STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 
                RESEARCH REPORT 2019 
                Editor:  Senior Director (Research and Innovation) 
                     Dr Therina Theron  
                     Stellenbosch University 
                     Stellenbosch 
                     7602 
        
        
                                            CONTENTS 
             FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES / FAKULTEIT AGRIWETENSKAPPE ................................................................ 1 
                AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS / LANDBOU-EKONOMIE                                 1 
                AGRONOMY / AGRONOMIE                                                      3 
                ANIMAL SCIENCES / VEEKUNDIGE WETENSKAPPE                                  4 
                CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY / BEWARINGSEKOLOGIE EN 
                ENTOMOLOGIE                                                               8 
                DEAN'S OFFICE: AGRISCIENCES / DEKAANSAFDELING: AGRIWETENSKAPPE            16 
                FOOD SCIENCE / VOEDSELWETENSKAP                                           16 
                FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE / BOS-EN HOUTKUNDE                                20 
                GENETICS / GENETIKA                                                       21 
                HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE / HORTOLOGIE                                        23 
                INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY / INSTITUUT VIR PLANTBIOTEGNOLOGIE      26 
                INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY / INSTITUUT VIR WYNBIOTEGNOLOGIE         27 
                PLANT PATHOLOGY/ PLANTPATOLOGIE                                           29 
                SOIL SCIENCE / GRONDKUNDE                                                 30 
                VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY / WINGERD- EN WYNKUNDE                           31 
             FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT LETTERE EN SOSIALE WETENSKAPPE ... 35 
                AFRICA OPEN INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION / AFRICA OPEN 
                INSTITUUT VIR MUSIEK, NAVORSING EN INNOVASIE                              35 
                AFRIKATALE / AFRICAN LANGUAGES                                            35 
                AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH / AFRIKAANS EN NEDERLANDS                             36 
                ANCIENT STUDIES / ANTIEKE STUDIE                                          38 
                ENGLISH / ENGELS                                                          43 
                GENERAL LINGUISTICS / ALGEMENE TAALWETENSKAP                              45 
                GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES / GEOGRAFIE EN OMGEWINGSTUDIE         46 
                HISTORY / GESKIEDENIS                                                     50 
                INFORMATION SCIENCE / INLIGTINGWETENSKAP                                  52 
                JOURNALISM / JOERNALISTIEK                                                53 
                MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES / MODERNE VREEMDE TALE                           54 
                MUSIC / MUSIEK                                                            56 
                PHILOSOPHY / FILOSOFIE                                                    56 
                POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITIEKE WETENSKAP                                   58 
                PSYCHOLOGY / SIELKUNDE                                                    61 
                SOCIAL WORK / MAATSKAPLIKE WERK                                           65 
                SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY / SOSIOLOGIE & SOSIALE ANTROPOLOGIE     67 
                VISUAL ARTS / VISUELE KUNSTE                                              68 
                CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS & DECISION-MAKING / SENTRUM VIR 
                KENNISDINAMIKA & BESLUITNEMING                                            69 
                CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EVALUATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CREST) / 
                                                                                             
                SENTRUM VIR NAVORSING OOR EVALUASIE, WETENSKAP & TEGNOLOGIE (SENWET)      69
             FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT EKONOMIESE EN 
             BESTUURSWETENSKAPPE ........................................................................................................................................ 73 
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               AFRICAN CENTRE FOR HIV AIDS MANAGEMENT / AFRIKA SENTRUM VIR MIV VIGS 
               BESTUUR                                                                  73 
               BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH / BURO VIR EKONOMIESE ONDERSOEK             73 
               BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / ONDERNEMINGSBESTUUR                                74 
               ECONOMICS / EKONOMIE                                                     76 
               INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY / BEDRYFSIELKUNDE                                  80 
               INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH / INSTITUUT VIR TOEKOMSNAVORSING          81 
               LOGISTICS / LOGISTIEK                                                    81 
               SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP / SKOOL VIR PUBLIEKE LEIERSKAP              82 
               SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY / SKOOL VIR REKENINGKUNDE                          87 
               STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE / STATISTIEK & AKTUARIELE WETENSKAP     89 
               UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL (USB) / UNIVERSITEIT VAN 
               STELLENBOSCH BESTUURSKOOL (USB)                                          92 
             FACULTY OF EDUCATION / FAKULTEIT OPVOEDKUNDE .............................................................................. 98 
               CURRICULUM STUDIES / KURRIKULUMSTUDIE                                    98 
               EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES / OPVOEDINGSBELEIDSTUDIE                        101 
               EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY / OPVOEDKUNDIGE SIELKUNDE                         103 
               SUNCEP (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR PEDAGOGY) / SUNSEP 
               (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY SENTRUM VIR PEDAGOGIE)                          104 
             FACULTY OF ENGINEERING / FAKULTEIT INGENIEURSWESE                                                                       105 
               CIVIL ENGINEERING / SIVIELE INGENIEURSWESE                               105 
               DEAN'S OFFICE: ENGINEERING / DEKAANSAFDELING: INGENIEURSWESE             113 
               ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING / ELEKTRIESE EN ELEKTRONIESE 
               INGENIEURSWESE                                                           113 
               INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / BEDRYFSINGENIEURSWESE                           124 
               INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (IBE) / INSTITUUT VIR BIOMEDIESE 
               INGENIEURSWESE (IBI)                                                     132 
               MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING / MEGANIESE & MEGATRONIESE 
                                                                                           
