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Associate Professor Sarah Wakes

(PhD Nottingham)Sarah Wakes(2022)

Head of Department

Fellow of Engineering New Zealand
Member of Senate
Member of Academic Leadership Development Programme Advisory Group
Member of Standing Committee and Academic Board for Sciences Division

Office: Science III, room 2.10
Tel +64 3 479 3148
Email sarah.wakes@otago.ac.nz

About

Sarah joined the University in 2002 and is currently the Head of Department for Mathematics & Statistics. She is a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, a member of the Institute of Marine Engineers Science and Technology and both a chartered engineer and a chartered marine engineer in the UK. She is also a member of the New Zealand Mathematical Society, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society and New Zealand Coastal Society.

Teaching responsibilities

Sarah's teaching responsibilities include:

  • MATH 120 Mathematics for Scientists
  • MATS 204 Treasure or Trash: Sustainability of materials
  • EMAN 301 Fluids and Heat Transfer
  • ENVI 111 Environment and Society

Research Interests

Sarah’s current research interests are based around using Computational Fluid Dynamics software to predict flows over sand dunes and the interaction of technology and industrial design. She is interested in air/wind interaction with complex geometries as well as sedimentation effects.

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Publications

Wakes, S. J., Maegli, T., Dickinson, K. J., & Hilton, M. J. (2010). Numerical modelling of wind flow over a complex topography. Environmental Modelling & Software, 25(2), 237-247. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.08.003

Pattanapol, W., Wakes, S. J., Hilton, M. J., & Dickinson, K. J. M. (2008). Modeling of surface roughness for flow over a complex vegetated surface. International Journal of Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, 2(1), 18-26.

Fahey, M., Wakes, S. J., & Shaw, C. T. (2008). Use of computational fluid dynamics in domestic oven design. International Journal of Multiphysics, 2(1), 37-57.

Jiao, Y., Lloyd, C. R., & Wakes, S. J. (2012). The relationship between total embodied energy and cost of commercial buildings. Energy & Buildings, 52, 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.05.028

Wakes, S., & Caudwell, J. (2010). The illusion of weightlessness. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 17(2), 95-102. doi: 10.1080/17457300903308316

Wakes, S. J., Maegli, T., Dickinson, K. J., & Hilton, M. J. (2010). Numerical modelling of wind flow over a complex topography. Environmental Modelling & Software, 25(2), 237-247. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.08.003

Journal - Research Article

Pattanapol, W., Wakes, S. J., Hilton, M. J., & Dickinson, K. J. M. (2008). Modeling of surface roughness for flow over a complex vegetated surface. International Journal of Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, 2(1), 18-26.

Journal - Research Article

Fahey, M., Wakes, S. J., & Shaw, C. T. (2008). Use of computational fluid dynamics in domestic oven design. International Journal of Multiphysics, 2(1), 37-57.

Journal - Research Article

Jiao, Y., Lloyd, C. R., & Wakes, S. J. (2012). The relationship between total embodied energy and cost of commercial buildings. Energy & Buildings, 52, 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.05.028

Journal - Research Article

Wakes, S., & Caudwell, J. (2010). The illusion of weightlessness. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 17(2), 95-102. doi: 10.1080/17457300903308316

Journal - Research Article

White, L. V., Lloyd, B., & Wakes, S. J. (2013). Are Feed-in Tariffs suitable for promoting solar PV in New Zealand cities? Energy Policy, 60, 167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.079

Journal - Research Article

White, L. V., Cooke, I. R., Wakes, S. J., & Sowerby, S. J. (2013). Quantitative particle microscopy in self-metered fluids. Journal of Microscopy, 250(3), 159-165. doi: 10.1111/jmi.12031

Journal - Research Article

Petersen, P. S., Hilton, M. J., & Wakes, S. J. (2011). Evidence of aeolian sediment transport across an Ammophila arenaria-dominated foredune, Mason Bay, Stewart Island. New Zealand Geographer, 67(3), 174-189. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2011.01210.x

Journal - Research Article

Wakes, S., & Beukes, A. (2012). Height, fun and safety in the design of children's playground equipment. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 19(2), 101-108. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2011.603148

Journal - Research Article

Wakes, S., Fahey, M., & Shaw, C. T. (2010). Enhancing and optimising the use of engineering tools within the design process. Design Principles & Practices, 4(1), 23-32.

Journal - Research Article

Goellner, M., Wakes, S., & Shaw, C. T. (2009). Industrial designers' processes and tools: Projections for developing web-based design guidelines. Journal of Design Research, 8(1), 66-86.

Journal - Research Article

Fahey, M., Wakes, S. J., & Shaw, C. T. (2007). Exploration of a horizontal confined impinging heated jet using both experimental and numerical methods. International Journal of Multiphysics, 1(4), 433-455.

Journal - Research Article

Pattanapol, W., Wakes, S. J., & Hilton, M. (2011). Using computational fluid dynamics to determine suitable foredune morphologies in New Zealand. Journal of Coastal Research. (Special Issue 64), (pp. 298-302). [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Goellner, M., Wakes, S., & Shaw, C. T. (2008). Systematic design tools: A South Pacific approach to investigate the use of new design guidelines. In I. Horváth & Z. Rusák (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tools and Methods for Concurrent Engineering Symposium. (pp. 479-493). TMCE. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Wakes, S. J., Maegli, T., Dickinson, K. J. M., & Hilton, M. (2008). Three-dimensional flow simulation over a complex sand dune system. In C. A. Brebbia (Ed.), Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions VII. (pp. 221-230). Ashurst, UK: WIT Press. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Wakes, S. J., & Brown, C. (2006). Numerical modelling of a hand in water. Proceedings of the Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference and the Eleventh International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology. 4, (pp. 183-188). New York: ASME. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Pattanapol, W., Hilton, M. J., & Wakes, S. J. (2011). Effects of topography on wind flow and sand transport & development options: Ocean Beach Domain. Commissioned by Dunedin City Council. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 22p.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Hart, A. T., Hilton, M. J., Wakes, S. J., & Dickinson, K. J. M. (2012). The impact of Ammophila arenaria foredune development on downwind aerodynamics and parabolic dune development. Journal of Coastal Research, 28(1), 112-122. doi: 10.2112/jcoastres-d-10-00058.1

Journal - Research Article

Pattanapol, W., Wakes, S. J., Hilton, M. J., & Dickinson, K. J. M. (2007). Modeling of surface roughness for flow over a complex vegetated surface. Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering & Technology, 32, 273-281.

Journal - Research Article

Wakes, S. J., Holdo, A. E., & Meares, A. J. (2002). Experimental investigation of the effect orifice shape and fluid pressure has on high aspect ration cross-sectional jets behaviour. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 89(1), 1-27.

Journal - Research Article

Meares, A. J., Holdo, A. E., & Wakes, S. J. (1997). A novel method of seeding a pressurised air system for flow visualisation. Measurement Science & Technology, 8(10), 1183-1186.

Journal - Research Article

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