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This page is divided into the following sections:

1. Academic Staff
2. Honorary Visiting Professors
3. Honorary Research Associates
4. Visiting Students
5. Admin Assistant
6. PhD Students
7. MSc Students
8. Alumni

Academic Staff

Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
Michael R. Inggs (PhD) (Professor) Departmental Webpage	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2799 (UCT) +27 (0)21 658 2756 (CHPC) +27 (0)21 531 7282 (KAT)	michael.inggsuct.ac.za
Andrew Wilkinson (PhD) (Associate Professor) Departmental Webpage	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3803	andrew.wilkinsonuct.ac.za
Dr. Amit Kumar Mishra CV	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2794	amit.mishrauct.ac.za
Simon Winberg (PhD) (Lecturer) Departmental Webpage	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2793	simon.winberguct.ac.za
Andrew van der Byl	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2039	a.vanderbyluct.ac.za

Honorary Visiting Professors

Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
Chris J. Baker (PhD) (Professor)	ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Canberra, Australia	+61 2 6125 8807	Chris.Bakeranu.edu.au
Hugh D. Griffiths (PhD) (Professor)	University College London, UK	+44 (0) 20 7679 731	h.griffithsee.ucl.ac.uk

Honorary Research Associates

Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
John Collins	SimCon, UK	+44 (1933) 66 4478	john_collinssimcon.uk.com
Brian T. Farrimond	Liverpool Hope University, UK	+44 (151) 291 3606	farrimbhope.ac.uk
Dr Alan Langman (PhD)	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	alan.langmangmail.com
Dr Richard T. Lord (PhD)	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	richardtlordgmail.com
Dr Norman Morrison (PhD)	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2792	norman.morrisonuct.ac.za
Dr Karl Woodbridge (PhD)	University College London, UK	+44 (20) 7679 3969	k.woodbridgeee.ucl.ac.uk

Visiting Students

Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
Shivvaan Sathasilvam	School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia	+27 (0)21 650 2799	shivvaaneleceng.adelaide.edu.au

Admin Assistant

Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
Regine Lord	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 2799	regine.lorduct.ac.za

PhD Students

No.	Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
1	Jeanine Engelbrecht	Council for Geoscience	+27 (0)21 948 4754	jengelbrechtgeoscience.org.za
		Topic: Advanced differential interferometry for geohazard assessment in South Africa
2	Yunus Abdul Gaffar	CSIR, Pretoria		ynagaffarcsir.co.za
		Topic: Classification of Sea Vessels in a Persistent Surveillance Radar System using ISAR Imagery
3	Albert Gazendam	CSIR, Pretoria	+27 (0)12 841 4820	agazendamcsir.co.za
		Topic: On the Performance Benchmarking of Storage Subsystems in High Performance Computing Environments
4	Jason Manley	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	jasonmanleygmail.com
		Topic: Porting of a Software Platform for High Performance Reconfigurable Computing
5	Stephan Sandenbergh	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 5547	stephanrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: A Low-Cost Time Synchronization Method for a Netted Radar System using Multi-channel Common View GPS Time Transfer

