https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Africa|Automation|Design|Electrical|Engineering|Health|Industrial|MSA|Technology|Testing|Equipment
Africa|Automation|Design|Electrical|Engineering|Health|Industrial|MSA|Technology|Testing|Equipment
africa|automation|design|electrical|engineering|health|industrial|msa|technology|testing|equipment

State-of-the-art laboratories for engineering students

Image of student in laboratory to illustrate that IIE MSA has launched three new high-tech laboratories for engineering students

IIE MSA has launched three new high-tech laboratories for engineering students

17th February 2022

     

Font size: - +

Academic institutions require the latest laboratories (labs) to ensure that engineering students are able to design, analyse and test their creations to the most current standards and using up-to-date technologies, facilitating successful practical applications that improve knowledge and skills.

IIE MSA, the educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education, has launched three new high-tech labs fitted with the latest digital technology. “This allows students to be acquainted with current digital technologies instead of outdated ones – a distinct advantage when it comes to entering the workforce,” says IIE MSA programme manager: Engineering Wihann van Reenen.

The Head of School for IIE MSA Engineering, ICT, Science & Health Neil Manson believes that as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or 4IR, and automation become more prevalent, engineers are a critical driving force of the global economy, even in South Africa. “We need more engineers. For the student, the objective of having an engineering laboratory is to ‘practice by doing’. Laboratory courses help them gain insight and understanding of the real world which they learn by a shift from textbook learning to assimilating that learning through observation and doing. However, there’s little point in doing this with outdated technology, as those students will not be acquainted with it in their first work experience,” he says.

The engineering degrees offered at IIE MSA - the IIE Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the IIE Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering - are endorsed by the Engineering Council of South Africa.  

IIE MSA opened a physics lab on campus in 2020 and began designing multimillion-rand, fully-fledged and equipped labs in July 2021, including a general-use electronics laboratory for the Electrical and Electronic Engineering programme, a chemistry laboratory and a mechanical engineering laboratory that enables fluid dynamics, thermo dynamics, and strength-of-materials testing. In addition to imported engineering equipment, a computer lab with high-specification computers has also been created for engineering students.

Comments

Array

Latest News

Showroom

Rittal
Rittal

Rittal is a world leading provider of top-quality integrated systems for enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure and...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Yale Lifting Solutions
Yale Lifting Solutions

Yale Lifting Solutions is a leading supplier of lifting and material handling equipment in Southern Africa. Yale offers a wide range of quality...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (15/03/2024)
15th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.151 0.209s - 245pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now