Dr Pieter le Roux

Research Interests

• Design of lower-limb prosthetics components
• Intelligent Machining of Titanium alloys
• Finite Element Analysis Simulations
• Fatigue Testing and Surface Integrity Analysis
• Machine design

Brief Bio

Dr. Pieter le Roux is a lecturer and Senior Head of Programme in Mechanical Engineering at IIE MSA. A skilled academic and researcher, he holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, where his doctoral research focused on enhancing fatigue life in titanium alloys through optimized machining.

Dr. le Roux has broad teaching experience across subjects like fluid dynamics

and machine design and serves as course coordinator for The IIE Engineering capstone projects. He also chairs the Engineering Research, Ethics, and Quality Assurance Committee and has led industry projects with companies such as Anglo-American and BMW, with several publications to his name.