Teaching Geometrical Optics and Electromagnetic Waves.Geometrical Optics - Treating Light as a Ray: Images formed by plane, convex, concave mirrors, converging and diverging thin lenses, reflection and refraction of light.Electromagnetic Waves: Light as a Wave - Interference, Young's Interference, Interference from Thin Films, Michelson Interferometer, Diffraction: Single-Slit Diffraction, Diffraction by a Circular Aperture,Diffraction by a Double-Slit, Diffraction Gratings, Dispersion and Resolving Power, X-Ray Diffraction, Tranverse and Longitudinal Waves, Standing Waves, The Wave Equation, Beats and Doppler Effect.Research: Materials Science, Materials for Green Energy Harvesting, Organic Solar Cells, Nanoparticles.

To develop and maintain National Measurement Standards in the area of Pressure, Vacuum and Flow Metrology and to disseminate traceability from these standards to industry, thereby supporting SouthAfrican trade.