Sarah Sharples

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Sarah Sharples
FREng FIET
Born
Sarah Catherine Nichols

(1972-11-01) 1 November 1972 (age 52)
Kingston upon Thames
Education Wimbledon High School
Alma mater University of Nottingham (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields Psychology
Virtual Reality [1]
Institutions University of Nottingham
Department for Transport
University of Manchester
Thesis Virtual Reality Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE): methodological and the theoretical issues  (1999)
Website www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/sarah.sharples OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Sarah Catherine Sharples FREng FIET (born 1972) [2] is a British chartered ergonomist and academic specialising in human factors and ergonomics. [3] [4] [5] She has served as Professor of Human Factors at the University of Nottingham since 2012 and chief scientific adviser for the Department for Transport since 2021. As of 2025 she has spent all her academic career at the University of Nottingham, and served as pro-vice-chancellor for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) from 2018 to 2021. [6] [7] [2] [8] In June 2025, it was announced that she would be joining the University of Manchester in September 2025 as vice-president and dean of its Faculty of Science and Engineering. [9]

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Early life and education

Sharples was born on 1 November 1972 in Kingston upon Thames, England. [2] She was educated at Wimbledon High School, an all-girls private school in London. [2] She studied psychology, human factors, and engineering at the University of Nottingham (BSc, MSc, PhD). [2] Her doctoral thesis investigated Virtual Reality Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE). [10]

Career and research

In 2024 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) [11] In 2025 she was appointed Vice President and Dean at the University of Manchester. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Sarah Sharples; Sue Cobb; Amanda Moody; John R. Wilson (March 2008). "Virtual reality induced symptoms and effects (VRISE): Comparison of head mounted display (HMD), desktop and projection display systems". Displays. 29 (2): 58–69. doi:10.1016/J.DISPLA.2007.09.005. ISSN   0141-9382. Wikidata   Q107618072.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Anon (2025). "Sharples, Prof. Sarah Catherine" . Who's Who (177th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2720. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U291516. ISBN   9781399411837. OCLC   1427336388.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Sarah Sharples publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ Sarah Sharples publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Sarah Sharples publications from Europe PubMed Central OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ "Faculty of Engineering: Sarah Sharples". nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Professor Sarah Sharples". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Tatum, Adrian (23 March 2021). "University of Nottingham's Prof Sarah Sharples to become Chief Scientific Adviser at the DfT". highways-news.com. Highways News. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "New Vice-President and Dean appointed". manchester.ac.uk. The University of Manchester. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Nichols, Sarah (1999). Virtual Reality Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE): methodological and the theoretical issues. nottingham.ac.uk (PhD thesis). The University of Nottingham. OCLC   557383601. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.287192.
  11. ↑ Anon (2024). "Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes 71 new Fellows" . Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ↑ Anon (2025). "New Vice-President and Dean appointed". manchester.ac.uk.
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