Awards, Honours and Achievements

1) Visiting Scholar University of California (Berkeley) (2009)

2) Visiting Fellow Wolfson College, University of Cambridge (2007-2008)

3) National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Award: Individual through research and its outputs (over the last five years or less) (2007)

4) Visiting Fellow Harvard University (2006-2007)

5) Calvary Community Empowerment Award (2008)

6) THRIP Technology: Outstanding Project Leader (2007)

7) Invited Talk: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Yokohama, Japan (2006)

8) Best Presentation Award: World Congress of Computational Intelligence (2006)

9) WhosWho in Southern Africa (2005)

10) Bronze Order of Mapungubwe bestowed by President Thabo Mbeki (2004)

11) Council of City of Johannesburg: Motion of Congratulations for Contribution to Science Adopted (2004)

12) National Research Foundation President’s Award (P-Rating) (2003)

13) Mail and Guardian: 100 Future Leaders in (2005)

14) The Star Newspaper: Top 100 of 2004

15) Mail and Guardian: 20 Future Leaders (2005)

16) Tuksalumni Laureate Award (2004)

17) Marquis Who’sWho in the World (2004, 2005, 2006)

18) WhosWho in Computational Science and Engineering (2005)

19) International Educator of the Year Nominee (2004)

20) Men’s Health BestMan Award Finalist: Science and Technology (2005)

21) Dr. T.W. Kambule Research Award (2004)

22) CSIR Fellowship (2004)

23) Friedel Sellschop Award (2004)

24) South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC2) - Tribute Achievers Award (Winner: Science and Technology) (2003)

25) Extraordinary Professor - University of Pretoria (2003)

26) Represented Business South Africa - United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)

27) Extraordinary Lecturer - University of Pretoria (2002)

28) Best Paper Award - International Symposia on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems for Industry (2002)

29) Charles Hesterman Merz Fund Award (2000)

30) Paper Awarded a Bronze Medal-South African Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1999)

31) Ford of Britain Trust Award (1999)

32) Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (1998)

33) Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (1997)

34) Honorary Cambridge Malaysian Scholar (1997)

35) Honorary Cambridge Mandela Scholar (1997)

36) Bradlow Foundation Scholarship (1997-2000)

37) Overseas Research Award (1997-2000)

38) Foundation for Research and Development Prestige/Equity Scholarship (1996-1997)

39) AECI Post-graduate Fellowship (1996-2000)

40) Institute of International Education Scholarship (1991-1995)

41) Shell Merit Scholarship (1990)

42) Winner of the 1989 South African National Youth Science Olympiad (1989)

43) 1989 London International Youth Science Fortnight South African Delegate (1989)

44) Merit Certificate: Foundation for Education, Science and Technology (FEST) (1987)