STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Editor: Senior Director (Research and Innovation) Dr Therina Theron Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 CONTENTS CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................i FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES / FAKULTEIT AGRIWETENSKAPPE .................................1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS / LANDBOU-EKONOMIE 1 AGRONOMY / AGRONOMIE 3 ANIMAL SCIENCES / VEEKUNDIGE WETENSKAPPE 3 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY / BEWARINGSEKOLOGIE EN ENTOMOLOGIE 6 FOOD SCIENCE / VOEDSELWETENSKAP 13 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE / BOS-EN HOUTKUNDE 16 GENETICS / GENETIKA 19 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE / HORTOLOGIE 20 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY / INSTITUUT VIR PLANTBIOTEGNOLOGIE 26 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY / INSTITUUT VIR WYNBIOTEGNOLOGIE 27 PLANT PATHOLOGY/ PLANTPATOLOGIE 29 SOIL SCIENCE / GRONDKUNDE 31 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY / WINGERD- EN WYNKUNDE 33 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT LETTERE EN SOSIALE WETENSKAPPE .........................................................................................................................36 AFRICA CENTRE FOR SCHOLARSHIP / AFRIKA SENTRUM VIR AKADEMIESKAP 36 AFRICA OPEN INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION / AFRICA OPEN INSTITUUT VIR MUSIEK, NAVORSING EN INNOVASIE 36 AFRICAN LANGUAGES / AFRIKATALE 37 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH / AFRIKAANS EN NEDERLANDS 37 ANCIENT STUDIES / ANTIEKE STUDIE 41 DRAMA 43 ENGLISH / ENGELS 44 GENERAL LINGUISTICS / ALGEMENE TAALWETENSKAP 45 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES / GEOGRAFIE EN OMGEWINGSTUDIE 46 HISTORY / GESKIEDENIS 50 INFORMATION SCIENCE / INLIGTINGWETENSKAP 52 JOURNALISM / JOERNALISTIEK 54 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES / MODERNE VREEMDE TALE 55 MUSIC / MUSIEK 58 PHILOSOPHY / FILOSOFIE 58 ii POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITIEKE WETENSKAP 60 PSYCHOLOGY / SIELKUNDE 63 SOCIAL WORK / MAATSKAPLIKE WERK 70 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY / SOSIOLOGIE & SOSIALE ANTROPOLOGIE 71 VISUAL ARTS / VISUELE KUNSTE 73 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS & DECISION-MAKING / SENTRUM VIR KENNISDINAMIKA & BESLUITNEMING 74 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EVALUATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CREST) / SENTRUM VIR NAVORSING OOR EVALUASIE, WETENSKAP & TEGNOLOGIE (SENWET) 74 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT EKONOMIESE EN BESTUURSWETENSKAPPE ...............................................................................................80 AFRICAN CENTRE FOR HIV AIDS MANAGEMENT / AFRIKA SENTRUM VIR MIV VIGS BESTUUR 80 BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH / BURO VIR EKONOMIESE ONDERSOEK 80 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / ONDERNEMINGSBESTUUR 81 ECONOMICS / EKONOMIE 82 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY / BEDRYFSIELKUNDE 85 INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH / INSTITUUT VIR TOEKOMSNAVORSING 86 LOGISTICS / LOGISTIEK 86 SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP / SKOOL VIR PUBLIEKE LEIERSKAP 87 SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY / SKOOL VIR REKENINGKUNDE 92 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE / STATISTIEK & AKTUARIELE WETENSKAP 94 UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BUSINESS SCHOOL (USB) / UNIVERSITEIT VAN STELLENBOSCH BESTUURSKOOL (USB) 96 FACULTY OF EDUCATION / FAKULTEIT OPVOEDKUNDE................................................103 CURRICULUM