Sarah Springman as Personality in Residence

We are delighted to welcome Professor em. Dame Sarah Springman, DBE, FREng, as Personality in Residence at SQUARE. Prof. em. Springman is Principal at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. From 2015-2021, she was Rector of ETH Zurich.

Sarah Springman studied engineering science and worked as an engineer before returning to Cambridge University to earn a PhD. In 1997, Springman became Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at ETH Zurich. She was the first female Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in Western Europe and the first female Professor of Civil Engineering in Switzerland. Alongside a fulfilling career in engineering, Professor em. Springman was also a high-performance athlete, representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland in triathlon from 1984-1993.

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