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UCT names first woman head of engineering faculty

15th May 2015

By: Natalie Greve

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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The University of Cape Town (UCT) has appointed Department of Chemical Engineering head Professor Alison Lewis dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment – the first woman to be appointed to such a position.

Lewis had headed the Department of Chemical Engineering since 2013, after having moved up through the department’s ranks since July 1996, when she was appointed a senior lecturer.

Prior to this, Lewis was a postdoctoral fellow in the Water Research Group in UCT’s Civil Engineering Department and had also founded the Crystallisation and Precipitation Research Unit.

According to the university, Lewis has raised R52-million in funding for the unit since 2001, supervised 37 master’s and PhD students to gradu- ation, published more than 120 international journal and conference papers and established an international research reputation.

Vice chancellor Dr Max Price said Lewis, who will take up the position on June 1, had facilitated projects such as the new curriculum project and the assistant lecturer programme.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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