MSc Students

No.	Name	Organisation	Tel No.	Email Address
1	Michael Aitken (thesis submitted, under examination)	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	mike.aitkengmail.com
		Topic: A Reconfigurable Accelerator Card for High Performance Computing
	Garikai Mhunduru	University of Cape Town		garinatelive.com
2	Saleh Mohammed Alsaif	Tellumat, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 710 2086	smalsaifkacst.edu.sa
		Topic: Radar Signal Processing
3	Benson Chan	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	bensonchan1984gmail.com
		Topic: Receiver site optimisation for PCL radar system
4	Eric Shi-Huan Chen	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	cire309gmail.com
		Topic: Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) PCL network management
5	Anria Cilliers (submitting in 2009)	CSIR, Pretoria	+27 (0)12 841 4871	acillierscsir.co.za
		Topic: Helicopter blade parameter extraction for purposes of radar non-cooperative target recognition
6	Jean-Paul da Conceicao	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	jpdacongmail.com
		Topic: Applications to be run on the Hydra Engine
7	Rian de Wind	CSIR, Pretoria	+27 (0)12 841 3306	rdewindcsir.co.za
		Topic: Tracking of small boats in high sea states with a X-band search radar
8	Georgie George (corrections submitted)	South African Weather Bureau	+27 (0)12 665 1594	georgieweathersa.co.za
		Topic: Integration, Implementation and Testing of the X Band SASAR II Radar Unit
9	Michael Gorven	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	mgorvenrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: High Performance Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine
10	Brandon Hamilton (upgrading to PhD)	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	brandon.hamiltongmail.com
		Topic: Operating Systems for Reconfigurable Computers
11	Sebastiaan Heunis	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	sheunisgmail.com
		Topic: Passive Radar and Passive Coherent Location (PCL) using Software Defined Radio techniques
12	Jane Hewitson (upgrading to PhD)	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	janeruthhgmail.com
		Topic: Implementing Algorithms for scaling floating-point numbers on FPGAs
13	Ray Tsung-Jui Hsieh	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	ray6402gmail.com
		Topic: Base level hardware programming (electronics)
14	Han Jingxu	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	joeycrg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: Evaluating performance of MIMO (Multiple Input and Multiple Output) PCL (Passive Coherent Location) Radar systems
15	Roufurd Julie (submitting in 2009)	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	roufurd.juliegmail.com
		Topic: Fibre Optic Calibrator for Karoo Array Telescope
16	Mahlatse Lekalakala	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	mjlekalakalagmail.com
		Topic: To be finalised
17	Joseph Milburn (submitting in 2009)	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	joetendaigmail.com
		Topic: Co-processor Offloading applied to Passive Coherent Location with Doppler and Bearing Data
18	Lerato Mohapi	iThemba LABS - EIT Student		leratojeffreytlabs.ac.za
		Topic: GenSAT System
19	Roaldje Nadjiasngar	University of Cape Town	+27(0)21 650 2792	Roaldje.Nadjiasngaruct.ac.za
		Topic: Target 3D tracking using the Gauss-Newton Filter
20	Sharef Neemat	Tellumat, Cape Town	+27(0)21 710 2086	sharefngmail.com
		Topic: Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Environmental Simulator
21	Khosi Peko (part-time)	previously iThemba Labs, Cape Town	tbd	ntatepekogmail.com
		Topic: Design of Energy Degrader Controller for High Precision Radiotherapy
22	Arjun Radhakrishnan	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	arjunrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: Examination of the DiFX correlator
23	Shanly Rajan	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 531 7282	shanlycallsugmail.com
		Topic: Automated gateware discovery using Open Firmware
24	Kanono Ramashamole (part-time)	CSIR, Pretoria	+27 (0)12 841 2864	kanonogmail.com
		Topic: Investigation of Tracking Filters
25	Makhamisa Senekane	iThemba Labs	+27 (0)21 843 1359	makhamisa12gmail.com
		Topic: Design and Implementation of Manual VMEBus* Exerciser
26	Wayne Smith (corrections submitted)	Eskom: Generation Business Engineering	+27 (0)11 800 6448	wayne.smitheskom.co.za
		Topic: Commissioning a 400 Hz Power Supply
27	Nick Thorne (upgrading to PhD)	Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	thorne.njgmail.com
		Topic: Developing an eco-system for the HTX co-processor card designed by fellow student Mike Aitken
28	Evan Pei-Hung Tsai	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	evan_429hotmail.com
		Topic: Digital Beamforming of PCL systems
30	Aadil Volkwin (corrections submitted)	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	aadilrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: Design and Implementation of a Controller Unit for SASAR II
31	Jonathan Ward (submitting in 2009)	University of Cape Town	+27 (0)21 650 3756	jonrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za
		Topic: Design and Implementation of a Non-Contact Level Measurement Instrument
32	Andrew Woods (submitting in 2009)	KAT / SKA Project, Pinelands, Cape Town and Centre for Higher Performance Computing, Cape Town	+27 (0)21 658 3964	drew.woodsgmail.com
		Topic: A Radio Astronomy Correlator Implementation using High Performance Reconfigurable Computing

