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SUMMARY  OF  ALL  RESEARCH  PAPERS  WRITTEN  BY  D H WINZKER.

Graduate and Post-Graduate Publications:

  1977   B.Engineering Graduate Thesis:  "An Aerodynamic Optimisation Programme for a Ramjet Propelled Transsonic Missile" , University of Stellenbosch
  1977   B.Engineering Graduate Research Project:  " NACA Flush Air Inlet Velocity Profile, Inlet Efficiency and Boundary Layer Momentum Thickness"

  1985  Master Thesis:    "An Analysis of a Solid Fuel Ramjet", University of Pretoria

  1988  PhD Engineering  Dissertation:  "A Kinetic Energy System Application",  University of Pretoria

  2005  Dr.-Ing  Dissertation:   " A Holistic Management Model for the Transformation of High Technology Engineering Companies", University of Johannesburg



International, peer-reviewed Papers with Presentations at the following Conferences (Years and location of Presentation indicated; Papers written together with L.Pretorius # and/or Platzek*):

PICMET ’99,
( Portland, Oregon)  (3 papers presented)


  1. “System Engineering Management for High Technology Industries in Developing Countries”
  2. “Leadership and Management Competencies for Technology Organisations in Developing Countries”
  3. “TQM in the South African Industry: A Vehicle for Global Competitiveness”
 

PICMET ‘03#, (Portland, Oregon) “A Holistic Management Model for the Transformation of High Technology Engineering Companies for sustained Value Creation and Global Competitiveness”

 

PICMET ‘05#, ( Portland, Oregon) “Melting the Boundaries in Multi-Disciplinary Technology Management by means of Concurrency and System Health”

 

PICMET ‘07#, “Managing Converging Technologies requires System Health”

 

PICMET ‘08#, (Cape Town)  “The Leverage Effect of Holistic Engineering and Technology Management to Sustain a Developing Economy”

 

PICMET ‘09#, ( Portland, Oregon), “Technology and Engineering Management in a Fast Changing World”

 

PICMET ‘10#, (Phuket, Thailand), “Biomedical Technology: A Case Study of Forecasting in Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field Therapy”

 

PICMET ‘11#, ( Portland, Oregon) “ISEE Energy Technology Management”

 

PICMET ‘12#, (Vancouver, Canada) (2 papers presented)
# 1.  “The role and management of Kuhn-like Paradigm Shift in the successful application of Breakthrough Scientific Technologies”
#* 2. “Sustainability in Technology-Driven Business Environments: A Company Level Approach” 

 

PICMET ‘14#, ( Kanazawa, Japan) “A Technology Management Model for Entrepreneurial Ventures”

 

IEMC ‘05#, (St. Johns, Canada) “Developing and Implementing Strategic Intent in a Post-Modern World”     

 

IAMOT ‘06#, (Beijing, China) ”Post-Modern Engineering and Technology Management for Organisational Health”

 

IAMOT ‘08#, (Dubai, UAE)  “Managing Engineering and Technology in a Knowledge Economy”   

 

ICEE/ICEER ‘09#, (Seoul, Korea) “Facilitating Culturally Appropriate Engineering and Technology Management Teaching and Research at Post-Graduate Level”

       

ISPIM ‘09#,   (Vienna, Austria) “Assessment of a Holistic Management Model for High Technology Businesses”

 

DMD 2010#, (Minneapolis, Minnesota) “A Breakthrough from an Unexpected Corner: Turning an old Technology into a Paradigm Shift”

 

2010    6th Int'l Scientific Conference#*, (Vilnius, Lithuania)  “A Role Model for Entrepreneurial Firms in a Global Business Environment”


Some of the above papers were published in relevant Journals.


More general Papers written for specific occasions and presented at Conferences internationally during the 1980’s:

                                    Gun weapon system accuracy

                                    Projectile stability

                                    Fuzes and their Challenges in typical Gun Projectile environments

                                    Kinetic Energy Projectiles

                                    Rotational Imbalance of Artillery Projectiles

                                    External Ballistics for 155mm Artillery

                                    Solid Fuel Ramjet Applications

                                    The Quest for Technical Excellence

                                    ALERT!- A Management Acronym

                                    De-Integration: A Management Model

                                    Mechanical Reliability

                                    Looking anew at Military Logistics!

                                    A Farewell to Marketing?

                                    Non Zero Sum Kennzahlen: Eine etwas andere Perspektive / Non Zero Sum Ratios: A Different Perspective.

                                    The SA Defense Industry: Re-Configure the Technology Portfolio, Re-Focus and Re-Group     

 

Also: Written and published a quarterly Newsletter on Management issues during the 1990’s.


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