Staff | Postdoctoral Fellows | PhD Graduates | Master's Graduates | PG Diploma Graduates


Academic and Research Staff

  • Assoc Prof Tinashe Mutsvangwa, 2024
  • Dr Marcin Jankiewicz, Senior Research Officer, 2021
  • Prof Tania Douglas, SARChI Chair in Biomedical Engineering & Innovation; Director, Biomedical Engineering Resesarch Centre, 2021
  • Dr Jill Fortuin, Senior Lecturer, 2021
  • Dr Alkathafi Alhamud, Research Officer, 2017
  • Stefan Steiner, Lecturer, 2016
  • Mladen Poluta, Senior Lecturer, 2015
  • Dr Lester John, Senior Lecturer, 2015
  • Dr Barak Morgan, Research Officer, 2013
  • Dr Colin Andrew, Research Officer, 2013
  • Dr Bruce Spottiswoode, Senior Lecturer, 2012
  • Dr Nicholas Sachs, Lecturer, 2012
  • Dr David Boonzaier, Senior Lecturer, 2011

Post-doctoral Research Fellows

2023

  • Dr Roopam Dey

2022

  • Dr Akhona Vava
  • Dr Faatiema Salie
  • Dr Jordan Masakuna
  • Dr Shalena Naidoo

2021

  • Dr Fleur Warton
  • Dr Hafeni Mthoko
  • Dr Keri Woods
  • Dr Marlie Miles
  • Dr Nadine Lindinger

2019

  • Dr Adam van Niekerk
  • Dr Donne van der Westhuizen
  • Dr Nailah Conrad
  • Dr Tamer Abdalrahman

2018

  • Dr Kevin Sack
  • Dr Lindie Du Plessis
  • Dr Nathaniel Narra
  • Dr Trust Saidi

2017

  • Dr Andie De Villiers
  • Dr Kylie de Jager [LinkedIn]
  • Dr Omowumi Inyang
  • Dr Sharief Hendricks
  • Dr Temitope Tokosi

2016

  • Dr Jill Fortuin
  • Dr Martha Holmes
  • Dr Mazin Sirry
  • Dr Ronald Dendere

2015

  • Dr Frances Robertson
  • Dr Malebogo Ngoepe
  • Dr Paul Taylor

2014

  • Dr Daniel Auger

2013

2012

  • Dr Jesu Joseph
  • Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa

2011

  • Dr Francois de Guio

2010

  • Dr Barak Morgan
  • Dr Otolorin Osibote

PhD Graduates

2024

  • Edmund Wessels, Development of a mobile flexible hysteroscopy system
  • Elizabeth Kruse, Studying the Mechanobiology of Enveloped Virus-like Particles and their Interactions with the Host Cell
  • Hervé Nicolas Nbonsou Tegang, Diagnostic quality pseudo-computed tomography synthesis from magnetic resonance images: Application to orthopaedic pathologies
  • Majahonkhe Shabangu, Investigating cell mechanics of HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma
  • Riham Ahmed, Mathematical modelling of growth-factor induced cell migration in 3D engineered matrices
  • Samuel Bayih, Ultrafast BOLD fMRI using 3D-EPI with simultaneous real-time motion and shim measurement and correction
  • Struan Hume, In-vitro PIV validated computational model of direct thrombosis in cerebral aneurysms

2023

  • Corius Reyneke, Evaluating the influence of machine-specific DRR parameters on the accuracy of X-ray simulation and orthopaedic 2D-3D reconstruction [download thesis]
  • Farai Mberi, The effect of HIV infection and exposure on white matter development in 9-year-old children
  • Juliet Nagawa, Cardiac mechanics and mechanical circulatory support therapies in peripartum cardiomyopathy using machine learning and patient-specific computational modelling
  • Joanah Madzime, Functional and structural analyses of the central auditory pathway in children exposed to and living with HIV

2022

  • Abdulmumin Ibrahim, The impact of maternal HIV infection on uninfected neonate brain structure [download thesis]
  • Chimwemwe Msosa, Mechanics of invasion of plasmodium falciparum merozoites into human erythrocytes and its relevance to screening of invasion-blocking anti-malarial compounds
  • Dodzi Motchon, Computational modelling of cellular mechanics and signalling in intramyocardial biomaterial injectates for myocardial infarction therapies

