Electronic Engineering Stellenbosch University

Overview

Electronic Engineering from Stellenbosch University, prospective students must first identify a supervisor whose research aligns with their interests; students without a confirmed supervisor will not be considered. 

Key facts

Research in the department is grouped into four main areas:

• Computer and Control Systems: Control, automation, and system identification for platforms such as UAVs, satellites, and underwater vehicles; real-time computing, FPGA-based architectures, biomedical electronics, and process control.
• Electrical Energy Systems: Electric energy conversion and control, multi-level power converters, permanent magnet machines, high-voltage insulators, power system dynamics, with applications in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency.
•  Electronics and Electromagnetics: High-frequency electronics, RADAR, antennas, superconductors, electromagnetic interference, filters, and nonlinear circuits. Includes computational electromagnetics and contributions to South Africa’s Square Kilometre Array.
• Signal Processing and Machine Learning: Pattern recognition, automatic speech processing, digital radar and broadcasting systems, statistical decision-making, and sensor data analysis using hardware and software platforms.