Dr Susan Impey
Senior Lecturer, Materials Programme
Location: Building 61, Cranfield campus
E: s.a.impey@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754062
Manufacturing and Materials
Current activities
Dr Susan Impey is the MSc Programme Director for the Materials Programme postgraduate courses and Course Director for the Manufacturing Technology and Management MSc course.
- Manager of Analytical Services providing support to the University and external clients in materials characterisation and surface analysis
- Mechanical and optical performance of thin films such as Ni microgears, ITO for solar cells and titania for photocatalysis
- Corrosion and oxidation of aluminium and steel
Clients
- EPSRC (CTA and IMRC)
- MOD
- Airbus UK
- Rexam
- Thales
- Thin Metal Films Ltd
- Sentinel
- GB Environmental Ltd
Background
Dr Susan Impey joined Cranfield from the chemical industry. Dr Impey was awarded an MSc in Materials Science (1985) and a PhD (1989) in Metallurgical Engineering for work in aluminium alloy oxidation and recycling. Since this time Dr Impey has conducted research for the Materials Department into oxidation and corrosion aspects of liquid metals for the casting industry, high temperature coatings for the aerospace industry, and ferroelectric ceramics and thin films for the microelectronics manufacturing industry.
Dr Impey is manager of analytical systems at Cranfield and provides support to the University and a service to industry in materials characterisation and failure analysis using analytical methods. Her research interests include the use and development of analytical techniques using surface analysis and electron microscopy. Appointed to the lecturing staff in 2003, and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009, she undertakes teaching and academic activities.
Dr Impey was appointed as Course Director for the MSc Advanced Materials in 2003 and additionally Course Director for the MSc Microsystems and Nanotechnology in 2008. She is currently Programme Director for the Materials MSc courses which comprise Advanced Materials, Microsystems and Nanotechnology and Welding Engineering.