2021

  • Faatiema Salie, Analysis of orthopaedic device development in South Africa: Mapping the landscape and understanding the drivers of knowledge development and knowledge diffusion through networks [download thesis]
  • Ghodeejah Higgins, Studying the Role of Mechanical Properties of Cancer Cells in Tumour Detachment, Migration and Secondary Tumour Formation [download thesis]
  • Jean-Rassaire Fouefack, Towards a framework for multi class statistical modelling of shape, intensity and kinematics in medical images [download thesis]

2020

  • Emmanual Nwosu, Brain morphometry of HIV-infected children on early antiretroviral therapy (ART) from age 5 to 9 years [download thesis]

2019

  • Adam van Niekerk, A vector based approach for high frequency prospective correction of rigid body motion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) [download thesis]
  • Stevie Biffen, Differences in callosal and subcortical volumes and associated neurobehavioural deficits in children with prenatal alcohol exposure [download thesis]

2018

  • Gizeaddis Lamesgin, Double volumetric navigators for real-time simultaneous shim and motion measurement and correction in Glycogen Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (GlycoCEST) MRI [download thesis]
  • Jonathan Glenday, Biomechanical assessment of RTSA functional outcomes towards optimising the prosthesis configuration [download thesis]
  • Kevin Sack, Subject-Specific Efficacy Prediction of Mechanically Motivated Therapies for Heart Failure
  • Roopam Dey, Design and Development Towards a Novel Prosthesis for Total Shoulder Arthroplasty to Reduce Aseptic Glenoid Loosening [download thesis]

2017

  • Giovanni Milandri, Eccentric cycling rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A randomised controlled trial of strength and biomechanical outcomes [download thesis]
  • Keri Woods, Parietal dysfunction in children with prenatal alcohol exposure [download thesis]
  • Matthew Gerhold, A study of event-related electrocortical oscillatory dynamics associated with cued motor-response inhibition during performance of the Go/NoGo task within a sample of prenatally alcohol-exposed children and age-matched controls [download thesis]

2016

  • Fulufhelo Masithulela, Computational biomechanics in the remodelling rat heart post myocardial infarction [download thesis]
  • Hugo Krynauw, Tailoring of the biomechanics of tissue-regenerative vascular scaffolds [download thesis]
  • Muhammad Saleh, Real-time motion and magnetic field correction for GABA editing using EPI volumetric navigated MEGA-SPECIAL sequence: Reproducibility and Gender effects [download thesis]

2015

  • Alfred Bogaers, Efficient and robust partitioned solution schemes for fluid-structure interactions [download thesis]
  • Jia Fan, Neuroimaging study of prenatal alcohol exposure effects on structural and functional connectivity in children [download thesis]
  • Mayuresh Kulkarni, Monte Carlo simulation of slot-scanning X-ray imaging systems [download thesis]
  • Mazin Sirry, Computational biomechanics of acute myocardial infarction and its treatment [download thesis]
  • Priya Lakshmi Narayanan, Development of a tool for automatic segmentation of the cerebellum in MR images of children [download thesis]

2014

  • Christopher du Plooy, The effects of acute stress on retrieval of visual and spatial material (via Psychology) [download thesis]
  • Lindie du Plessis, An investigation of the integrity of two components of the cerebellar neurocircuitry involved in classical eyeblink conditioning in children prenatally exposed to alcohol: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy and functional magnetic resonance imaging study [download thesis]
  • Ronald Dendere, Hand X-ray absorptiometry for measurement of bone mineral density on a slot-scanning X-ray imaging system [download thesis]

2013

  • Adijat Tiamiyu, Design and evaluation of a novel meniscal prosthesis for the knee
  • Daniel Auger, Myocardial segmentation, surface strain and cardiac dyssynchrony analysis using 3D DENSE MRI [download thesis]

2012

  • Alkathafi Ali Alhamud, Implementation of anatomical navigators for real time motion correction in diffusion tensor imaging [download thesis]
  • Frances Robertson, Issues in the processing and analysis of functional NIRS imaging and a contrast with fMRI findings in a study of sensorimotor deactivation and connectivity [download thesis]
  • Ian Burger, A control system approach to subject specific prospective respiratory motion correction in cardiac MRI [download thesis]

2011

  • Aaron Hess, Real-time motion and main magnetic field correction in MR spectroscopy using an EPI volumetric navigator [download thesis]
  • Melike Fourie, Guilt in the body and brain: A psychophysiological and neuroimaging investigation [download thesis]

