Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch gaan in Desember ‘n eredoktorsgraad aan Prof Markus Reuter (klas van 1976) toeken. Ons het voorheen al oor sy merkwaardige loopbaan geskryf, sien ons Nuusblog van November 2015. Hy het in daardie jaar ook ‘n eredoktorsgraad van die Universiteit van Liége in België ontvang vir sy groot bydrae op die gebied van die herwinning van metale uit primêre en hergesirkuleerde grondstowwe om ekonomiese volhoubaarheid te verseker.
Op die US se webwerf verskyn die volgende agtergrondinligting oor hom:
Prof Markus A Reuter (58), Director at the Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology in Freiberg in Germany, will be awarded the degree Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa. He has already made several outstanding contributions to the science and technology of the production and recycling of metals, as well as to the integration of academic research and practice. His work on recycling, design for recycling, and resource efficiency has contributed towards the creation of processes and tools to develop a sustainable society.
Reuter obtained the degrees BEng in Chemical Engineering cum laude, MEng, PhD and DEng at Stellenbosch University as well as a Dr.habil from RWTH Aachen in Germany. He has been attached to several prominent tertiary institutions not only in South Africa, but also in Europe, China and Australia; he has supervised 130 postgraduate students, published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed subject journals, and has more than 200 publications in reviewed international conference proceedings. He also worked in industry where he was Chief Technology Officer of Ausmelt in Australia and a Director in the Finnish company Outotec.
He regularly appears as speaker on the most important international platforms and has received many awards including an honorary doctorate from Liege University in Belgium. Reuter, holding 37 patents in 5 patent families, was the main author of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on Recycling (2013). This report was downloaded 400 000 times between April 2013 and October 2015. Through his work in academia, industry and government he reaches and inspires key role players at all levels, and empowers young engineers, industrialists and policy makers to make informed decisions to help society apply scarce resources more sustainably.
Corporate Communication, University of Stellenbosch
