Special recognition: VC Dr Max Price (left) with new Fellows Profs Gerald Nurick and Alison Lewis, and DVC Prof Danie Visser

Vice-Chancellor Dr Max Price honoured two new UCT Fellows on 18 October. Professors Alison Lewis of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Gerald Nurick of the Department of Mechanical Engineering were welcomed as new Fellows.

Fellowships are awarded to members of the permanent academic staff in recognition of original, distinguished academic work that the university Council believes merits special recognition.

Three recipients of the 2012 UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Awards were also named. They are Drs Hans Beushausen, of the Department of Civil Engineering, Ake Fagereng, of the Department of Geological Sciences, and William Horowitz, of the Department of Physics.

The annual Young Researcher Awards are offered in recognition of outstanding scholarly work by young academics.