               INGENIEURSWESE                                                           132
               PROCESS ENGINEERING / PROSESINGENIEURSWESE                               137 
             FACULTY OF LAW / FAKULTEIT REGSGELEERDHEID                                                                                        142 
               MERCANTILE LAW / HANDELSREG                                              142 
               PRIVATE LAW / PRIVAATREG                                                 144 
               PUBLIC LAW / PUBLIEKREG                                                  147 
             FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT GENEESKUNDE EN 
             GESONDHEIDSWETENSKAPPE                                                                                                                                    150 
               AFRICA CANCER INSTITUTE / AFRIKA KANKER INSTITUUT                        150 
               ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE / ANESTESIOLOGIE EN KRITIEKE SORG      150 
               ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY / ANATOMIESE PATOLOGIE                              151 
               CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY / KARDIO-TORAKALE CHIRURGIE                       152 
               CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY / CHEMIESE PATOLOGIE                                  153 
               CLINICAL ANATOMY / KLINIESE ANATOMIE                                     155 
               CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY / KLINIESE FARMAKOLOGIE                            156 
               DERMATOLOGY / DERMATOLOGIE                                               157 
               EMERGENCY MEDICINE / NOODGENEESKUNDE                                     158 
               EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS / EPIDEMIOLOGIE EN BIOSTATISTIEK          160 
               FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE/ HUISARTSKUNDE EN PRIMÊRE SORG          164 
               FORENSIC MEDICINE / GEREGTELIKE GENEESKUNDE                              166 
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                HAEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY / HEMATOLOGIESE PATOLOGIE                          166 
                HEALTH SYSTEMS & PUBLIC HEALTH / GESONDHEIDSTELSELS & OPENBARE 
                GESONDHEID                                                                  167 
                HUMAN NUTRITION / MENSLIKE VOEDING                                          169 
                INSTITUTE FOR LIFE COURSE HEALTH RESEARCH / INSTITUUT VIR LEWENSIKLUS EN 
                GESONDHEIDSNAVORSING                                                        172 
                INSTITUTE OF SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE / INSTITUUT VIR SPORT-  EN 
                                                                                               
                OEFENINGSGENEESKUNDE                                                        174
                INTERNAL MEDICINE / INTERNE GENEESKUNDE                                     176 
                MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE MIKROBIOLOGIE                          181 
                MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE FISIOLOGIE                               182 
                MEDICAL VIROLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE VIROLOGIE                                  186 
                MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS / MOLEKULÊRE BIOLOGIE & 
                MENSGENETIKA                                                                189 
                NEUROSURGERY / NEURO-CHIRURGIE                                              199 
                NUCLEAR MEDICINE / KERNGENEESKUNDE                                          199 
                NURSING SCIENCE AND MIDWIFERY / VERPLEEGKUNDE EN VERLOSKUNDE                200 
                OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY / VERLOSKUNDE EN GINEKOLOGIE                     200 
                OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY / ARBEIDSTERAPIE                                       204 
                OPHTHALMOLOGY / OOGHEELKUNDE                                                205 
                ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY / ORTOPEDIE                                             206 
                PAEDIATRIC SURGERY / PEDIATRIESE CHIRURGIE                                  207 
                PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH / PEDIATRIE EN KINDERGESONDHEID                208 
                PHYSIOTHERAPY / FISIOTERAPIE                                                218 
                PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY / PLASTIESE EN REKONSTRUKTIEWE 
                CHIRURGIE                                                                   219 
                PSYCHIATRY / PSIGIATRIE                                                     220 
                RADIATION ONCOLOGY / STRALINGSONKOLOGIE                                     225 
                RADIODIAGNOSIS / RADIODIAGNOSE                                              226 
                RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT(TYGERBERG) / 
                NAVORSINGSONTWIKKELING EN-STEUN(TYGERBERG)                                  227 
                SPEECH-LANGUAGE AND HEARING THERAPY / SPRAAK-TAAL EN GEHOORTERAPIE          227 
                SPORT SCIENCE / SPORTWETENSKAP                                              228 
                SURGERY / CHIRURGIE                                                         229 
                UKWANDA (CENTRE FOR RURAL HEALTH) / UKWANDA (SENTRUM VIR LANDELIKE 
                                                                                               
                GESONDHEID)                                                                 231
                UROLOGY / UROLOGIE                                                          231 
                CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH CARE / SENTRUM VIR BEWYSGEBASEERDE 
                GESONDHEIDSORG                                                              232 
                CENTRE FOR GLOBAL SURGERY / SENTRUM VIR GLOBALE CHIRURGIE                   236 
                CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION / SENTRUM VIR 
                GESONDHEIDSBEROEPE ONDERWYS                                                 236 
                CENTRE FOR MEDICAL ETHICS & LAW / SENTRUM VIR MEDIESE ETIEK EN REG          237 
                CENTRE FOR REHABILITATION STUDY / SENTRUM VIR REHABILITASIESTUDIES          238 
             FACULTY OF MILITARY SCIENCE / FAKULTEIT VAN KRYGSKUNDE                                                           241 
                COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIL.) / REKENAARINLIGTINGSTELSELS (MIL.)      241 
                ECONOMICS (MIL.) / EKONOMIE (MIL.)                                          241 
                EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (EDUTECH) / OPVOEDKUNDIGE TEGNOLOGIE (EDUTECH)
                                                                                            241 
                INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY (MIL.) / BEDRYFSIELKUNDE (MIL.)                       242 
                MATHEMATICS (MIL.) / WISKUNDE (MIL.)                                        242 
                MERCANTILE LAW (MIL.) AND CRIMINAL LAW (MIL.) / HANDELSREG (MIL.) EN 
                                                                                               
                STRAFREG (MIL.)                                                             245
                MILITARY GEOGRAPHY / MILITÊRE GEOGRAFIE                                     245