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Bioengineering

Bioengineering is a postgraduate degree programme and also the name of a research group. The personnel of this research group are responsible for the degree programme in bioengineering (sometimes called biomedical engineering).


The group performs research in bioengineering, with a primary focus on cochlear implants for the deaf.

Research topics include

  1. cochlear stimulation electrodes, electrical fields and nerve activation,
  2. acoustic models of cochlear implants,
  3. speech processing and
  4. computational auditory neuroscience.

Postgraduate degree programme in bioengineering

The degree programme consists of an honours degree (four postgraduate modules), a masters degree, and a PhD. The last two are research-based degrees. Information on these degree programmes may be found on the Opportunities page and in the Information for prospective students brochure below.

Postgraduate modules presented by Bioengineering are

Bioengineering research

Contact

Group head: Prof. JJ Hanekom
johan.hanekom@up.ac.za

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