Dr Daniel Rodrigues Van Niekerk

Dr. Daniel Rodrigues van Niekerk is a Lecturer in the department of Electrical Engineering Technology. He obtained a National Diploma and B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) in 1998 and 1999 respectively. He then spent three years working as a Junior Design Technologist at Circuit Breaker Industries (CBI) from 2000 to 2003, developing electricity-metering products based on established specifications. He then spent another three years working as a Senior Design Technologist at Circuit Breaker Industries (CBI) from 2003 to 2006, developing electronic protection earth leakage products based on established specifications. In 2006, Dr van Niekerk started lecturing at the University of Johannesburg and obtained a Magister Technologiae (M-Tech) and PHD degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2009 and 2021 respectively at the University of Johannesburg. He has been actively involved in SAIEE sponsored school community engagement projects. His research interests are: microcontroller systems; PLC & HMI control systems and electrical protection. Dr. van Niekerk is registered as a professional Engineering Technologist with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), is an active member of IEEE.