STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2012 Editor: Senior Director (Research and Innovation) Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 ISBN: 978-0-7972-1458-3 i CONTENTS CONTENTS...................................................................................................................................... i FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES ..................................................................................................... 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS .................................................................................................. 1 AGRONOMY .................................................................................................................................. 2 ANIMAL SCIENCES ..................................................................................................................... 2 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY ................................................................ 5 FOOD SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................ 9 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE .................................................................................................. 11 GENETICS ..................................................................................................................................... 14 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE ...................................................................................................... 16 PLANT PATHOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 18 SOIL SCIENCE .............................................................................................................................. 19 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY ............................................................................................... 20 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY ........................................................................... 22 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY .............................................................................. 23 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................................................................... 25 AFRICAN LANGUAGES .............................................................................................................. 25 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH ..........................................................................................................25 ANCIENT STUDIES ...................................................................................................................... 27 ENGLISH........................................................................................................................................ 30 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES .................................................................. 33 INFORMATION SCIENCE ........................................................................................................... 37 JOURNALISM ............................................................................................................................... 38 LINGUISTICS ................................................................................................................................ 38 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ............................................................................................ 39 MUSIC ............................................................................................................................................ 42 PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................................................ 42 POLITICAL SCIENCE .................................................................................................................. 44 PSYCHOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 46 SOCIAL WORK .............................................................................................................................. 51 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ......................................................................... 51 VISUAL ARTS ............................................................................................................................... 53 CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES ............................................................................................. 54 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS AND DECISION-MAKING ................................... 54 CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGY ..................................................... 56 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CREST).................................... 56 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE .................................................... 57 ACCOUNTING ............................................................................................................................... 57 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 60 ECONOMICS ................................................................................................................................. 63 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ......................................................................................... 65 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 68 LOGISTICS .................................................................................................................................... 68 PUBLIC AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT .....................................................................Error! 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SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP ........................................................................................ 71 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE ................................................................................ 72 BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH .................................................................................... 74 ii INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH ................................................................................... 74 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 ...................................................................... 90 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................... 97 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING ........................................................... 101 PROCESS ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................... 107 FACULTY OF LAW ......................................................................................................................... 111 MERCANTILE LAW ..................................................................................................................... 111 PRIVATE LAW .............................................................................................................................. 113 PUBLIC LAW ................................................................................................................................. 118 FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ................................................................ 121 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 121 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY .................................................................................................... 123 ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE ............................................................................. 124 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ................................................................................................... 125 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY ...........................................................................................................125 COMMUNITY HEALTH ............................................................................................................... 126 DEAN'S OFFICE (TYGERBERG) ................................................................................................. 129 DERMATOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 129 EMERGENCY MEDICINE ............................................................................................................ 130 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE .............................................................................