Alumni

Name	Year	Email Address	Topic of Thesis
Alexander, Leon	1994	Leon.Alexanderuct.ac.za	The Planning of a South African Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Measuring Campaign (View abstract)
Alston, Caireen E.	1994	caireen_alstonyahoo.com	Standardising Modules for Tactical Command and Control Man-Machine Interfaces (View abstract)
Archer, Paul J.	1997		Quick Look Processor for an Airborne SAR System (View abstract)
Ashok, Amit	2001	ashokamitgmail.com	Implementation and Analysis of A Bayesian Approach to Topographic Reconstruction with Multiple Antenna SAR Interferometry (View abstract)
Ballard, Norman	1995	theballardfamilyyahoo.com.au	Electrode Length Measurement in Electric Arc Furnaces (View abstract)
Bauermeister, Etienne F.	2005	etienne.bauermeistergmail.com	Implementing a Ground Penetrating Radar User Interface in System-On-Chip Technology (View abstract)
Bennett, Thomas G.H.	2003	lmzxq.tomgmail.com	Development of a Parallel SAR Processor on a Beowulf Cluster (View abstract)
Bras, Johan J.	1991	jbrasrrs.co.za	A Simulation of the Single Scan Accuracy of a Two-dimensional Pulsed Surveillance Radar (View abstract)
Brooker, Marc	2008	mbrookerrrsg.ee.uct.ac.za	The Design and Implementation of a Simulator for Multistatic Radar Systems (PhD) View abstract
Carter, Grant R.	1998	grantcpsitek.com	System Level Simulation of Digital Designs: A Case Study (View abstract)
Chang, Ching-Wei Wesley	2005	wesleychang1981@gmail.com	Systems Level Investigation of Television Based Bistatic Radar (View abstract)
Chen, Tai-Lin Greg	2006	gregaerofone.co.za	GPR Propagation Simulation and Fat Dipole Antenna Design (View abstract)
Coetzee, Shirley L. (née Wuyts)	1997	Shirley.CoetzeeBecrypt.com	Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processing using Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) (View abstract)
Coetzer, Darren G.	2004	darrencoetzer2004yahoo.co.uk	Design and Implementation of a X-band Transmitter and Frequency Distribution Unit for a Synthetic Aperture Radar (View abstract)
Cope, Michael K.	2003	Michael.Copeflextronics.com	Design, Simulation and Implementation of a Digital Quadrature Demodulator for a Stepped Frequency Radar (View abstract)
Del Mistro, Mario	1992	mario.delmistroeskom.co.za	A Study of Bistatic Radar and the Development of an Independent Bistatic Radar Receiver (View abstract)
Desai, Amresh	+/- 1999		VHF Imaging Radar (no abstract available)
Doyle, Gavin S.	2000	gdoylewebmail.co.za	Three Applications of Satellite Borne Repeat Pass SAR Interferometry in Southern Africa (View abstract)
Dunn, Sydney	2008	bobbyd_2000_usyahoo.com	A Study of the SA SKA RFI Measurement Systems (View abstract)
Eatock, Rebecca	1994	allandbexgatorzw.com	A Spatially Variable Fertilizer Applicator System (View abstract)
Fadiran, Oladipo O.	2001	ofadirangmail.com	Design and Implementation of a Parallel Registration Algorithm for SAR Images (View abstract)
Farquharson, Gordon	1999	gordonmirsl.ecs.umass.edu	Design and Implementation of a 200 to 1600 MHz Stepped Frequency Ground Penetrating Radar Transceiver (View abstract)
Fullalove, Richard M.	1994	richard.fullalovelr.org	Failsafe Display System (View abstract)
Gambahaya, Sifiso B.	2005	gamba007hotmail.com	Design and Implementation of the Pillbox Antenna for SASARII (View abstract)
Gebhardt, Mark	1995	markgsaratoga.co.za	Speckle Reduction in SAR Imagery (View abstract)
George, David	2008	dgeorgestergmail.com	A High-Speed Testing Platform Using a 10Ge Switch for Radio Astronomy (View abstract)
Golda, Peter J.	1997	petermyriads.com	Software Simulation of a SAR (View abstract)
Gwena, Tinashe	2003		Gollach: Configuration of a Cluster based Linux Virtual Server (View abstract)
Hassenpflug, I. Gernot	1996	aikishugyogmail.com	Investigation of Developments in Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar until 1994 (View abstract)
Horrell, Jasper M.	1999	jasper.horrellgmail.com	Range-Doppler Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing at VHF Frequencies (PhD) (View abstract)
Isaacson, Adam R.	2002	aisaacsonrrs.co.za	A 500kHz to 5MHz Stepped Frequency Borehole Tomographic Imaging System (View abstract)
Jongens, Adrian W.D.	1993	adrian.jongensuct.ac.za	Application of Cepstrum Techniques and Guard Tube to the Measurement of the Normal Incident Sound Power Absorption in situ (View abstract)
Kabutz, Marten H.	1995		RF Hardware Design of a Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave Ground Penetrating Radar (View abstract)
Koeppen, Peter G.	+-1997		Airborne SAR and iSAR (No abstract available)
Kritzinger, Paul J.	1991		A Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processor Design (View abstract)
Kusel, Thomas W.	1995	thomas.kuselgmail.com	On the Waveform Fidelity of Broadband Digital Storage Architectures (View abstract)
Lange, Gunther	2010	lange.gungmail.com	Investigation into Passive Radar Target Tracking Techniques
Langman, Alan	2002	alan.langmangmail.com	The Design of Hardware and Signal Processing for a Stepped Frequency Ground Penetrating Radar (PhD) (View abstract)
Lengenfelder, Rolf	1998		The Design and Implementation of a Radar Simulator (View abstract)
Locke, Lisa S. (née Wray)	2001	llockearctechcomputers.ca	Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Simulator for Interferometry (View abstract)
Lord, Richard T.	2000	richardtlordgmail	Aspects of Stepped-Frequency Processing for Low-Frequency SAR Systems (PhD) (View abstract)
Martens, Andrew	2005	andrew.martensgmail.com	A High Speed Data Acquisition System (View abstract)
McMahon, Peter L.	2008		Adventures in Radio Astronomy Instrumentation and Signal Processing (View abstract)
Mngadi, Andile	2007	andile.mngadigmail.com	L-band RFI Measurement System Simulation and Investigation (View abstract)
Modise, Stephen K.	2003	karabommtnice.co.za	Development of a Real Time Radar Data Acquisition System (View abstract)
Mohungoo, Ajmal I.	2004	ajmal7gmail.com	An Airborne X-Band SAR Receiver Design and Implementation (View abstract)
Mountain, Alan N.	2004	alanmountain_personalyahoo.co.uk	Calibration System for the Tracking Accuracy Measurement System (TAMS) using differential GPS (dGPS) (View abstract)
Mukhopadhyay, K. Pradip	2005	pkm_225yahoo.com	Three-dimensional Borehole Radar Imaging (PhD) (View abstract)
Nyareli, Teboho N.	2003	TNyarelicsir.co.za	Development of a Cable Odometer with a Network Interface (View abstract)
Phaladi, Shikoane Given	2007	given27four.com	Using GPS bistatic signal for ocean and land remote sensing in South Africa (View abstract)
Robinson, Anthony D.	1996	anthonyrsaratoga.com	Ship Target Recognition (View abstract)
Salkinder, Jason	2008	jsalkgmx.net	Design of a Low-Cost High Speed Data Capture Card for the Hubble Sphere Hydrogen Survey (View abstract)
Serretta, Hyram	1998	Hyram.Serrettaeskom.co.za	Ship Target Recognition (View abstract)
Tanser, Daniel J.	2003	leadershipimpact.co.zw	Simulation of a Slope Stability Radar for Opencast Mining (View abstract)
Tremeac, Yann	1999	yann.tremeacgemplus.com	Top-Down Design of DSP Systems: A Case Study (View abstract)
Van der Linden, C.P.	1990		(View abstract)
Van der Riet, K.P.	1991		Test System for Shipboard Antennas (View abstract)
Van Dyk, Clifford L.	2002	cliffordperalex.com	The Design and Implementation of a Wideband Digital Radio Receiver (View abstract)
Van Schaik, Carl F.	2002	carl.vanschaikgmail.com	The Development of a Node for a Hardware Reconfigurable Parallel Processor (View abstract)
Wallis, Allen B.	2001	allenopenfuel.com	The Design and Implementation of a Distributed Data Capture and Processing Framework for Ground Penetrating Radar (View abstract)
Watermeyer, Kalen	2007	kalenperalex.com	Design of a Hardware Platform for Narrow-band Software Defined Radio applications (View abstract)
Webster, Justin M.	2004		The Development of a Radar Digital Unit for the SASAR II Project (View abstract)
Welsh, S.D.	1991		A Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Processor (View abstract)
Williams, Lance P.	2008	lancerrsg.ee.uct.ac.za	Implementing a RADAR Application using the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) (View abstract)
Wu, Monica Wai-Man	2008	mango5simgmail.com	The Characterisation of a Double-Conversion Superheterodyne Receiver (View abstract)
Zietsman, Christian F.	2004	cf_zietsmanintekom.co.za	Theory, Design and Implementation of an IF Cancellation Module for use in a Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave Ground Penetrating Radar (View abstract)