STUDIES / KURRIKULUMSTUDIE 103 EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES / OPVOEDINGSBELEIDSTUDIE 107 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY / OPVOEDKUNDIGE SIELKUNDE 111 SPORT SCIENCE / SPORTWETENSKAP 112 SUNCEP (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR PEDAGOGY) / SUNSEP (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY SENTRUM VIR PEDAGOGIE) 114 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING / FAKULTEIT INGENIEURSWESE ......................................115 CIVIL ENGINEERING / SIVIELE INGENIEURSWESE 115 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING / ELEKTRIESE EN ELEKTRONIESE INGENIEURSWESE 121 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / BEDRYFSINGENIEURSWESE 129 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING / MEGANIESE & MEGATRONIESE INGENIEURSWESE 138 PROCESS ENGINEERING / PROSESINGENIEURSWESE 145 iii FACULTY OF LAW / FAKULTEIT REGSGELEERDHEID......................................................151 MERCANTILE LAW / HANDELSREG 151 PRIVATE LAW / PRIVAATREG 153 PUBLIC LAW / PUBLIEKREG 155 FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES / FAKULTEIT GENEESKUNDE EN GESONDHEIDSWETENSKAPPE ..............................................................................................156 ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE / ANESTESIOLOGIE EN KRITIEKE SORG 156 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY / ANATOMIESE PATOLOGIE 157 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY / KARDIO-TORAKALE CHIRURGIE 158 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY / CHEMIESE PATOLOGIE 158 CLINICAL ANATOMY / KLINIESE ANATOMIE 159 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY / KLINIESE FARMAKOLOGIE 160 DERMATOLOGY / DERMATOLOGIE 161 EMERGENCY MEDICINE / NOODGENEESKUNDE 161 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS / EPIDEMIOLOGIE EN BIOSTATISTIEK 163 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE/ HUISARTSKUNDE EN PRIMÊRE SORG 166 FORENSIC MEDICINE / GEREGTELIKE GENEESKUNDE 168 HAEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY / HEMATOLOGIESE PATOLOGIE 169 HEALTH SYSTEMS & PUBLIC HEALTH / GESONDHEIDSTELSELS & OPENBARE GESONDHEID 169 HUMAN NUTRITION / MENSLIKE VOEDING 170 INSTITUTE OF SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE / INSTITUUT VIR SPORT- EN OEFENINGSGENEESKUNDE 171 INTERNAL MEDICINE / INTERNE GENEESKUNDE 173 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE MIKROBIOLOGIE 177 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE FISIOLOGIE 178 MEDICAL VIROLOGY / GENEESKUNDIGE VIROLOGIE 182 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS / MOLEKULÊRE BIOLOGIE & MENSGENETIKA 184 NEUROSURGERY / NEURO-CHIRURGIE 192 NUCLEAR MEDICINE / KERNGENEESKUNDE 192 NURSING SCIENCE AND MIDWIFERY / VERPLEEGKUNDE EN VERLOSKUNDE 193 OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY / VERLOSKUNDE EN GINEKOLOGIE 194 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY / ARBEIDSTERAPIE 198 OPHTHALMOLOGY / OOGHEELKUNDE 198 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY / ORTOPEDIE 199 PAEDIATRIC SURGERY / PEDIATRIESE CHIRURGIE 199 PEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH / PEDIATRIE EN KINDERGESONDHEID 200 PHYSIOTHERAPY / FISIOTERAPIE 209 PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY / PLASTIESE EN REKONSTRUKTIEWE CHIRURGIE 211 PSYCHIATRY / PSIGIATRIE 212 RADIATION ONCOLOGY / STRALINGSONKOLOGIE 221 RADIODIAGNOSIS / RADIODIAGNOSE 222 iv SPEECH-LANGUAGE AND HEARING THERAPY / SPRAAK-TAAL EN GEHOORTERAPIE 222 SURGERY / CHIRURGIE 223 UKWANDA (CENTRE FOR RURAL HEALTH) / UKWANDA (SENTRUM VIR LANDELIKE GESONDHEID) 224 UROLOGY / UROLOGIE 224 CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH CARE / SENTRUM VIR BEWYSGEBASEERDE GESONDHEIDSORG 225 CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION / SENTRUM VIR GESONDHEIDSBEROEPE ONDERWYS 229 CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES (CID) / SENTRUM VIR INFEKSIE SIEKTES (SIS) 230 CENTRE FOR MEDICAL ETHICS & LAW / SENTRUM VIR MEDIESE ETIEK EN REG 230 CENTRE FOR REHABILITATION STUDY / SENTRUM VIR REHABILITASIESTUDIES 231 FACULTY OF MILITARY SCIENCE / FAKULTEIT VAN KRYGSKUNDE ............................232 DEAN'S OFFICE (MILITARY SCIENCE) / DEKAANSAFDELING: KRYGSKUNDE 232 ECONOMICS (MIL.) / EKONOMIE (MIL.) 232 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (EDUTECH) / OPVOEDKUNDIGE TEGNOLOGIE (EDUTECH) 233 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY (MIL.) / BEDRYFSIELKUNDE (MIL.) 233 MATHEMATICS (MIL.) / WISKUNDE (MIL.) 233 MILITARY GEOGRAPHY / MILITÊRE GEOGRAFIE 239 MILITARY HISTORY / KRYGSGESKIEDENIS 240 MILITARY MANAGEMENT / MILITÊRE BESTUUR 241 MILITARY STRATEGY / MILITÊRE STRATEGIE 241 PHYSICS (MIL.) / FISIKA (MIL.) 242 POLITICAL SCIENCE (MIL) / POLITIEKE WETENSKAP (MIL.) 244 PUBLIC AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (MIL). / OPENBARE EN ONTWIKKELINGSBESTUUR (MIL) 244 SECURITY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA / SEKERHEIDINSTITUUT VIR STAATSBEHEER & LEIERSKAP IN AFRIKA 245 CENTRE FOR MILITARY STUDIES / SEMIS 245 FACULTY OF SCIENCE / FAKULTEIT NATUURWETENSKAPPE ......................................247 AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (AIMS) / AFRIKA INSTITUUT VIR WISKUNDIGE WETENSKAPPE (AIMS) 247 APPLIED MATHEMATICS / TOEGEPASTE WISKUNDE 247 BIOCHEMISTRY / BIOCHEMIE 248 BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY / PLANT- EN DIERKUNDE 250 CHEMISTRY & POLYMER SCIENCE / CHEMIE & POLIMEERWETENSKAP 262 COMPUTER SCIENCE / REKENAARWETENSKAP 268 EARTH SCIENCES / AARDWETENSKAPPE 270 MATHEMATICS / WISKUNDE 273 MICROBIOLOGY / MIKROBIOLOGIE 277 v PHYSICS / FISIKA 280 PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCE / FISIOLOGIESE WETENSKAPPE 286 CENTRAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY / SENTRALE ANALITIESE FASILITEIT 289 CENTRE FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE / SENTRUM VIR MENSLIKE PRESTASIEWETENSKAPPE 291 CENTRE FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE / SENTRUM VIR MENSLIKE PRESTASIEWETENSKAPPE 291 INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS / INSTITUUT VIR TEORETIESE FISIKA 292 SACEMA (SA CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS) / SACEMA (SUID- AFRIKAANSE SENTRUM VIR EPIDEMIOLOGIESE MODELLERING EN ANALISE) 293 UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH WATER INSTITUTE / UNIVERSITEIT STELLENBOSCH WATERINSTITUUT 295 FACULTY OF THEOLOGY / FAKULTEIT TEOLOGIE ...........................................................297 OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT / OU EN NUWE TESTAMENT 297 PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AND MISSIOLOGY / PRAKTIESE TEOLOGIE EN MISSIOLOGIE 301 SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY / SISTEMATIESE TEOLOGIE EN EKKLESIOLOGIE 304 GENERAL / ALGEMEEN ..........................................................................................................309 ACADEMIC REPORTING TO VR(R) / AKADEMICI WAT MET VR(N) SKAKEL 309 CAMPUS HEALTH SERVICE / KAMPUSGESONDHEIDSDIENS 309 CENTRE FOR HUMAN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE / SENTRUM VIR MENSLIKE PRESTASIEWETENSKAPPE 310 CENTRE FOR STUDENT COMMUNITIES / SENTRUM VIR STUDENTE GEMEENSKAPPE 310 CENTRE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING / SENTRUM VIR ONDERRIG EN LEER (SOL) 310 DIVISION STUDENT AFFAIRS / AFDELING STUDENTE SAKE 311 LANGUAGE CENTRE / TAALSENTRUM 311 LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICE / BIBLIOTEEK- EN INLIGTINGSDIENS 312 STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY