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Professorial Inaugural Address: Prof Pierre Hertzog
28 August 2023
Professor Pamela Dube, Chairperson of the Senate and Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), will be hosting the Professorial Inaugural address of Professor Pierre Hertzog.
Prof Hertzog is a full Electrical Engineering Professor specialising in renewable energy and engineering education. He has more than 60 research outputs published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. The title of his address is:
A journey of lessons learned in the application of Arduino in research and teaching.
He is a highly experienced lecturer with 28 years of lecturing. He began his career in 1993 as a lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the Central University of Technology. Throughout his career, Pierre has lectured a variety of courses, including Projects II, Project I, Design Project III, Project III, Industrial Projects IV, Radio III, TV III, Electronic Communication II, Electronics I, Electrical Engineering I, Digital Systems I, Digital signal processing IV, and more.
Prof Hertzog places a strong emphasis on community engagement and has developed several courses on renewable energy and Arduino microcontrollers. These courses have been offered to individuals from various backgrounds, including educators from TVET colleges. Additionally, he maintains a YouTube channel where he produces informative content on Arduino microcontrollers for the benefit of the community.
The inaugural professorial lecture is an auspicious occasion where academics with full professorship status get to deliver an Inaugural lecture focusing on their professed research expertise.
DATE: Thursday, 31 August 2023
TIME: 18:00
VENUE: Japie Van Lil Auditorium
More about CUT
CUT is the foremost higher education institution in the heartland of South Africa, dedicated to quality education and training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. CUT boasts pockets of excellence, including a premier hotel school and leading research and innovation platforms, i.e. world-class 3D printing technology through medical product development.
For more information about CUT visit http://www.cut.ac.za
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