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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
Study of TRINNI events	Zolile	Mtumela	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)
MeerLICHT and MONET: setting up an automated transient response system between two telescopes at the SAAO Sutherland station.	Patrick	Woudt	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Identification and characterisation of white and brown dwarfs using Virtual Observatory tools	Khadija	El Bouchefry	Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Pulsar timing and giant pulses with MeerKAT data	Marisa	Geyer	SKA SA	(UCT)
SALT Observations of a Transitional Millisecond Pulsar Candidate	David	Buckley	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Accretion onto charged black holes	Anslyn	John	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT)
Exploring galaxy morphologies and star formation at high redshifts	Rosalind	Skelton	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Investigating the assembly histories of BCGs	Danièl	Groenewald	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Testing GLE-physiological connection hypothesis	Olakunle	Ogunjobi	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)
Vibrating Neutron Stars	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Introduction to distributed memory parallelization	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Identifying galaxy cluster centres using optical data alone	Matt	Hilton	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)
Can galaxy cluster dynamical state be determined only from optical imaging data?	Matt	Hilton	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)
Deriving a new rotation curve for the nearby galaxy NGC 2403	Ed	Elson	University of the Western Cape (UWC)	(UCT)
Space Weather impacts on the Earth's upper atmosphere	Tshimangadzo Merline	Matamba	South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	(UCT)
Halo stars: Modelling how stellar halos form and enrich the Universe	Rob	Yates	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Study of latitude dependence of geomagnetic activity of 8 September 2017 geomagnetic storm over Southern Africa using ground-based data recorded at Hermanus, Hartebeesthoek, Tsumeb and Keetmanshoop magnetic observatories	Emmanuel	Nahayo	South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	(UKZN)
The Fog Box	Paul	Groot	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Environmental dependance of properties of galaxies	Solohery	Randriamampandry	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Investigation into the correlation between SuperDARN CPCP (Cross Polar Cap Potential) and the PC index	Judy	Stephenson	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UKZN)

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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
3D Modulation of galactic proton and helium through a solar maximum	Donald	Ngobeni	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Search for binary stars amongst the delta (δ) scuti stars in open cluster NGC 6866 and NGC 6819 with Binarogram	Oyirwoth	Abedigamba	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Luminosity differences in solar-like stars	Oyirwoth	Abedigamba	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Gas Temperature Survey of Massive Star Forming Regions in the Milky Way Galaxy Using NH3 Emission Lines	James	Chibueze	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Towards understanding extragalactic formaldehyde megamasers	Johan	van der Walt	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Molecular dynamics studies of polymer matrix composites (pmc) materials used for radiation shielding	Lynndle	Square	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Bose-Einstein condensation in Cosmic scale as a probe for Dark energy	Davood	Momeni	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Toward unveiling the nature of the largest shock structure in the Universe	James	Chibueze	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
A closer look at potential exoplanet targets discovered by the KELT survey.	Bruno	Letarte	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
A Dynamical Systems Analysis of f(T) Cosmology	Amare	Abebe	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
A Dynamical Systems Analysis of Interacting Dark Energy Models	Amare	Abebe	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Particle acceleration in Supernova remnants	Iurii	Sushch	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Understanding the periodic OH masers in G9.62+0.20E	Johan	van der Walt	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Cosmic-ray transport in the heliosphere and in astrospheres	Stefan	Ferreira	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Numerical simulations of the radiation environment in stellar wind astrospheres in general and around stars with habitable zones	Stefan	Ferreira	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Anisotropic and polarization-dependent gamma-ray absorption in relativistic jets	Markus	Boettcher	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
A tale of two neutron monitors	Du Toit	Strauss	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
M.Sc project working on BEAMS: BCG Evolution with AdvancedACT, MeerKAT, and SALT	Ilani	Loubser	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Quasar jet structures at ~300 micro-arcsecond angular resolution using Event Horizon Telescope imaging algorithms	Roger	Deane	University of Pretoria (UP)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Unveiling the faintest nuclear activity using high-resolution stacking	Jack	Radcliffe	University of Pretoria (UP)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)