Curriculum Vitae

Dr Hendrik Van Heerden
Position
Sr Officer:Prof Services*
Department
Physics
Address
4 206
Physics
IB 51
UFS
Telephone
0514013509
Office
206
Information

Short CV

B.Sc. (UFS 2004) B.Sc. (UFS 2005) M.Sc. (UFS 2007) PhD (UFS 2015) B.Sc. (Majoring in Engineering, UFS 2019)

Publications

Publications (Short List)


Research

Multiwavelength Astrophysics specialization in optical photometry and Fermi-LAT.

Optical telescope systems, automation, hardware-software interfacing.

Stellar occultations

Energy efficiency and solar PV systems for use in solar cars

 

Area(s) of Interest

I am a scientist with an interest in applied science, instrumentation, R&D and Multiwavelength Astrophysics. I specialize in observational astrophysics and instrumentation in particular photometry of CV stars and stellar occultations. I also work with high-energy astrophysics, in particular Fermi-LAT data analysis.

On the instrumentation side, my work entails R&D of observational astronomy research equipment, telescope interface systems, software, automation, optimization and maintenance of telescope systems.

I also work with Digital Planetarium Systems and have worked with Science Education Centre`s.

On a part time I also share a curiosity for energy efficiency and building and operating solar cars in an educational and competitive environment.

 

Courses Presented

PHYS1502

PHYS1512

PHYS3752

PHYS3762

PHYA6808 (High energy component)

Community Service


Service Learning


Back


BLOEMFONTEIN CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Elfrieda van den Berg (Marketing Manager)
T: +27 51 401 2531
E:vdberge@ufs.ac.za

QWAQWA CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Dilahlwane Mohono (Faculty Officer)
T: +27 58 718 5284
E:naturalscienceqq@ufs.ac.za

Home new

We use cookies to make interactions with our websites and services easy and meaningful, to better understand how they are used and to tailor advertising. You can read more and make your cookie choices here. By continuing to use this site you are giving us your consent to do this.

Accept