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Ms Nomthandazo Precious Sibiya
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Nomthandazo is a Chemical Engineering graduate from the Durban University of Technology who earned a BTech in Chemical Engineering with CUM LAUDE.
She has worked in the paint business for a year and the renewable energy sector for 21 months. She is working on the project “Treatment of industrial wastewater using specific magnetic coagulants” for her Master’s degree in chemical engineering. She also puts forth a lot of effort, is always ready for a challenge, and is very versatile. From 10 February 2021 to 10 July 2021, she was given a scholarship under the ERASMUS+
Program to study at the University of Valladolid in Spain, where her research was on the concentration of supercritical water hydrolysis products using vacuum evaporation and freeze concentration. She has broadened her expertise by taking part in regional and international conferences (where she gave six presentations), publishing four journal articles, and having four more under review.
“From 10 February 2021 to 10 July 2021, she was given a scholarship under the ERASMUS+ Program to study at the University of Valladolid in Spain, where her research was on the concentration of supercritical water hydrolysis products using.”
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