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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Engineering and Technology Management

Brent, AC

BEng (Stell) MSc (Chalmers) PhD(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

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Telephone number: 012 420 3929
Fax number: 012 362 5307
E-mail address: alan.brent@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Life Cycle Engineering

Scope and structure of engineering management

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Heuberger R, Brent AC, Santos L, Sutter C, Imboden D: 2007. CDM projects under the Kyoto protocol: A methodology for sustainable assessment - Experiences from South Africa and Uruguay. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 9 (1), pp 33-48.

Brent AC, Rogers DEC, Ramabitsa-Siimane TM, Rohwer MB: 2007. Application of the analytical hierarchy process to establish health care waste management systems that minimise infection risks in developing countries. European Journal of Operational Research, 181 (1) / Aug, pp 403-424, Full Text

Brent AC, Petrick W: 2007. Environmental impact assessment during project execution phases: towards a stage-gate project management model for the raw materials processing industry of the energy sector. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 25 (2) / Jun, pp 111-122.

Nyoka M, Brent AC: 2007. Application of an environmental valuation approach that incorporates externality costs in sustainability decision-making of the metallurgical sector. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 107 (10) / Oct, pp 663-669.

Labuschagne C, Brent AC: 2007. Sustainability assessment criteria for projects and technologies: Judgments of industry managers. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 18 (1) / May, pp 19-33, Full Text

Brent AC, Van Erck RPG, Labuschagne C: 2007. Sustainability cost accounting - Part 2: A case study in the South African process industry. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 18 (1) / May, pp 1-17, Full Text

Brent AC, Premraj S: 2007. Environmental management systems in the automotive supply chain in South Africa: A pilot study. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 18 (2) / Nov, pp 21-34, Full Text

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Brent AC, Pretorius MW: 2007. Sustainable development: A conceptual framework for the technology management field of knowledge and a departure for further research. In IAMOT 2007 16th International Conference on Management of Technology, World Scientific Publishing Co, p. CD.

Lubbe FH, Brent AC: 2007. The transfer and commercialisation of technology from South Africa to foreign markets in the financial services industry. In IEEE Africon 2007 Proceedings, IEEE, p. CD.

 

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