Electronic EngineeringDUT · Durban, ZA
I am an electronic engineering student at DUT. My work runs from analogue circuits and PCB builds to embedded firmware, signals, software and a solar–wind–battery feasibility study. Broad electronics, built and tested.
A full feasibility, design and performance study for DUT's Steve Biko S-Block: appliance-level load audit, hourly simulation in MATLAB, sizing sweep and 25-year economics for a grid-connected solar-wind-battery system.
An XGBoost surrogate that predicts LTE RSRP coverage from terrain and clutter in seconds instead of the seven to nine days taken by Telkom's manual ray-tracing workflow. Winner of the SATNAC 2026 Industry Solutions Challenge, Telkom topic.
A 6-wheel rocker-bogie rover built with the DUT SSC Mars Rover Team for the national Cars4Mars competition: terrain-adaptive drive, an 80 m wireless link, and onboard vision for target detection.
01
Circuit design from the component level up: analogue signal chains, sensors, motor drive and firmware that talks to real hardware.
02
Schematic capture, simulation, through-hole and SMT assembly, and board layouts that can actually be built and repaired.
03
Python and TypeScript tools for measurement, modelling and interfaces, from a live camera server to a machine-learning surrogate.
04
Engineering analysis that has to add up: renewable resource modelling, hourly dispatch, DSP and communication systems.
2026
SATNAC Industry Solutions Challenge winner
Telkom topic · SignalMyth
An XGBoost surrogate for LTE RSRP coverage, validated on real Durban terrain at 2.63 dB RMSE and about 18x faster than the reference model.
2026
Hybrid solar-wind-battery feasibility study
RENE301 · Durban University of Technology
A 2,587 kWp PV, 100 kW wind and 1,376 kWh storage design for the Steve Biko S-Block, from appliance audit to 25-year NPV.
2026
Cars4Mars rover team
DUT Space Science Centre
Power and electronics on a 6-wheel rocker-bogie rover entered in the national Mars rover competition.
2025
BRICS Bronze — Dr Kiosk
2025 BRICS Skills Development & Technology Innovation
Bronze prize in the Technology Innovation Competition for a medical self-service kiosk, with the DUT team.
2025
JCI hackathon — second place
Junior Chamber International
Second place in a team hackathon, building and pitching a working solution under time pressure.
2025
FNB App Academy certificate
FNB · IT varsity
Certificate in Full Stack Development, 32 credits, covering the application development stack from front end to data.
2023 – present
BEng Tech, Electronic Engineering
Durban University of Technology
Power systems, electronics, embedded design, signals and control, with a focus on hardware-software integration.
02 / Competitions
SATNAC 2026 Industry Solutions Challenge winner under the Telkom topic, BRICS 2025 Bronze for Dr Kiosk, a JCI hackathon second place and an FNB App Academy certificate.
See the awards03 / Off the bench
Social running and 10 km races: Hollywood Bets, ABSA Run Your City, Ntenga Foundation and Garmin. The medals are the same idea as the bench work — show up, measure, repeat.
See the races05 / Contact
I am still studying, so I am not looking for a role. If you are working on an electronics, embedded, signals or software project and want a hand, message me on LinkedIn and tell me what you are building and where you are stuck.