Sarah Springman
Sarah Springman, CBE FREng, (born 1956) is a British engineer and sportswoman.
Early life, education and family
Born in 1956 in London, Springman has three brothers and is not married.[1] She originally studied soil mechanics at Cambridge University from 1975 to 1979,[2] then she transferred to become an engineer on geotechnical projects in England, Australia and Fiji, and became a chartered engineer in 1983.[3]
Sport
In addition to being a scientist, she represented Great Britain at the elite level in triathlon from 1983 to 1993, competing in the 1990 Commonwealth Games Triathlon in Auckland, New Zealand and winning 20 elite European Triathlon Union (ETU) Championship medals in triathlon and duathlon.[3]
Academic career
Springman has been professor of geotechnical engineering at ETH Zürich since 1997, and the Deputy Head of the Institute for Geotechnical Engineering since 2007.[1][2] She was elected Rector of ETH Zürich on 1 January 2015.[4]
The emphasis of Springman's research is on geotechnical modelling of soil structure interaction problems. Including design and construction of abutments, pile foundations, reinforced soil and oil drilling structures, Springman combines physical modelling in a geotechnical centrifuge with numerical modelling so that the data may be used to develop, calibrate or validate new design methods. At ETH Zürich her group uses a 2.2-metre (7 ft) drum geotechnical centrifuge to carry out practical studies on a range of geotechnical problems.[2]
Awards
- 2000–2008: Member of Schweizerischer Wissenschafts- und Technologierat and ETH Planungskommission.[4]
- 2012: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.[5][4]
Publications
- Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (Proc. 7th Int. Conference, ICPMG, Zürich), CRC Press 2010, ISBN .
- P. W. Mayne, M. R. Coop, Sarah Springman, A. B. Huang, J. Zornman State of the Art Paper: GeoMaterial Behavior and Testing, Proc. 17. ICSMGE, Volume 4, Mill Press/IOS Press, Rotterdam 2009, ISBN .
- Sarah Springman, Phillips, Arenson: Permafrost, Swets und Zeitlinger 2003, ISBN .
- Constitutive and Centrifuge Modelling - two Extremes, Taylor and Francis 2002, ISBN .
References
- ^ a b "Neue ETH-Rektorin: Sarah Springman" (in German). 10vor10. 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Ms Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman" (in German). ETH Zurich. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ a b "Professor Sarah Springman CBE, FREng". University of Bath. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Franziska Schmid (2014-07-11). "Sarah Springman wird neue Rektorin der ETH Zürich". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- ^ "Culture Secretary announces new UK Sport board members" (in German). Department for Culture, Media & Sport. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2014-12-16.