STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2014 Editor: Senior Director Dr Therina Theron (Research and Innovation) Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 ISBN: 978‐0‐7972‐1591‐7 i CONTENTS CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... i FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES ................................................................................................... 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS............................................................................................. 1 AGRONOMY ............................................................................................................................ 1 ANIMAL SCIENCES ............................................................................................................... 2 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY ........................................................... 5 FOOD SCIENCE ....................................................................................................................... 9 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE ............................................................................................ 12 GENETICS ................................................................................................................................ 15 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE ................................................................................................. 17 PLANT PATHOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 20 SOIL SCIENCE ......................................................................................................................... 20 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY ......................................................................................... 21 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 22 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY ........................................................................ 22 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ......................................................................... 25 AFRICAN LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................ 25 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH ..................................................................................................... 25 ANCIENT STUDIES ................................................................................................................ 29 DRAMA .................................................................................................................................... 32 ENGLISH .................................................................................................................................. 33 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ............................................................. 34 HISTORY .................................................................................................................................. 37 JOURNALISM .......................................................................................................................... 39 LINGUISTICS ........................................................................................................................... 40 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ....................................................................................... 41 MUSIC ....................................................................................................................................... 43 PHILOSOPHY .......................................................................................................................... 44 POLITICAL SCIENCE ............................................................................................................. 45 PSYCHOLOGY ......................................................................................................................... 46 SOCIAL WORK ........................................................................................................................ 51 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ................................................................... 52 VISUAL ARTS .......................................................................................................................... 54 CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES ........................................................................................ 54 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS AND DECISION-MAKING ............................. 55 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EVALUATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CREST) .. 56 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES ............................................... 57 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT................................................................................................... 57 ECONOMICS ............................................................................................................................ 59 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ................................................................................................ 61 ii LOGISTICS ............................................................................................................................... 62 SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING ............................................... 63 SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY ............................................................................................... 66 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE .......................................................................... 70 UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL (USB) ....................................... 72 BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ............................................................................... 75 INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH .............................................................................. 75 FACULTY OF EDUCATION ........................................................................................................ 77 CURRICULUM STUDIES ........................................................................................................ 77 EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES ............................................................................................ 80 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ............................................................................................ 82 SPORT SCIENCE ..................................................................................................................... 83 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING .................................................................................................... 85 CIVIL ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................ 85 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ................................................................. 88 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ............................................................................................... 96 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING ..................................................... 101 PROCESS ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................... 107 FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES .............................................................. 111 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY ................................................................................................ 111 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY .............................................................................................. 112 ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE ........................................................................ 112 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 113 COMMUNITY HEALTH .......................................................................................................... 114 DEAN'S OFFICE (TYGERBERG) ........................................................................................... 118 DERMATOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 118 EMERGENCY MEDICINE ...................................................................................................... 118 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE ........................................................................ 119 FORENSIC MEDICINE ........................................................................................................... 121 HAEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY ..................................................................................... 121 HUMAN NUTRITION .............................................................................................................. 122 INTERNAL MEDICINE .......................................................................................................... 124 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY .................................................................................................. 127 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 128 MEDICAL VIROLOGY ............................................................................................................ 130 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS ........................................................... 132 NEUROSURGERY ................................................................................................................... 136