Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the

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. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down from this role at the end of January 2017. His successor at Hull is Professor Susan Lea.

Education

Pistorius obtained the degree B.Sc (Eng) ( cum laude) in electronic

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from the

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in 1979 and the degree B.Eng (Hons) (cum laude) in electronic engineering from the same university in 1981. He obtained a

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degree in electrical engineering from the

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in the

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in 1984, a

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degree in electrical engineering also from the Ohio State University in 1986, and a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the

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in 1994.

Academic career

Pistorius is a consultant to industry and government on issues relating to strategy, management of technology, technological innovation, competitiveness and national technological policy. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation in South Africa. Pistorius has published widely both nationally and internationally and has 107 academic publications to his credit. He has received numerous awards and prizes including the prize for the best Ph.D dissertation from the ElectroScience Laboratory at the Ohio State University, the President's Award from the National Research Foundation and the Bill Venter Prize for outstanding contributions to research published in book form by university personnel in South Africa. At the university, Pistorius was head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering for five years, Director of the Institute for Technological Innovation for four years, Director of Information Technology for two years and Dean of the Faculty for one and a half years. On 25 February 2009, it was announced that Pistorius would be stepping down from his position as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the

, in order to take up the role of Vice-Chancellor of the

, as of 1 September 2009. He was chair of Yorkshire Universities, a Yorkshire Patron, a director of Jisc and served on the City Leadership Board in Hull. He resigned from the position of vice-chancellor of the University of Hull in 2017, and was succeeded by Susan Lea.

References

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