2010

  • Ryan Benjamin, Non-maximum entropy polymer elasticity, viscoelasticity and the lattice Boltzmann method [download thesis]

2009

  • Andrea Hemmerich, Rotational laxity of the knee following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using single vs double-bundle surgery [download thesis]
  • Esau Muluh, Characterizing event-related oscillations and potentials in mental arithmetic by examining arithmetic-operation and problem-size effects
  • Khalid Hussein, Computer models for the design and optimization of a linear slot scanning mammography system [download thesis]
  • Nelleke Langerak, The long-term sequelae of selective dorsal rhizotomy in patients with spastic diplegia [download thesis]
  • Tinashe Mutsvangwa, Characterization of the facial phenotype associated with fetal alcohol syndrome using stereo-photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics [download thesis]

2008

  • Victoria Ives-Deliperi, The matter of mindfulness: Investigations into the mechanisms of mindfulness (via Psychology) [download thesis]

2006

  • Bruce Spottiswoode, Towards automating cine DENSE MRI image analysis: segmentation, tissue tracking and strain computation [download thesis]

2003

  • Roumen Georgiev, Three dimensional coordinate reconstruction of multiple targets using linear sensors [download thesis]
  • Scott MacKinnon, Ergonomics of single-handed pulling: A biomechanical and psychophysical assessment [download thesis]

Master's Graduates

2022

  • Gerhard Krause, Coaxially Electrospun Drug-eluting Vascular Grafts
  • Humphrey Abbey, Mobile phone applications to screen for hearing loss in low-and middle-income countries: a state-of-the-art review [download thesis]
  • Jade Taylor, Development of Hybrid Aortic Heart Valves for Tissue Engineering and Transcatheter Delivery Applications
  • Martin Kiwanuka, Evaluation of the correlation of cell stiffness and chemo-resistance of HIV-related cancer in South Africans
  • Ndivhuwo Magondo, Effects of HIV on white matter myelination during childhood: a longitudinal investigation
  • Rosslee Guess, Design and Development Toward a Tissue Engineered Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve
  • Sarah Mcewan, Design of a paediatric obstruction removal system from the airways for foreign body aspiration
  • Shannon Pincus, Assessing the Impact of mHealth on Patient Autonomy: A Systematic Review

2021

  • Ameen Bardien, The design and development of an electromechanical adaptation for a Novel 3D printed functional hand prosthesis [download thesis]
  • Bhaveen Lalla, Development of a Solution Method to Promote Proper Bandaging Techniques for Transfemoral Amputees [download thesis]
  • Catherine Gordon-Grant, Design and development of a sensory feedback system for transradial amputees using body powered prostheses [download thesis]
  • Dian Haasbroek, Role of extracellular environment in mechanical properties of human cardiac fibroblasts and myofibroblasts [download thesis]
  • Jacobus Johannes le Roux, The Effect and Potential of Digital Health in The Cycle of Care in Tuberculosis Patients from Low and Middle-income Countries [download thesis]
  • Lara Timm, Design and Development of an Open-Source ADL-Compliant Prosthetic Arm for Transradial Amputees [download thesis]
  • Maatje Wessel, Impact of the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) in safety management at healthcare organisations [download thesis]
  • Matthew Trusler, Design and Development of a Lower Limb Rehabilitation Device for Spinal Cord Injury Patients [download thesis]
  • Rachael Musasizi, Developing a mHealth-based portable ultrasound platform for breast cancer screening [download thesis]
  • Shameela Arbi, Improving diabetes management of pregnant women in under-served communities of South Africa by using a mobile phone [download thesis]
  • Tareen Dawood, Feature detection in ultrasound images for computer aided diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma [download thesis]
  • Tertius de Villiers, Design and Development of a Traction Device for Semi-Automated Closed Cervical Spine Reduction Procedures [download thesis]
  • Thabang Matseke, Experimental and computational study of the mechanics of chikungunya [download thesis]

