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Radiation metrology and applications
- Development of the fast neutron beam facility at iThemba LABS to a metrological reference standard.
- Neutron activation analyses, such as trace element characterization of mineral ores.
- Development and characterization of particle detectors and dosemeters used at flight altitudes and on space missions.
- Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) for the characterization of particulate flow.
- The use of nuclear techniques for in-situ characterisation of engineering particulate systems.
- Reducing the energy impact of mineral processing operations in South Africa through fundamentally based models of flow.
- Development of a prompt gamma imaging (PGI) device to produce 3D images of
proton dose deposition - Combining nuclear imaging techniques with high speed photography to measure three phase flow in minerals applications.
- Imaging flow through porous media for the petrochemical industry.
- The development of multiphase tracers for positron imaging systems.
Electrical metrology and applications
- Development of quantum electrical standards for voltage and current.
- Photocatalytic production of hydrogen.
- Single electron transport in low dimensional gas systems.
- Computational exercises for electronic structure codes.
- Searching for quaternary crystals using high-throughput density functional theory.
Physical metrology and applications
- Development of the precursor for the new Watt Balance for South Africa.
- Students’ understanding of the new SI.
- Students’ understanding of measurement and uncertainty in the physics laboratory.
- New materials for advancing the teaching of measurement.