Engineering

Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Materials at the University of Lancaster. Sarah began her engineering career via a degree in Materials Engineering from Sheffield University which was followed by PhD research at the University of Nottingham into surface modification induced solid state phase transformations within shape memory alloys. This was followed by industrially collaborative post-doctoral research into mechanical alloying and powder processing techniques for the production of alloys.

In 1998 she joined Durham University where she led a number of industry/academia collaborative interdisciplinary research projects in bioengineering, tribology, manufacture and materials research along with lecturing into undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses in Applied Mechanics, Design, Materials and Bioengineering.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining, a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Environmentalist, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She peer reviews for EPSRC (life science college member from 1999), the Higher Education Academy and is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining education committee. She is also contributing to the University of Cumbria's Energy Coast campus project which is working towards the development of higher level engineering provision in west Cumbria, collaborative with local providers.