2020

  • Amy Graham, Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) data in children with and without HIV at 11-12 years [download thesis]
  • Catherine Namayega, A deep learning algorithm for contour detection in synthetic 2D biplanar X-ray images of the scapula: towards improved 3D reconstruction of the scapula [download thesis]
  • Daniel Rimbault, Implementation of Hadamard Encoding and Reconstruction of MEGA-Edited Spectroscopy (HERMES) for quantification of ɣ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutathione (GSH) [download thesis]
  • Felix Atuhaire, Reconstruction of three-dimensional facial geometric features related to fetal alcohol syndrome using adult surrogates [download thesis]
  • Isaac Khobo, Multimodal neuroimaging signatures of early cART-treated paediatric HIV - Distinguishing perinatally HIV-infected 7-year-old children from uninfected controls [download thesis]
  • Johannes Coertze, Visualisation and manipulation of 3D patient-specific bone geometry using augmented reality [download thesis]
  • Kagiso Dikgomo, Development of an assessment framework for student engagement in design thinking projects for health innovation [download thesis]
  • Khwezi Majola, Three-Dimensional Body Volume Measurement From Two-Dimensional Images: Towards A Smartphone Application [download thesis]
  • Marilize Fourie, Tissue parameter mapping in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder [download thesis]
  • Nyotu Gitau, Assessing eHealth knowledge diffusion within the public health sector in Kenya using social network analysis [download thesis]
  • Sarah Maclean, Image analysis for a mobile phone-based assessment of latent tuberculosis infection [download thesis]
  • Tewodros Alemneh, Articulated Statistical Shape Modelling of the Shoulder Joint [download thesis]

2019

  • Andrew Lin, Patient specific thoracic endovascular aortic repair (with distinction) [download thesis]
  • Christopher Herbert, Design and development of an adaptive external bone fracture fixation system  [download thesis]
  • Jason Collier, Gestational diabetes self-management and remote monitoring mobile platform [download thesis]
  • Jaydon Farao, User-interface design and evaluation in a mobile application for detecting latent tuberculosis [download thesis]
  • Joanah Madzime, DTI-based tractographic analysis of white matter alterations in HIV-infected children [download thesis]
  • Johannes-Petrus Jordaan, Noise reduction during diffusion tensor imaging of infants (with distinction) [download thesis]
  • Rochelle Smith, Cancer cell mechanics in chemoresistance and chemotherapeutic drug exposure [download thesis]
  • Saadiq Gasant, Design optimization and in vitro verification of a bone-retentive device to repair commuted radial head fractures (with distinction) [download thesis]
  • Quik Kung, X-ray image processing for visualisation of the cervical spine (with distinction) [download thesis]
  • Struan Hume, Pulsatile Flow in Computational Modelling of Thrombosis in Cerebral Aneurysms (with distinction) [download thesis]
  • Vincent Hülk, Electrospun tissue engineered vascular grafts (with distinction)

2018

  • Alastair During, An Attempt to Improve Stance Mechanics of Trans-Tibial Amputee Gait by the Design of a Modular Ankle Joint Prosthetic [download thesis]
  • Brian Lugadilu, Development of a statistical shape and appearance model of the skull from a South African population [download thesis]
  • Christopher Mutswangwa, Evaluating the usability of an X-ray imaging system in forensic pathology [download thesis]
  • Jacobus Verster, A structured light solution for detecting scapular dyskinesis [download thesis]
  • Jean-Rassaire Fouefack, Geometric morphometrics for 3D dense surface correspondence: Population comparisons of shoulder bone morphology [download thesis]
  • Jerry Sam, Development of a device for multi-modal mechanical manipulation of cells in 2D and 3D engineering environments [download thesis, LinkedIn]
  • Meftah Madi, An evaluation of the impact of mHealth interventions on patients’ attendance to treatment for three common ophthalmic diseases that cause blindness: a systematic review [download thesis]
  • Munyaradzi Matose, Ventilation in minibus taxis as a means of airborne infection control [download thesis]
  • Nonku Nyathi, Network analysis of Diagnostic Medical Device Development for Infectious Diseases Prevalent in South Africa [download thesis]
  • Ramonde Patientia, The impact of mHealth on adolescent global health outcomes: A scoping review of mHealth initiatives [download thesis]
  • Safa Naraghi, Mobile phone-based evaluation of talent tuberculosis infection [download thesis]
  • Scott Bruton, Design, development and validation of a tactile multi-measurement tool for real-time data mapping of the transtibial amputee socket-limb interface [download thesis]
  • Seth Thompson, Optimisation of insertion point during latissimus dorsi tendon transfer [download thesis]
  • Werner Stoltsz, Comparison of resting state functional networks in HIV infected and uninfected children at age 9 years [download thesis]
  • Wian van den Bergh, Drug eluting electrospun scaffolds for tissue regeneration [download thesis]
  • Yasheen Brijlal, Development and validation of experimental protocol and guidelines for non-invasive superficial and deep muscle electromyography in the forearm [download thesis]

