Attributions The Pretoria_UP team would like to extend special thanks to the numerous people and organizations that supported us throughout this project. We could not have done this without you. Dr. Steven Hussey for guiding the team Jonathan Botha, Donovin Coles, Lazarus Takawira, Elodie Ekoka, Katrien de Ridder, Alan Hall, and Eudri Venter for their support and help in the lab. Dr Tjaart Krüger for advice given with modelling.
Dr Karen Surridge-Talbot, Centre Manager: Renewable Energy Centre of Research & Development Clean Energy at the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). Team William & Mary 2015 - CSS and inspiration from their beautiful wiki Sappi Mr Plastic Group Bedfordview: Clifford Van Niekerk, for donating perspex for the construction of our PBEC.
Project and advice:
Prof Zander Myburg, Dr Eshchar Mizrachi, Dr Tjaart Krüger, Dr Michal Gwizdala, and Prof Ncholu Manyala for their support and advice on various topics throughout the project.
Lab support:
Prof Ncholu Manyala and his students for their advice and help with regards to graphene.
Dr. T. Stander from the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics (CEFIM) for allowing us to use their current measuring equipment to test our cells’ functioning.
Modelling:
Human Practices support:
Mrs Marie Venter, Natural and Agricultural Sciences Marketing and Communication, University of Pretoria.
Mrs Ntsatsi Mantsho, Department of Research and Innovation Support, University of Pretoria.
Mrs Dikeledi, Lesedi Power Project
Tuks FM
UP with Science, University of Pretoria
Mr Johann Louw, Kumba Virtual Reality Centre, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Pretoria
Wiki support:
Eric Herot - "Okra Seedling Time Lapse" Video. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Funding Support:
The University of Pretoria
The Department of Science & Technology
Inqaba Biotec
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Whitehead Scientific
Integrated DNA Technologies
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
The Forest Molecular Genetics Programme
The African Centre for Gene Technologies
The South African National Energy Development Institute
Donations:
Dr SG Radhakrishnan, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural sciences for kindly donating the proton exchange membrane (Nafion 117) we needed to test our cell.
Dr Karen Surridge-Talbot and SANEDI for the generous donation of a stall at the Women in Energy Business Summit.
Prof. N. Manyala, Dr. J. Dangbegnon, Dr. A Bello, Mr J. Madito and Mr A.A Khaleed from the Carbon Based Nano Material Research Group for assisting the team by growing graphene foam on request at no expense to the team.