Sarah Hainsworth

Sarah Hainsworth
Nationality British
Education University of Newcastle

Sarah Hainsworth FREng is Professor of Materials and Forensic Engineering at the University of Leicester where she is currently Head of the Department of Engineering.[1]

Education

Hainsworth was educated at the University of Newcastle where she was awarded BEng and PhD degrees.[1]

Career

Hainsworth came to public attention for her analysis of the wounds found on the skeleton of Richard III. This related the tool marks to possible weapons.[2][3] Her work has also including engineering a safe drinking glass by examining how the design and manufacture of glasses influences the way in which they fracture. She has also done research on automotive materials, is Director of the Advanced Microscopy Centre and heads the Materials Technology Integration Centre (MaTIC).[1][4] In 2016 she succeeded Professor Helen Atkinson as Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester.[5] She has acted as an expert witness and actively encourages young women to take up engineering as a career.[6][7]

Awards and Honours

Hainsworth was awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Tribology Bronze Medal in 1995, the Rosenhain Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining in 2008, and was nominated as one the Women's Engineering Society's Outstanding Technical Women in 2009. In 2015, she received the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Engineering Sciences Section Andrew H. Payne Jr. Special Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to forensic engineering sciences.[1] In 2016 she was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Hainsworth". University of Leicester Engineering. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Appleby, Jo; Rutty, Guy N; Hainsworth, Sarah V; Woosnam-Savage, Robert C; Morgan, Bruno; Brough, Alison; Earp, Richard W; Robinson, Claire; King, Turi E. "Perimortem trauma in King Richard III: a skeletal analysis". The Lancet. 385 (9964): 253–259. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60804-7.
  3. ↑ "King Richard III died brutally during Battle". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ Earp, Richard W.; Hainsworth, Sarah V.; Eustice, David A.; Robinson, Catherine; Glendenning, Malcolm D. (2015-06-01). "The Effect of Tempering and Wall Thickness on the Fracture of Pint Glasses". International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 6 (2): 196–207. doi:10.1111/ijag.12099. ISSN 2041-1294.
  5. ↑ "Helen Atkinson". University of Leicester Graduate Dean. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Coleman, Liam (2016-06-12). "Forensic expert visits Loughborough College". loughborough. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  7. ↑ "First Person: 'Just to be clear, I've never cried in the lab...'". Leicester Mercury. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Sarah Hainsworth". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 11 October 2016.


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