STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2013 Editor: Senior Director (Research and Innovation) Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 ISBN: 978-0-7972-1516-0 i CONTENTS CONTENTS i FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS .................................................................................................. 1 AGRONOMY .................................................................................................................................. 3 ANIMAL SCIENCES ..................................................................................................................... 3 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY ................................................................ 7 FOOD SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................ 12 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE .................................................................................................. 15 GENETICS ..................................................................................................................................... 16 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE ...................................................................................................... 18 PLANT PATHOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 22 SOIL SCIENCE .............................................................................................................................. 24 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY ............................................................................................... 24 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY ........................................................................... 26 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY .............................................................................. 26 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 29 AFRICAN LANGUAGES .............................................................................................................. 29 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH ..........................................................................................................29 ANCIENT STUDIES ...................................................................................................................... 33 DRAMA .......................................................................................................................................... 36 ENGLISH........................................................................................................................................ 36 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES .................................................................. 38 INFORMATION SCIENCE ........................................................................................................... 42 JOURNALISM ............................................................................................................................... 42 LINGUISTICS ................................................................................................................................ 43 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ............................................................................................ 43 MUSIC ............................................................................................................................................ 45 PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................................................ 45 POLITICAL SCIENCE .................................................................................................................. 47 PSYCHOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 49 SOCIAL WORK .............................................................................................................................. 53 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ......................................................................... 54 VISUAL ARTS ............................................................................................................................... 56 CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES ............................................................................................. 56 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS AND DECISION-MAKING ................................... 57 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EVALUATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CREST) .. 58 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 60 ACCOUNTING ............................................................................................................................... 60 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 63 ECONOMICS ................................................................................................................................. 66 UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL (USB) ............................................. 69 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 72 LOGISTICS .................................................................................................................................... 73 SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP ........................................................................................ 75 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE ................................................................................ 80 INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH ................................................................................... 82 FACULTY OF EDUCATION 84 ii CURRICULUM STUDIES .............................................................................................................. 84 EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES .................................................................................................. 86 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY .................................................................................................. 87 SPORT SCIENCE ........................................................................................................................... 88 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING 90 CIVIL ENGINEERING .................................................................................................................. 90 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ...................................................................... 96 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................... 104 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING ........................................................... 109 PROCESS ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................... 114 FACULTY OF LAW 119 MERCANTILE LAW ..................................................................................................................... 119 PRIVATE LAW .............................................................................................................................. 122 PUBLIC LAW ................................................................................................................................. 124 FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 127 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 127 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY .................................................................................................... 128 ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE ............................................................................. 129 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ................................................................................................... 130 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY ...........................................................................................................130 COMMUNITY HEALTH ............................................................................................................... 131 DERMATOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 134 EMERGENCY MEDICINE ............................................................................................................ 134 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE .............................................................................. 135 FORENSIC MEDICINE ................................................................................................................. 137 HAEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY ........................................................................................... 137 HUMAN NUTRITION ................................................................................................................... 138 INTERNAL MEDICINE ................................................................................................................ 139 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 144 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 145 MEDICAL VIROLOGY .................................................................................................................. 147 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS ................................................................. 148 NEUROSURGERY 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