Staff Profile
Dr Sue Haile
Senior Lecturer
- Email: sue.haile@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7279
- Address: School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials,
Newcastle University,
Merz Court,
NE1 7RU
Introduction
Originally a zoologist, I have crossed the divide to engineering where I have in interest in all areas relating to sustainable engineering whilst maintaining research interests in ecology as well. I have wide experience of working with industry to show how it can improve its environmental performance whilst still maintaining a profitable company. My main role within the University is the teaching of Sustainability and the supervision of postgraduate projects in industry, but also the practical implementation of improved Environmental Management on campus.
Roles and Responsibilities
University Sustainability Advisor
DPD Director MSc Clean Technology
Senior Lecturer CEAM
Member of the University Environment and Sustainability Committee
Member of the University Biodiversity Committee
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Zoology 2:2 (Dunelm), 1976
MSc Public Health Engineering (Newcastle), 1978
PhD Civil Engineering (Newcastle), 1983. Thesis: The Effect of Inert Suspended Solids on Stream Invertebrates
Previous Positions
1976-77 Research Assistant, Department of Biological Science, Durham University
1983-86 Ridley Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University.
Working on the treatment of coke oven effluent using activated carbon in partnership with British Steel.
1986-92 Research Associate and Senior Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University.
Assessing the environmental impact of Hydro-electric power releases from a Hydro-electric power station
1992-95 Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University.
Setting up short courses, teaching environmental aspects of Chemical Engineering to undergraduates and Course Director and principle lecturer for post graduate MSc in Clean Technology which I set up in 1993.
Memberships
Energy Institute
Honours and Awards
Newcastle University Nominee for the UK National Teaching Fellowship Award 2003
Certification of Appreciation in recognition of efforts and excellence in teaching School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials 2004/5
Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Teacher Award 2011
Royal Academy of Engineering Exxonmobil Excellence in Teaching Award 2012
Languages
French : Basic conversational
German : Limited
Informal Interests
Horse riding, (Dressage); Dogs; Gardening; Natural History
Undergraduate Teaching
CME1025 Principles of Sustainability
CME2021 Risk and Risk Communication
BIO3031 Water Pollution and freshwater ecology
Postgraduate Teaching
CME8037 Sustainable Design and Manufacture
CME8035 Life Cycle Assessment
CME8038 Sustainability in Industry
CME8010 Pollution monitoring
CME8001 Occupational and Environmental Monitoring
CME8012 Business and Environmental Management Systems
CME8208 Environmental Management and Sustainability
CME8041 Clean Technology Applications
CME8024 Environmental Auditing
CME8019 Energy Management
CME 8021 Safety Risk and Environment in the pipeline industry
Research
Supervised over 300 MSc Clean Technology Research projects mostly industry based .
typically projects are on Waste and Energy minimisation, Clean Design, Carbon management, Environmental Management systems
Publications
· Impacts of effects of Kielder Reservoir on Ecology of River N Tyne (Funded by Northumbrian Water, NRA, and CEGB) Sole investigator, 1986-1993
· Assessment of acidification in the Kielder catchment (for Forest Enterprise, UK), Sole investigator, 1989-92
· Impacts of effects of reservoir draw-down on ecology of man- made lakes (Funded by Northumberland Water) Sole investigator, 1993-96
· Environmental Training needs analysis for Small and Medium sized businesses (funded by European Social Fund), Principle investigator, 1998-00, value £50,000
· Assessment of phosphate activity in cyanophytes (EPSRC) PhD studentship 1998-01
· EPSRC Masters Training Package support for MSc Clean Technology, 1999-2004,
- Development of Case studies in Sustainable Engineering VP scheme, (Royal Academy of Engineering) , Co-investigator with Dr P Norman, 1998 – 03,
Successful Supervision of 2 PhD students
- Glassey J, Haile SM. Sustainability in chemical engineering curriculum. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 2012, 13(4), 354-364.
- Norman P, Tham M, Haile S. Designing for a sustainable future - promoting outreach through the use of case studies. In: 24th Annual Conference on Engineering Design Education/9th National Conference on Product Design Education. 2002, Coventry University, Coventry, England.
- Norman P, Tham MT, Haile S. Designing for a Sustainable Future – Promoting Outreach through the use of Case Studies. In: 9th National Conference on Product Design Education (Sharing Experience in Engineering Design). 2002, Coventry, UK.
- Cava RJ, DiSalvo FJ, Brus LE, Dunbar KR, Gorman CB, Haile SM, Interrante LV, Musfeldt JL, Navrotsky A, Nuzzo RG, Pickett WE, Wilkinson AP, Ahn C, Allen JW, Burns PC, Ceder G, Chidsey CED, Clegg W, Coronado E, Dai H, Deem MW, Dunn BS, Galli G, Jacobson AJ, Kanatzidis M, Lin W, Manthiram A, Mrksich M, Norris DJ, Nozik AJ, Peng X, Rawn C, Rolison D, Singh DJ, Toby BH, Tolbert S, Wiesner UB, Woodward PM, Yang P. Future directions in solid state chemistry: Report of the NSF-sponsored workshop. Progress in Solid State Chemistry 2002, 30(1-2), 1-101.
- Haile S, Glassey J. Teaching of sustainability: Higher education (HE) case studies. In: Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, 2016, pp.1128-1139.
- Haile S, Glassey J. Teaching of sustainability: Higher education (HE) case studies. In: Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development. IGI Global, 2014, pp.398-409.
- Cheng CTY, Peng RY, Haile SM, Chen Y-Y, Chen M-Y, Jhang D-T, Fan H-J. Nutrient recovery from nitrocellulose manufacturing wastewater. Sustainable Environment Research 2013, 23(1), 33-39.