SAAE entry wins 2025 CAETS communication competition

The South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE) entered a video, Sustainable automotive technologies: a TUT case study, for the 2025 CAETS Communication Prize and on 10 September 2025 at the gala dinner of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) in Brisbane, Australia, it was announced the winner.

The five-minute video, submitted by Dr Christiaan Oosthuizen of TUT’s Department  Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Fellow Prof Barend van Wyk, DVC for Teaching, Learning and Technology at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), competed with nine other entries from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, China, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland and Uruguay and came out the winner. The prize covers the registration fee to the annual conference as well as travel and accommodation costs (up to $5000 USD) in addition to a $5000 USD monetary award.  Dr Christiaan Oosthuizen attended the conference and received the prize from Luca Noldus, the Chairman of the CAETS Communication Committee.

The annual competition is open to all members of CAETS   and the prize is awarded to the most outstanding audiovisual communication of excellence and innovation in technological sciences or engineering. The aim of the competition is to inspire students to follow careers in engineering and technological sciences and to educate the general public on the impact that engineering and technological sciences have in their lives and future.

The 2026 CAETS Communication Competition will be launched on 1 October 2025. Prospective entrants can contact the SAAE office at office@saae.co.za for more information and an entry form.

The video is available at