On behalf of the IEEE South Africa Section and EE Publishers, you, your colleagues, friends, family and all interested persons are cordially invited to attend a lecture / presentation entitled:

DATE: 24 March 2011
TIME: 18h00 for 18h30
VENUE: Sanlam Auditorium, Economic and Management Sciences Building, University of Pretoria (click here for map, see building 68)
COST: No cost, free-of-charge, including refreshments and snacks

Prof. Johan Slabber is currently at the Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria. Before that was chief technology officer at PBMR (Pty) Ltd. He has held the positions of general manager for reactor technology at the Atomic Energy Corporation of SA (now Necsa), and chief systems engineer at Integrators of Systems Technology (IST), where he led a team which completed the first conceptual systems design of a small demonstration high temperature reactor. In 1994 he joined the Safeguards Department of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna where he completed a contract period of five years. Prof. Slabber holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Pretoria and also studied at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology in the USA.

Recent events at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami have been a major focus in the news media, where somewhat conflicting views serve to confuse rather than clarify things. This lecture will cover various generic basic principles of reactor technology, through to the current boundary conditions of the Fukushima plant, in order to understand what happened and to predict what could happen further. Some features of the Koeberg nuclear power plant will be explained, which will serve to highlight its capability to handle these types of external events.

For further information and registration, please contact:

Chantelle van Rensburg, Tel: 012 420-5179 or Email: chantelle.vanrensburg@up.ac.za, indicating your contact details (name, phone, email address).
  

On behalf of the Southern African Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SA AMSAT) and EE Publishers, you, your friends, colleagues and all interested persons are cordially invited to attend the

This one-day symposium is sponsored and supported by: The SA Amateur Radio Development Trust; SANSA; and SARL; with EE Publishers' EngineerIT magazine as official Media Partner.

DATE: 2 April 2011
TIME: 08h00 for 09h00 to 16h30
VENUE: Talk 100 Auditorium, Vodaworld, 082 Vodacom Boulevard, Vodavalley, Midrand
COST: Members: R350; non-members: R600; students: R300

• To promote the use of amateur satellites and to encourage active experimentation in satellite communication and allied fields
• To render active assistance to AMSAT on a worldwide basis, and to IARU Region 1 Satellite Coordinating Group.
• To foster international goodwill and cooperation through joint research, experimentation and study
• To encourage more effective and expanded use of the higher frequency bands
• To disseminate scientific, technical and operational information in this field

• For further information visit the SA AMSAT website
• Click here to download the SA ANSAT Space Symposium 2011 brochure and programme
• Click here to download the SA ANSAT Space Symposium 2011 registration form
• For further information, please email saamsat@intekom.co.za

08h00: Registration
09h00: Opening address: "SA AMSAT's 25 years in space activity", by David Long ZS5FR, president, SA AMSAT.
09h15: Keynote address by Dr. Sandile Malinga, CEO, SA National Space Agency
09h45: Presentation: "RaDAR - Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio", by Eddie Leighton ZS6BNS. The presentation will provide a demonstration of how to set up an amateur radio satellite station at short notice in the remotest areas - ideally suited in supporting disaster communication
10h30: Presentation: "Development of low noise, weak signal receivers for the SKA project", by Dr LJ du Toit, EMSS. EMSS has been involved in the Meerkat programme since 2005 and is currently responsible for the development and production of the KAT7 receivers. The presentation will focus on cryogenic receiver systems.
11h15: Presentation: "SAiSAT - a leap into the future", by John Willescroft ZS6EF. SAiSAT is one of the two CubeSat projects under development by SA AMSAT. During the presentation a novel deployment system for solar panels will be demonstrated. Universities are invited to participate and enter master and PhD degree projects for consideration to fly on SAiSAT.
12h15: Presentation: "Can South Africa support its own satellite launch facility?", by Mark Comninos, CEO, Marcom AS. The presentation will include highlights of the Cheetah-1 CSLV launch facility giving South Africa access to space.
13h00: Lunch and refreshments
13h45: Presentation: "KLETSkous - SA AMSAT's second CubeSat", by Hannes Coetzee ZS6BZP. KLETSkous is a 10 x 10 x 10 cm satellite which will carry a amateur radio transponder to promote satellite operation on the African continent and to engage learners in satellite projects.
14h30: Presentation: "A new generation of South African student satellites", by Matthew Sibnada, engineer in training, Cape Peninsula University of Technology. CPUT is building two student satellites and has recently been asked by the UK to provide an S-band transponder for the first UK Space Agency satellites.
15h15: Presentation: "Space travel and launches", by Brads Inggs, South Africa Space Institute. The presentation will update delegates on the activities of the Institute, and will report on the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed with various space companies.
16h00: Presentation: "ARISSAT- a new space activity hitting classrooms in June/July 2011", by Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV, features editor, EngineerIT magazine, EE Publishers.
16h30: Wrap-up: Attendance draw, thanks and closuresuccessful