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Hendrik Snyman

Hendrik Christoffel Snyman

Nickname: 'Hennie'

Former Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the Port Elizabeth Technikon


Born 31-05-1940 in Bloemfontein South Africa

Hennie Snyman is retired Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the Port Elizabeth Technikon and is Emeritus Professor of Physics. He is Founder, with Dr Greg Olsen, Princeton, NJ, USA of Econozone One Pty (Ltd), a renewable energy provider.

Contact details

O: (041) 583 3075

M: 082 554 7071


Hendrik Snyman's Professional details

Current Position(s)

CEO | Econozone One (Pty) Limited
Port Elizabeth, South Africa & New YorK, USA | 2008 - present

Retired Rector & Vice-Chancellor ; Emeritus Professor of Physics | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 2005 - present



Previous Position(s)

Director | Board | Tertiary Education Network
South Africa | 2000 - 2005


Rector & Vice-Chancellor | Port Elizabeth Technikon
South Africa | 1988 - 2005

Professor of Physics | Dep of Physics, University of Port Elizabeth
South Africa | 1974 - 2005

Chair | Eastern Cape Higher Education Association (ECHEA)
Eastern Cape, South Africa | 2000 - 2004


Senior Lecturer | Dep of Physics, University of Port Elizabeth
South Africa | 1969 - 1974

Visiting Scientist | Dep of Material Science, University Virginia
United States of America | 1968 - 1969

Research Fellow | Dep of Physics, University Waterloo
Ontario, Canada | 1965 - 1968

Research Officer | National Physical Research Laboratory, CSIR, Pretoria
South Africa | 1961 - 1965

Educational history

Tertiary

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Completed 1968

Doctor of Philosophy

Completed 1963

Master of Science

University of Cape Town

Completed 1961

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

University of Cape Town

Completed 1960

Bachelor of Science

Achievements

Awards

Alumni of Honour | University of Waterloo. Ontario, Canada

For the Sake of Honour Award | Port Elizabeth Rotary Club

Citizen of the Year: Academia Winner | Port Elizabeth City Council/ Eastern Cape Herald

Communicator of the Year | PRISA ( Eastern Cape and Border)

Overseas Travel Grant | CSIR

Vice-Chancellor's Bursary | UPE

Comprehensive Support (Category B) | FRD (now the NRF)

Vice-Chancellor's Bursary | UPE

Overseas Travel Grant | CSIR

Overseas Travel Grant | CSIR

Overseas Travel Grant | CSIR

Vice-Chancellor's Bursary | UPE

Overseas Travel Grant | CSIR

Merit Award | National Research Council of Canada, University Waterloo

media exposure

journal | 1983

Ed

90 plus, publications in international & national journals of Science

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Activities

Memberships

Solid State Physics & Materials Science Group: SA Institute of Physics (SAIP)

Member & Past Vice-Chair, 1984 - 1988

Academy of Sciences of SA (ASSAf)

Founder Member, 1995 - present

SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns

Member, 1988 - present

Electron Microscopy Society of SA

Member & Past President, 1969 - present

SA Institute of Physics (SAIP)

Member, 1962 - present

Council for Natural Scientific Professions

Registerd Professional Scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat.), 1983 - present


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