She teaches Industrial Design and Engineering Analysis (Fluid Dynamics and Structural Analysis) to Design for Technology students. Research interests include using CFD to predict flows over sand dunes and the Interaction of technology and design. She has worked with Fisher and Paykel on a FRST TIF project embedding engineering methods within their design process. Sarah also sits on the editorial board of the International Journal of Multiphysics and reviews for Journal of Hazardous Materials, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Design Practices and Principles and Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. She recently represented the University of Otago at a New Zealand Future Strategy workshop and chairs a University working party on Environmental Studies.