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Thursday, 22 May 2014

In service study opportunity at BBE Energy in collaboration with the North West University

Recruiter:    North West University Location:    Pretoria
Category:    Engineering
Contract:    Annually
Available:    Immediate
Offer:    Bursary
Opportunity:
 BBE Energy in collaboration with NWU offer a great opportunity to do research and development on a wide variety of mining engineering subjects. The ideal candidate will further his/her academic qualifications while simultaneously work with a team of experts in the following engineering fields:
    Ventilation  Recirculation
    Auxiliary  Ventilation
    Haulage Insulation
    Ventilation and cooling on demand
    Water vapour refrigeration
    Split refrigeration
    Liquid desiccant cooling in ventilation
    Underground water efficiency
    Water pumping optimisation
    Compressed air replacement (Platinum mine)
    Underground compressed air waste management
    Compressed air: Reduce, eliminate or replace (Agitation – Gold mines)
    Crushing and comminution
    Concentrated solar thermal energy
    CSP and Desalination of water on mines
Requirements:
    SA Citizen
    Registration as student (Honns / Masters or PhD) at a HEI;
    Work in Pretoria on the projects (Research in collaboration with chair);
    Should have own transport to get to work and back.
 
Contact:

Should you be interested, please forward your CV to:
   Tinus Vorster: tinus@tinel.co.za


Thursday, 27 March 2014

SOLEX open innovation





 

 




Original publication January 2014, www.solexinnovation.com

Also see "SOLEX – An Open Innovation Portal for Southern Africa, SOLEX Background", http://www.riis.co.za/?p=2162