Prof J H (Harry) Wichers
South Africa
Prof. Harry Wichers has been a part-time lecturer at the North West University (NWU), former Potchefstroom University for CHE, on pre- and postgraduate levels in Systems Engineering and Reliability Engineering from 1986 - 2000. He continued to lecture on pre and postgraduate level at the same university in various Engineering Management subjects from 2003 to 2010. These subjects included Creative Entrepreneurship, Maintenance Management and Entrepreneurial Career Skills. He has also lectured at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), Vanderbijlpark, in the subjects Maintenance Engineering. He was instrumental in 2004 in the establishment of the Centre for Research and Continued Engineering Development in the Vaal Triangle, (CRCED Vaal), focusing on delivering Master and Doctoral degrees in Engineering Management to Industry. Prof. Wichers is a registered Professional Engineer with ECSA, member of the Institutes of Business Management and Mechanical Engineers (SAIME) and founder member and ex-president of the Southern African Maintenance Association (SAMA).
Profile created 11 October 2018
Articles and Papers
- Human Capital Evaluation: What your Company paid for its Human Capital and what it got for its Money - Featured Paper - Bradley, Wichers - June 2020
- Evaluating aspects of power plant performance using Project Success Life Cycle Model (PSLCM) - Featured Paper - Budeli, Wichers - November 2018
- Critical Success Factors to Optimise Power Plants Life Cycle Management - Featured Paper - Budeli, Wichers - October 2018