Research Group
The CSIR is a multidisciplinary organisation with a vast range of science, engineering and technology competences, rooted in the minds of its qualified, experienced and renowned experts. The organisation’s range of expertise include broad fields of science such as mathematics; computer and information science; applied sciences such as urban and town planning; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental science; and biological sciences.
It also includes engineering and technological fields such as civil engineering; architecture; mechatronics; microsystems such as microfluidics; systems engineering; mining engineering; electrical and electronic engineering; mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; materials engineering; industrial engineering; and nanotechnology. The organisation also has expertise in health and medical sciences. In the agricultural sciences, expertise includes agricultural ecology, molecular diagnostics and agroprocessing. Expertise rooted in social sciences includes resource economics.
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The CSIR mechanical testing laboratory, which was established in 1935, houses two of the largest mechanical testing machines in South Africa, which accommodate large-load test specimens such as min
The CSIR-managed fires and explosion testing and training facility at Kloppersbos is located approximately 40 km north of Pretoria.
The CSIR Air and Dust Laboratory specialises in the analysis of environmental air quality through, for example, the occupational hygiene filters of mine employees.
The CSIR’s rock engineering/geotechnical specialists have the technical knowhow and experience to improve the safety and economic viability of mines through efficient data acquisition, underground