induction Dinner while Dr John W Zillman AO FAA FTSE, President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, was the guest speaker at the Cape Induction Dinner. Fellow Grimm's address can be read here.

 

  • Dr Mark Gavin Alexander, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town.
  • Coenraad Petrus Bester, CEO, BrainWorks Management (Pty) Ltd.
  • David Benjamin Botha, SAICE Executive Director.
  • Dr Ian Keith Craig Professor and Group Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, UP.
  • Prof David Glasser, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Witwatersrand.
  • Prof Diane Hildebrandt, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Witwatersrand.
  • Prof Josua Petrus Meyer, Chair: School of Engineering and Head: Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, UP.
  • Mongezi Matthew Ntsokolo, MD Distribution Division, ESKOM.
  • Dr Christine Louise Render, General Manager Process Commercialisation, Sasol.
  • Dr John David Sampson, Managing Director, TTT Africa.
  • Mninawe (Pepe) Silinga, Chief Executive, Coega Development Corporation.
  • Dr Christopher Leonard Vaughan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town.
  • Prof Alex Theo Visser, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, UP.
  • Dr Kevin Charles Arthur Wall, Manager, Urban Infrastructure and Management, CSIR.
Gauteng Induction Dinner at Gallagher Estate on 4th September 2006

Newly inducted Fellow Professor Diane Hildebrandt in conversation with Fellow Allyson Lawless.

Fellow Prof Jan Malherbe (left) in conversation with two inductees Coen Bester (centre) and Prof Ian Craig (right

Fellow Prof X Xia (left)in conversation with Fellow Benjamin Ngulube (right).

Newly inducted Fellow Dr Christine Render receives her SAAE Certificate and is congratulated the President of SAAE Fellow Bingle Kruger.

Fellows Nazir, Alli (left), Mike Muller (centre) and Trueman Goba (right) in conversation.

Prof Josua Meyer, Chairman of the School of Engineering at the University of Pretoria, receives his SAAE Certificate and is congratulated on his induction as a Fellow of the Academy by President Bingle Kruger
 

Mr Webster Ndodana , President of the South African Association of Consulting Engineers (left), in conversation with newly inducted Fellow Pepi Silinga (centre) and SAAE Executive Committee Member Trueman Goba (right).
Cape Dinner at Kelvin Grove on 12Th September 2006

John W Zillman, President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, who was the guest speaker at the Cape Induction Dinner (left) in conversation with Fellow Bob St Leger, Vice President of SAAE (centre) and Fellow Theo van Robbroeck (right). John Zillman's address is available elsewhere on the web site.

From left to right Mrs Joan Vaughan, newly inducted Fellow Professor KIT Vaughan, Mrs Nanette O’Connor and Fellow Prof Cyril O’Connor. Professor Kit Vaughan holds the Hyman Goldberg Chair of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town and Professor O’Connor is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the same University