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Sarah Wakes
AwardsFellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Thesis
  • The development of a sand wave (1991)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Sarah Jane Wakes is an English-born New Zealand applied mathematician and engineer, and is a full professor at the University of Otago. She is the first woman to be head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the university.

Academic career

Wakes was born in England.

PhD titled The development of a sand wave at the University of Nottingham in 1991.[2] Wakes was a chartered engineer and marine engineer in the UK, and through the UK Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology is also a chartered engineer in New Zealand.[1][3][4] Wakes joined the University of Otago in 2002, initially in the design department, then in applied sciences.[1] Wakes has also been the director of the university's Clothing and Textile Sciences programme.[1] In 2021 Wakes was appointed as the head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She was the first woman to lead the department in the university's 150-year history.[1] Wakes was appointed a full professor in 2024, and as of 2024 is a member of the university Senate.[3][5]

Wakes is considered an expert on

open ocean.[3] She also works on the sustainability of materials.[3]

In 2022 Wakes was elected as a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, in recognition of her contribution to engineering education.[4][3]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Sarah Wakes (Q77324264).
  • Sarah J. Wakes; Tanja Maegli; Katharine J. Dickinson; Mike J. Hilton (February 2010). "Numerical modelling of wind flow over a complex topography".
    Wikidata Q56936554
    .
  • Lauren M. Degenstein; Rachel H. McQueen;
    Wikidata Q125016489
    .
  • Wikidata Q125016495
    .
  • Andrew T. Hart; Mike J. Hilton; Sarah J. Wakes;
    Wikidata Q56974724
    .
  • Wikidata Q125016491
    .
  • Sarah Wakes; A E Holdø; A J Meares (1 January 2002). "Experimental investigation of the effect orifice shape and fluid pressure has on high aspect ratio cross-sectional jet behaviour".
    Wikidata Q42043439
    .
  • Wichai Pattanapol; Sarah J. Wakes; Michael J. Hilton;
    Wikidata Q125198043
  • Y. Jiao; C.R. Lloyd; S.J. Wakes (September 2012). "The relationship between total embodied energy and cost of commercial buildings".
    Wikidata Q125198045
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gibb, John (30 March 2021). "Making a difference in learning that counts". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ Wakes, Sarah Jane (1991). The development of a sand wave (PhD thesis). University of Nottingham.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Otago, University of (12 December 2023). "Otago announces 29 new professors". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Past winners | Engineering New Zealand". www.engineeringnz.org. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b Statistics, Department of Mathematics and (7 November 2022). "Professor Sarah Wakes". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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