2017

  • Albert Opiyo, Telerehabilitation using hand exoskeleton for stroke survivors [download thesis]
  • Cara Swanepoel, Non-invasive deep muscle electromyography: Measurement of extrinsic foot muscle activity
  • Elizabeth Kruse, Studying the mechanics of enveloped viruses and their interactions with the host cell
  • Giancarlo Beukes, Design and in vivo verification of a stress radiography device towards it's suitability for multi-ligament laxity measurements  [download thesis]
  • Gokul Nair, Adrenaline auto injector design
  • Kenneth Park, Stents for transcatheter aortic valve replacement [download thesis]
  • Kieran Duggan, A supervised machine-learning method for detecting steady-state visually evoked potentials for use in brain computer interfaces: A comparative assessment [download thesis]
  • Megan Findlay, A modular and adjustable ptosis crutch as a non-surgical solution to elevating the upper eyelid of myasthenia gravis patients [download thesis]
  • Rofhiwa Seletani, Evaluation of electrocardiogram recordings from dry electrodes embedded on the head of a stethoscope

2016

  • Leah Morgan, MR Imaging sequence for navigation during brain scanning [download thesis]
  • Shaa’ista Ameen, No touch breast implant insertion device [download thesis]
  • Stefan Stoeckigt, Investigation of differences in cortical activation during wrist flexion and extension performed under real, passive and motor imagined paradigms [download thesis]
  • Stephen Jermy, 4D Flow and displacement sensitive MR imaging of upper-arm artero-venous connections for haemodialysis [download thesis]
  • William Wasswa, 3D approximation of scapula bone shape from x-ray image using landmark constrained statistical shape model fitting [download thesis]

2015

  • Aliza Janse van Rensburg, Heparanoid hydrogels for cardiovascular tissue regeneration [download thesis]
  • Emmanuel Nwosu, Effects of HIV and different antiretroviral therapy regimes on brain structure in HIV infected children at age 7 [download thesis]
  • Jadrana Toich, Resting state analysis of HIV children compared to control subjects at age 7 [download thesis]
  • Jason Voorneveld, High porosity electrospun nanofibrillar scaffolds for small diameter vascular graft applications [download thesis]
  • Jeff Joseph, On the relationship between corticomuscular (EEG-EMG) phase coupling and muscular fatigue [download thesis
  • Jeremy Pitman, Development of an EMG-controlled orthotic device for stroke rehabilitation of the flaccid hand [download thesis]
  • Michael Cousin, An investigation into the use of stereophotogrammetry for the analysis of craniofacial dysmorphology in schizophrenia [download thesis]
  • Mwape Mofya, Simultaneous DTI and rs-fMRI using the navigated diffusion sequence [download thesis]
  • Mkhokheli Ncube, Design of a wireless ureteropyeloscope [download thesis]
  • Shaun Fickling, Towards an algorithm for the prediction of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries [download thesis]
  • Steven Randall, The effects of HIV-1 infection on subcortical brain structures in children receiving ART : a structural MRI study (via Anatomy) [download thesis]

2014

  • Chipo Chimhundu, Interlandmark measurements from Lodox Statscan images with application to femoral neck anteversion assessment [download thesis]
  • Esther van Heerden, Osseointegration of 3D titanium scaffolds seeded with induced pluripotent stem cells in vitro [download thesis]
  • Faatiema Salie, An investigation into turbine ventilators as a potential environmental control measure to minimise the risk of transmission of tuberculosis - a laboratory and field study [download thesis]
  • Matthew Proxenos, Towards the development of a dynamic device for the evaluation of hypertonia of the upper extremity [download thesis]
  • Raphael Smith, The design, construction and testing of a hermetically sealed breast platform for dual-modality mammography [download thesis, LinkedIn]
  • Timothy Perks, Reducing Radiation Dose for a Linear Slot Scanning Digital X-ray Machine using a Filtration Technique [download thesis]

