Head of Wind Energy Innovation Division, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Biography

Sarah Barber, originally an aerodynamicist, is Head of the Wind Energy Innovation Division and Lecturer at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences. She is Co-Operating Agent of IEA Wind Task 43 (Digitalisation) and founder of the WeDoWind ecosystem. As well as this, Sarah is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at the European Academy of Wind Energy. As a qualified Business Coach, she runs leadership workshops for engineers in her spare time. Sarah has a joint M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) and MIT (USA) and a Ph.D. in Aerodynamics from the University of Sheffield (UK). She has been active in the R&D of wind energy since 2007, as a Postdoc and Lecturer at ETH Zurich, Wind Energy Expert at BKW Energie AG, Chief Technology Officer at Agile Wind Power AG and Group Manager at Fraunhofer IWES.