Petrus Jooste
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Civil and Chemical Engineering
University of South Africa
South Africa
Biography
Petrus is a senior lecturer in Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology (CSET), University of South Africa (UNISA). He is responsible for lecturing Civil and Structural engineering drawing and Work integrated learning. Before joining Unisa he was the training manager at the Cement and Concrete institute where he obtained the Diploma in Advanced Concrete Technology. He obtained his MSc under the supervision of Prof Ballim at Wits University in 2006. The topic of the Thesis is, Approaches to Mix Design and Measurement of Workability for Self-Compacting Concrete. He is registered as a Professional Engineering Technologist with ECSA.
Research Interest
Concrete, Self-compacting concrete, Civil and Structural engineering drawing
Publications
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Jooste, J.P. and Fanourakis, G.F. Fly Ash: An Important Ingredient in Self-Compacting Concrete, Paper presented at the International Conference on Coal Ash, A Valuable Recourse, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 - 4 October 2006.
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Jooste, J.P. and Fanourakis, G.F. Self-Compacting Concrete: The South African Experience, Paper presented at the Second North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, Chicago, Illinois, 30 October – 2 November 2005.
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Jooste, J.P. and Ballim, Y. Self-Compacting Concrete: Technology Development and Measurement of Workability, Paper presented at the Conference: Developing Concrete to Serve Practical Needs, Midrand, South Africa, 13-14 October 2004, pp 207-222.