2013

  • Leandra Webb, Enhancing auditory P300 amplitude through the use of spatial auditory stimuli and navigation of a virtual environment
  • Mine Zantow, Image-based analysis of droplets in microfluidics
  • Mohammed Esmail, Towards improving the Statscan x-ray image quality through sliding mode control of the C-arm [download thesis]
  • Nielen Venter, The effects of empirical mode decomposition based de-noising in improving detection of directly stimulated skeletal muscle response [download thesis]
  • Nikhil Divekar, Investigation of the interaction between corticomuscular coherence, motor precision and perceived difficulty in wrist flexion and extension [download thesis]
  • Peter Wise, Optimization of the hydrogel therapy used in the treatment of myocardial infarction
  • Richard Pauck, Computational analyses towards the design of biodegradable polymeric coronary artery stents
  • Rodaina Omar Khateb, Optimization of structural and mechanical properties of electro-spun biodegradable scaffolds for vascular tissue regeneration [download thesis]
  • Teshwaree Tezoo, Computer-aided analysis of airways in chest X-ray images

2012

  • Ghabiba Modak, Characteristics of dynamics associated with skeletal muscle contraction initiated by acetylcholine injection [download thesis]
  • Muhammad Saleh, Methods and adaptations required to perform small-animal MRI scanning using a large bore clinical MRI [download thesis]
  • Natalie Boonzaier, Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on cerebellar volume in children: An MRI study (via Applied Anatomy) [download thesis]
  • Renee Miller, A computational study of post-infarct mechanical effects of injected biomaterial into ischemic myocardium [download thesis]
  • Richard Mudd, Exploring the range of motion between the acetabular component and the femoral component in hip resurfacing [download thesis]
  • Toinette-Lee Dixon, Implementation and evaluation of a bony structure suppression software tool for chest x-ray imaging [download thesis]

2011

  • Alexander Bentley, An offline multi-class auditory P300 brain-computer interface using principal and independent component analysis [download thesis]
  • Dan Golding, A comparison of methods for the registration of tractographic fibre images [download thesis]
  • Devikrishna Sarala, Hardware and software integration and testing for the automation of bright-field microscopy for tuberculosis detection [download thesis]
  • Frank Bolton, Automated 3D reconstruction of Lodox Statscan images for forensic application [download thesis]
  • Karen Bredenkamp, Development of biomechanical models that represent members of the South African National Defence Force [download thesis]
  • Keri Woods, Tissue segmentation of the cerebellum from MR images (via Computer Science) [download thesis]
  • Nico Gorbach, Unsupervised connectivity-based cortex parcellation using the information bottleneck method 
  • Radhika Kulkarni, Locating regions of interest prior to x-ray imaging using stereo-photogrammetry [download thesis]
  • Roland Baasch, FMRI guided DTI at the grey-white matter interface with application to a connectivity analysis of the default mode network in Urbach-Wiethe disease [download thesis]

2010

  • Anton Eicher, Active shape model segmentation of brain structures in MR images of subjects with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (via Computer Science) [download thesis]
  • Bhavin Patel, Creating a virtual slide map from sputum smear Images for region-of-interest localisation in automated microscopy [download thesis]
  • Dean Hodgskiss, Towards improved visual stimulus discrimination in an SSVEP BCI [download thesis]
  • Jordi Reddy, Development of a physiological flow loop simulator for graft compliance testing [download thesis]
  • Lindie du Plessis, Magnetic resonance spectroscopy quality assessment at CUBIC and application to the study of the cerebellar deep nuclei in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder [download thesis]
  • Mahalingam Veeraragoo, Pattern recognition to detect fetal alcohol syndrome using stereo-facial images [download thesis]
  • Mazin Sirry, Development of a tissue-regenerative vascular graft: structural and mechanical aspect [download thesis]

2009

  • Andre Mouton, Computer-aided diagnosis of tuberculosis in paediatric chest x-rays using local textural analysis [download thesis]
  • Hugo Krynauw, Design and implementation of an apparatus for hydrodynamic and fatigue testing of prosthetic aortic valves [download thesis]
  • Katie Bromley, Exploring the prevalence of developmental reading difficulties in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (via Research Psychology) [download thesis]
  • Michael Hamman de Vaal, In vivo mechanical loading conditions of pectorally implanted cardiac pacemakers: Feasibility of a force measurement system and concept of an animal human transfer function [download thesis]
  • Rethabile Khutlang, Image segmentation and object classification for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears [download thesis]
  • Ronald Dendere, Segmentation of candidate bacillus objects in images of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears using deformable models [download thesis]

