Jan Evans-Freeman

Jan H. Evans-Freeman
Residence New Zealand
Institutions Sheffield Hallam University, University of Canterbury
Alma mater University of Manchester

Jan H. Evans-Freeman is the current pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury College of Engineering and an English-New Zealand professor of engineering. After obtaining a Ph.D at the University of Manchester she moved to Sheffield Hallam University and then University of Canterbury in 2009. As well as her academic roles, she holds a number of industry roles.[1]

Education

Evans-Freeman was educated at the University of Manchester Institute of Science of Technology (now known as Manchester University) where she completed a PhD in electronic engineering after obtaining a physics degree with first-class honours.[2]

Career

In 1990 Evans-Freeman became a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science of Technology. In 2004 she then took on the position of Professor of Electronic Materials and Head of Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. Currently Evans-Freeman is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury and has been in this position since 2009 when she moved to New Zealand. [2]

She is a member of the Board for a number of organisations in the electricity sector and engineering industry including the Electric Power Engineering Centre, Transpower, the Wireless Research Centre, Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand and the University of Canterbury Earthquake Centre.[3]

Evans-Freeman has published over 100 research papers including 'Characterisation of defects in p-GaN by Admittance Spectroscopy' and 'Kinetics of self interstitials reactions in p-type silicon irradiated with alpha particles'.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Board of directors". Transpower. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Law, Tina (1 February 2010). "New big wheel in engineering at Canterbury". The Press. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "EPECentre | Jan Evans-Freeman". www.epecentre.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  4. ↑ "UC SPARK - University of Canterbury - New Zealand". www.canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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