Background
- Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics, Leeds, UK, 1987-1989
- Scientific Researcher, Health and Safety Executive, UK, 1990-1994
- Lecturer, Loughborough University, UK, 1995 to 2015
- Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University, UK, 2015 to 2022
- Reader in Systems Reliability, Loughborough University, UK, 2022 to date
Key awards and accomplishments
- Kenneth T Whitby Award of the American Association for Aerosol Science
Outline of main research interests:
The prime focus of Sarah’s research is on the application and development of methods for predicting the unavailability and unreliability of complex and novel systems across various industries.
Recent research projects include:
- Resilience modelling
- Development of resilience methodology to model the performance of nuclear reactors. This approach considers not only the availability of systems but also their ability to recover in the presence of failure
- Application and enhancement of reliability methods to optimise system performance.
- Enhancing the performance of Automated guided vehicles by modelling their operation and maintenance using petri nets.
- Applying fault trees, petri nets, and bond graphs to improve the reliability of PEM fuel cells.
- Improving the performance of off shore wind turbines
- Risk and Reliability generation methods.
- Automated petri net model generation in order for more timely reliability assessment of systems to be undertaken in the design phase.
- Modelling Service Support System Reliability
- Reliability modelling of phased missions.
- Vehicle Safety and new hazard analysis technologies
Current teaching responsibilities
- TTA003 Fluid Mechanics
- TTA200 Risk Analysis
- TTB100 System Reliability Assessment
- TTD 100 Advanced Reliability, Availability and Maintenance
- TTP 210 Advanced Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
Current administrative responsibilities
- Part B Automotive Engineering Tutor
- Year Tutor - Auto Part C and D
Yan, R, Dunnett, S, Jackson, L (2023) Impact of condition monitoring on the maintenance and economic viability of offshore wind turbines, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 238, 109475, ISSN: 0951-8320. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2023.109475.
Yan, RD, Dunnett, S, Andrews, J (2022) A Petri net model-based resilience analysis of nuclear power plants under the threat of natural hazards, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 230, 108979, ISSN: 0951-8320. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2022.108979.
Yan, RD and Dunnett, S (2022) Resilience assessment for nuclear power plants using Petri nets, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 176, 109282, ISSN: 0306-4549. DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109282.
Yan, RD, Dunnett, S, Jackson, L (2021) Model-based research for aiding decision-making during the design and operation of multi-load automated guided vehicle systems, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 219, 108264, ISSN: 0951-8320. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2021.108264.
Vasilyev, A, Andrews, J, Dunnett, S, Jackson, L (2021) Dynamic reliability assessment of PEM fuel cell systems, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 210, 107539, ISSN: 0951-8320. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2021.107539.
Yan, RD and Dunnett, S (2021) Improving the strategy of maintaining offshore wind turbines through petri net modelling, Applied Sciences, 11(2), 574, DOI: 10.3390/app11020574.
Yan, RD, Dunnett, S, Jackson, L (2020) A study for further exploring the advantages of using multi-load automated guided vehicles, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 57, pp.19-30, ISSN: 0278-6125. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2020.08.005.
External Collaborators:
Sarah has collaborated with various industries and public organisations including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, and Leicestershire police. Recent collaborators include:
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- Nottingham University
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
External roles and appointments:
- PhD External Examiner: Nottingham University, Leeds University
- Reviewer for international journals including: Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Journal of Risk and Reliability Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering International.
- Programme committee member for international conferences including: IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability, European Safety and Reliability conference, Advances in Risk and Reliability Technology.