2008

  • Benjamin Irving, Radiation dose measurement and prediction for linear slit scanning radiography [download thesis]
  • Murray Long, Segmentation of body regions and airways in full-body digital paediatric x-ray images
  • Neil Campbell, Design of a knee simulator for the testing of total knee prostheses [download thesis]
  • Robyn Herron, Connectivity analysis of brain function in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and control children during number processing [download thesis]

2007

  • Martin Hoole, The design and manufacture of an accelerated fatigue testing machine for coronary stents [download thesis]
  • Susan Wynne, Localising discrete points in 3D space using stereo pairs of digital slot-scanning X-rays [download thesis]

2006

  • Aaron Hess, Calculating 3D intramyocardial strain tensors in a single slice of myocardium using MRI [download thesis]
  • Martin Scheelke, System characterization of a full body slit scanning radiography machine: theory and experiment [download thesis]
  • Megan Russell, Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears [download thesis]
  • Sarah Dawson, Application of 3D imaging technology to anterior cruciate ligament surgery [download thesis]
  • Tinashe Mutsvangwa, Statistical analysis of facial landmark data for optimization of fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis [download thesis]

2005

  • Alkathafi Ali Alhamud, The use of a neural network to recognize placental insufficiency from blood flow velocity waveforms in the umbilical cord [download thesis]
  • Devin Bosanquet, Investigation of phase synchronization in the cortex during a fatiguing muscle contraction using EEG [download thesis]
  • Nazir Karbanee, Investigating the effect of size on gait using a bipedal robot [download thesis]
  • Pieter-Andre Keevy, Finite element tool for modelling stent deployment to aid stent design [download thesis]
  • Rex Grobbelaar, Stereo facial image matching to aid in fetal alcohol syndrome screening [download thesis]
  • Warren Halberstadt, Pattern recognition in the detection of tuberculous meningitis [download thesis]

2004

  • Chuan-Hsiao Peter Ma, Body composition analysis using air displacement plethysmography
  • Megan Watson, Development of an interactive image-guided neurosurgical system [download thesis]

2003

  • Megan van den Berg, Feasibility of using Lodox to perform digital subtraction angiography [download thesis]
  • Wayne Nin, Use of digital cameras as an adjunct to Lodox [download thesis]

2002

  • Alyson Lease, Feasibility of using Lodox technology for mammography [download thesis]
  • Greg Flash, Feasibility of using a robotic arm with LODOX technology [download thesis]
  • Rutendo Ngara, Performance and sustainability indicators for clinical engineering services [download thesis]

Postgraduate Diploma Graduates

2019

  • Genet Tadese Aboye (with distinction)
  • Linah Nilsa Nsimbini
  • Maanodivhambele Mphigalale
  • Mancha Theodora Matjila
  • Masreshaw Demelash Bayleyegn
  • Mekdes Seyoum Abebe
  • Mogammad Johnstone (with distinction)
  • Nyameko Leon Bosman
  • Primrose Radebe
  • Rudzani Tshilidzi Ramabulana
  • Selam Belachew Tegegn
  • Sinenhlanhla Gumede
  • Yushavia Govender (with distinction)

2018

  • Bongile Kente
  • Cynthia Tshabangu
  • Emmanuel Bernard Massawe
  • Emmanuel Mukwevho
  • Francolene Jammer
  • Genet Aboye
  • Jean Hattingh
  • Linah Nsimbini
  • Maano Mphigalale
  • Mancha Matjila
  • Mantombi Mkhonza
  • Masreshaw Bayleyegn
  • Mekdes Abebe
  • Mike Mntungwana
  • Mogammad Johnstone
  • Nombulelo Mdingi
  • Nyameko Bosman
  • Patience Moabi
  • Phumzile Mshengu
  • Primrose Radebe
  • Rudzani Ramabulana
  • Sabrian Fritz
  • Selam Tegegn
  • Sinenhlanhla Gumede
  • Wendy Sigcau
  • Xolisa Manengela
  • Yushavia Govender

2017

  • Floris Moses
  • Gaseu Magele
  • Gugulethu Moyo
  • Johny Erasmus
  • Mamosidi Molisakeng
  • Ntsubise Molomo
  • Nyamcko Ndurncla
  • Rirhandzu Mthombeni
  • Sammy-Jo Flanagan
  • Sipho Mbhamali
  • Thobeka Silwane
  • Zwetlithini Khoza