STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2015 Editor: Senior Director (Research and Innovation) Dr Therina Theron Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 i CONTENTS CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... i FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES ..................................................................................................... 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ............................................................................................... 1 AGRONOMY ............................................................................................................................... 2 ANIMAL SCIENCES .................................................................................................................. 3 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY ............................................................ 6 FOOD SCIENCE ......................................................................................................................... 12 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE .............................................................................................. 15 GENETICS .................................................................................................................................. 17 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE ................................................................................................... 19 PLANT PATHOLOGY ................................................................................................................ 22 SOIL SCIENCE ........................................................................................................................... 24 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY ........................................................................................... 25 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 27 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY .......................................................................... 27 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................................................................... 30 AFRICAN LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................... 30 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH ....................................................................................................... 30 ANCIENT STUDIES ................................................................................................................... 33 DRAMA........................................................................................................................................ 35 ENGLISH ..................................................................................................................................... 35 GENERAL LINGUISTICS ......................................................................................................... 37 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES .............................................................. 38 HISTORY ..................................................................................................................................... 41 INFORMATION SCIENCE ........................................................................................................ 43 JOURNALISM ............................................................................................................................ 45 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ......................................................................................... 46 MUSIC .......................................................................................................................................... 49 PHILOSOPHY ............................................................................................................................. 49 POLITICAL SCIENCE ............................................................................................................... 50 PSYCHOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 52 SOCIAL WORK ........................................................................................................................... 57 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ..................................................................... 58 VISUAL ARTS ............................................................................................................................ 61 CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES .......................................................................................... 61 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS AND DECISION-MAKING .............................. 62 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EVALUATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CREST) .. 62 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES ................................................ 65 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 65 ECONOMICS ............................................................................................................................... 66 ii INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ................................................................................................... 70 LOGISTICS .................................................................................................................................. 70 SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP .................................................................................... 73 SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY ................................................................................................. 76 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE ............................................................................ 79 UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL (USB) ........................................ 82 BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ................................................................................. 86 FACULTY OF EDUCATION .......................................................................................................... 87 CURRICULUM STUDIES ........................................................................................................... 87 EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES .............................................................................................. 89 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY .............................................................................................. 91 SPORT SCIENCE ........................................................................................................................ 92 SUNCEP (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR PEDAGOGY) .......................... 93 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING ...................................................................................................... 94 CIVIL ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................... 94 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING .................................................................. 98 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ................................................................................................. 108 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING ...................................................... 115 PROCESS ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................ 121 FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ............................................................... 126 ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE ....................................................................... 126 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY .................................................................................................. 126 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY ................................................................................................. 128 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ............................................................................................... 128 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 128 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ................................................................................................. 130 COMMUNITY HEALTH ............................................................................................................ 130 DERMATOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 134 EMERGENCY MEDICINE ........................................................................................................ 134 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE .......................................................................... 134 FORENSIC MEDICINE .............................................................................................................. 141 HAEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY ....................................................................................... 141 HUMAN NUTRITION ................................................................................................................ 142 INTERNAL MEDICINE ............................................................................................................. 143 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY .................................................................................................... 148 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY .........................................................................................................