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Mr Jacques (JH) van Wyk

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Position

Senior lecturer

Professional status

Professional Engineer

Qualifications

B.Eng(Pret), M.Eng(Pret), EMCPA

Memberships

SMIEEE, MSAIEE

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Linear Systems ELI220 (2011)
  • DSP Programming and Applications ESP411 (2011)
  • Electricity and Electronics EBN111 (2008)
  • Computer Engineering: Architecture and Systems EAS410 (2009-2010)
  • Electricity and Electronics EBN111 (2008)
  • Electrical Engineering EBN221 (2010)
  • Electrotechnics ETN322 (2006-2009)
  • Information Technology EIT111 (2003-2007)

Postgraduate

  • Telecommunication Systems Engineering ETT732

Research topics

  • Performance Improvement for xDSL
  • Multi-user Interference Cancellation for xDSL
  • Performance and noise prediction for xDSL
  • OFDM and MC-CDMA
  • DVB
  • NGN (VoIP, codecs)
  • Powerline communication (PLC)

Research fields

  • xDSL technology (ADSL, VDSL etc.)
  • Next Generation Networks (NGN)

Other

  • IEEE South Africa Section Chair (Jan 2011 - Dec 2012)
  • EMC Certified Trainer for Information Storage and Management
  • IEEE South Africa Section Treasurer (Jan 2008 - Dec 2010)
  • IEEE Africon 2009 Treasurer
  • Motorola certified trainer for TCP/IP, VoIP and WAP (2003-2007)

Address and contact details

Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
Engineering 3 Building, 7-55
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood road
0002 Pretoria
South Africa

Telephone no: (+27 12) 420-2028 / 3736
Fax no.: (+27 12) 362-5000
Email: jhvanwyk@up.ac.za