Community & industry engagements since 2017
Case 1: Industry-Academia Partnership Program (IAPP) by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) led to the development of Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays & a virtual classroom.
Case 2: The UK-SA University Staff Doctoral Program phase2 (USDP) has a community service component involving industry engagement, professional associations, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders.
Case 3: The NRF Thuthuka grant from 2018 to 2020 was specifically to support in-depth research into the gaps between the industry and academic institutions. It involved research carried out at Nissan and BMW South Africa.
Case 4: Product development support in additive & subtractive manufacturing to SME industries.