Cochlear implants
Volume conduction modelling of excitable physiological systems
Modelling of neural excitation patterns
Neural models
Modelling of surface EMG
Research Development Program Award (Characterization of the electrode-nerve fibre interface in cochlear implants) 2001-2002
National Research Foundation & Italian government (Noninvasive assessment of the neuromuscular system by means of surface EMG. Parts 1 & 2.) 2003-2009
National Research Foundation: Thuthuka: Women in research 2005-2007
National Research Foundation: Focus Area: Unlocking the future 2008-2011
Honors/Awards
Prof Hanekom, Dr PJ Cilliers and Dr S Potgieter received the Douw Greeff prize from the “Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns” for their article “Oogknipbeheerde rekenaarmuis: ontwerp en evaluering” in 2005. The prize is awarded every three years for an article of excellent academic quality that is published in the Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie in the division of Engineering.
T. Hanekom, J.J. Hanekom & P. Marais, “Actively deposited ceramic layers as insulation on thin implantable electrode conductors”, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 94, July 1998, pp. 310-311
T. Hanekom & J.J. Hanekom, “On the design of implantable electrodes for electrical nerve stimulation”, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 94, July 1998, pp. 307-310
T. Hanekom & J.J.Hanekom, “Die bydrae van basiese navorsing in kliniese toepassings met verwysing na kogleêre inplantings”, accepted for publication in South African Journal of Communication Disorders, November 2000.
T. Hanekom, “Three-dimensional spiraling finite element model of the electrically stimulated cochlea”, accepted for publication in Ear & Hearing, February 2001.
Viljoen S, Hanekom T & Cilliers PJ, “Oogknipbeheerde rekenaarmuis: ontwerp en evaluering” Suid-Afrikaanse Joernaal vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, vol 23, pp. 7-12, 2004.
Hanekom T en Hanekom JJ, “The influence of electrode geometry and configuration on the choice of a cochlear implant”, Transactions of the SAIEE, vol 95, pp. 270-278, 2004.
Hanekom T, “Influence of encapsulation tissue on potential distributions around cochlear implant electrodes”, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, vol. 43, pp. 47-55, 2005.
Mesin L, Joubert M, Hanekom T, Merletti R & Farina D, “A finite element model for describing the effect of muscle shortening on surface EMG”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 593-600, 2006.
Viljoen S, Hanekom T & Farina D, “Effect of characteristics of dynamic muscle contraction on crosstalk in surface EMG recordings”, Transactions of the SAIEE, In print.
Geldenhuys TA, Joubert M, Viljoen S & Hanekom T, “Tweedimensionele generatorfunksie vir die vektorkardiogram vir gebruik in volumegeleidingsmodelle van die toraks” (Two-dimensional generator function for the vector cardiogram for use in volume conduction models of the thorax), Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 127-137, 2006.
Jönsson R, Hanekom T & Hanekom JJ, “Initial results from a model of ephaptic excitation in the electrically excited peripheral auditory nervous system”, Hearing Research, vol. 237, no. 1-2, pp. 49-56, 2008.
Smit JE, Hanekom T & Hanekom JJ, “Predicting action potential characteristics of human auditory nerve fibres through modification of the Hodgkin-Huxley equations”, South African Journal of Science, vol. 104, no. 7-8, pp. 284-292, 2008.
Mesin L, Smith S, Hugo S, Viljoen S & Hanekom T, “Effect of spatial filtering on crosstalk reduction in surface EMG recordings”, Medical Engineering and Physics, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 374-383, 2009.
Smit J E, Hanekom T & Hanekom JJ, “Modelled temperature-dependent excitability behaviour of a single Ranvier node for a human peripheral sensory nerve fibre”, Biological Cybernetics, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 49-58, 2009.
Hanekom J J, Van Schalkwyk J J, Bradley T & Liebenberg I, “The Pretoria Cochlear Prosthesis: Development of Electrodes and Telemetry”, Poster presentation at the MRC/PATH International Conference: Medical Engineering and Computing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Somerset West, RSA, 13-14 April 1994.
Viljoen S, Hanekom T & Farina D, “Analise van kruisspraakseine in ‘n silindriese volumegeleier met laagbeskrywing – Invloed van die anatomie, deteksiestelsel en fisiese eienskappe van die weefsel”, poster presentation at the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns student symposium for postgraduate students in natural sciences, Stellenbosch, RSA, 1 November 2004.
Joubert M, Hanekom T & Farina D, “’n Eindige element model om die effek van spierverkorting op oppervlak EMG-metings te beskryf”, poster presentation at the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns student symposium for postgraduate students in natural sciences, Stellenbosch, RSA, 1 November 2004.
Conning M & Hanekom T, “Intydse identifisering van spieraktiwiteit – beheer van ‘n kunsarm”, poster presentation at the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns student symposium for postgraduate students in natural sciences, Stellenbosch, RSA, 1 November 2004.
Hanekom J J, Van Schalkwyk J J, Bradley T en Liebenberg I, ” The Pretoria Cochlear Prosthesis: Development of Electrodes and Telemetry”, Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Neural Prosthesis Workshop of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 13-15 Oktober 1993.
Hanekom T, “Modelling of the Electrode-Nerve Fibre Interface in Cochlear Implants”, invited presentation at the Cochlear implant workshop at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 24-27 March 2003.
Smit JE, Hanekom T & Hanekom JJ, “Stochastic neural firing applied to neural excitation spread”, Presentation at the 9th International Conference on Cochlear Implants, 14-16 June 2006, Vienna, Austria.
Mesin L, Joubert M, Hanekom T, Merletti R & Farina D “A Finite Element Model for Describing the Effect of Muscle Shortening on Surface EMG”, Poster presentation at the Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK), 29 – 30 June and 1 July 2006, Torino, Italy.
Hanekom T, “Modelling of the electrode-auditory nerve fibre interface in cochlear prostheses”, Ph.D thesis in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, 2001.
