Dr. Krumdieck is Chair in Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland where she leads the academic programme of the Islands Centre for Net Zero. The ICNZ was announced in 2021 with £33M in core and matching funding to realise transition to climate-safe energy in the Scottish Islands by 2030. She is the co-founder and a Trustee of the Global Association for Transition Engineering (GATE). Transition Engineering is a new discipline that, like Safety Engineering, has straight-forward methods and tools for duty of care in meeting sustainability objectives in all fields. Susan has more than 160 peer reviewed publications, and her book Transition Engineering, Building a Sustainable Future (CRC Press, 2020) has received great reviews and sold more than 20,000 copies. Transition Engineering is growing rapidly with on-line microcredentials at University of Canterbury. Susan’s pioneering research over 20 years in NZ developed the data observatories and engineering tools for transition of personal and freight transport and energy. She is probably most well-known for providing frank and politically agnostic information about technology or energy problems and options.
