{"id":4301,"date":"2024-10-24T07:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=4301"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:29:32","slug":"affiliation-industrial-engineering-operations-management-mechanical-engineering-department-ieomme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/affiliation-industrial-engineering-operations-management-mechanical-engineering-department-ieomme\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliation &#8211; Industrial Engineering, Operations Management &#038; Mechanical Engineering Department FET"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4301\" class=\"elementor elementor-4301\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f336114 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f336114\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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