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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Engineering and Technology Management

Pretorius, MW

BSc BIng (Hons) PhD (Pret) - Professor and Head

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Telephone number: 012 420 4606
Fax number: 012 362 5307
E-mail address: tinus.pretorius@eng.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Scope and structure of engineering management

Managing the dynamics of technological change

Technology transfer and diffusion

Technology policy issues

Life Cycle Engineering

Technology management

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Pieterse HL, Pretorius MW: 2002. A model for telecommunication technology transfer and diffusion into the rural areas of South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Engineering/ SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 13 (1) / May, pp 119-129.

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Pretorius MW: 2002. Technological innovation in technology colony based industry clusters. In IAMOT 2002 Conference Proceedings: Drive towards the internet economy: Opportunities for developed and developing regions of the world, University of Miami, p. CD.

Pretorius MW: 2002. Technological innovation in the South African automotive industry. In Proceedings of the IEEE Africon 2002 Conference, IEEE, pp 489-492.

Pretorius MW, Nolte FW: 2002. Implementing first world technology systems in third world industrial systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE Africon 2002 Conference, IEEE, pp 453-456.

 

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