Mr. Samson Simelane

Temporary Lecturer
Name: Samson Simelane
Location: John Orr Building 7th Floor office 7155, Doornfontein Campus
Physics Academic Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 6147

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About Mr. Samson Simelane

Qualifications: PhD in Physics, University of Johannesburg – current

: MSc in Physics ( Adsorption of CO on Bare and SiO2 Modified Co(0001) and

Development of an Ultra-High Vacuum Temperature-

Programmed Desorption System for Determination of

Adsorption Energy), University of Johannesburg  – 2023

: BSc Honours ( X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Angle-Resolved

Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Au(111)), University of

Johannesburg   –  2019

:BSc in Physics and Mathematics, University of Johannesburg – 2018

Expertise: Introduction to Newtonian Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Magnetism, Light and Optics.

Research interest: Condensed Matter Physics – Surface Science and Highly Corrected  Matter.

Awards:

• 2022 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis Scholarship.
• 2021 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis Scholarship.
• 2020 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis Scholarship.
• 2019 NRF Honours and Final Year B-Tech Bursary.
• 2015 Top achiever in Physics – Introduction to Classical Mechanics.
• 2015 Top achiever in Applied Mathematics – Introduction to Statics and Dynamics.
• 2015 Top achiever in Mathematics – Calculus of one variable.