Susan Krumdieck


Susan Pran Krumdieck is a New Zealand engineering academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Canterbury.

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. 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.

Other

From 2018 onwards, Krumdieck has been a member of the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy 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.

Selected works