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 CAETS Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, it was announced the winner. Click here to watch the video.

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 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 (the international Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences) and the prize is awarded to the most outstanding audiovisual communication of excellence and innovation in technological sciences or engineering.

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.