SANRAL Chair in Pavement Engineering Kim Jenkins RPF 16 th May 2001

tellenbosch SANRAL Driving Forces – Filling the Gap l Sabita Chair at University of Stellenbosch was terminated in December 2000 (national focus) l Pavement Engineering not offered at Universities elsewhere in the Western Cape

tellenbosch SANRAL Identifying the Challenge: Global Trends l USA “most important issue facing the construction industry is the availability of qualified workforce” HMA Technology Feb 2001 l Pavement Engineering requires a higher level of technological understanding than ever before l “Universities are slow to change thus ignoring industry’s needs” HMA Technology.

tellenbosch SANRAL More Global & Local Trends l Northern Europe has a shortage of Engineers (attractive for South Africans) l Australia “exports” education, why don’t we? l School leavers with top maths skills attracted to IT, Finances, Actuary etc., no longer engineering

tellenbosch SANRAL Where does the SANRAL Chair fit in?

tellenbosch SANRAL l Creating excellence : co-operation rather than competition Facing the challenge

tellenbosch SANRAL (Inter) National Co-operation STCOD Eastern Region Northern Region S Southern Region etc UN ML SANRAL Technikons & Universities TU Delft Texas Austin Chair CSIR Asphalt Academy TRAC ITT

tellenbosch SANRAL Meeting the challenge l Identifying industry’s needs and state of the educational system (through AsAc etc) l Post-graduate courses (block courses) l International co-operation –Student exchange –Visiting lecturers (PG courses)

tellenbosch SANRAL Meeting the challenge (cont) l Capacity building at other tertiary institutions –Lecturer / Professor workshops (al la NCAT) –Assisting with curriculum & notes –External supervision/Moderation –Training courses (ATC & other materials) l Co-operating on research projects l Capacity building in schools (TRAC)

tellenbosch SANRAL CHAIR Activities require Multi-tasking