Susan Krumdieck

Susan Pran Krumdieck is a New Zealand engineering academic. She was an academic from 2000 to 2020, and the first woman appointed to full professor in engineering in 2014 at the University of Canterbury. She is currently Professor and Chair in Energy Transition at Heriot-Watt University.
Academic career.
After a PhD titled " 'Experimental characterization and modeling for the growth rate of oxide coatings from liquid solutions of metalorganic precursors by ultrasonic pulsed injection in a cold wall low pressure reactor' " at the University of Colorado, she moved to the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor. She continues her research work on titanium dioxide (TiO2). One of her PhD students, when experimenting with TiO2, created a black TiO2 coating. Initially regarded as an undesirable outcome, it was later discovered that this new coating had anti-microbial properties under normal light.
She teaches and researches in the field of energy transition engineering.
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Krumdieck was appointed an honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sustainability research and engineering.
Other.
From 2018 onwards, Krumdieck has been a member of the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy (UNISCS) working group. The group has been investigating ports in the upper half of the North Island, coastal shipping and port supply chains. One of the issues they consider is whether to reopen part of the North Auckland Line and build a new branch line, Marsden Point Branch, to connect to Northport.