Professor Sara Walker SFHEA

Professor Sara Walker

School of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Energy

Contact details

Email
s.walker.2@bham.ac.uk
Address
Birmingham Energy Institute
School of Chemical Engineering
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Sara Walker is Professor of Energy and Co-Director of the .

Her work has a focus on energy transitions, and whole energy systems, with an interest in building energy performance and hydrogen integration into energy systems.

She is Director of the UKRI Hub on Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transitions (HI-ACT) and Co-Director of the UKRI Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC).

Sara also contributes to the wider energy community through roles on the UKRI Strategic Advisory Committee on Energy and Decarbonisation, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) Advisory Board, and the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) Advisory Board.

Qualifications

  • PhD Energy, 2003, De Montfort University
  • MSc Environmental Science (Distinction), 1994, Nottingham University
  • PGCE Secondary, 1992, Leicester University
  • BSc (Hons) Physics (2i), 1991, Leicester University

Teaching

Having just joined University 麻豆精选, teaching duties are not yet confirmed but likely to include renewable energy technologies and policy.

Other activities

  • Member of UKRI Strategic Advisory Committee on Energy and Decarbonisation
  • Member of UK Energy Research Centre Advisory Board
  • Member of UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre Advisory Board
  • Former member of UKRI ReFLEX Advisory Board
  • Former chair of the Borderlands Energy Masterplanning Committee
  • Advisor to the (2021) Citizens Climate Assembly Committee for the North of Tyne Combined Authority
  • Former member of North East Climate Coalition Indicators Working Group

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Nikkhah, S, Allahham, A, Alahyari, A, Patsios, C, Taylor, PC, Walker, SL & Giaouris, D 2024, '', International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 159, 110041.

Domingo, D, Royapoor, M, Du, H, Boranian, A, Walker, S & Goldstein, M 2024, '', Energies, vol. 17, no. 16, 4014.

Sarhan, A, Ramachandaramurthy, VK, Sin, TC, Walker, SL, Salman, B & Padmanaban, S 2023, '', IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 97478-97492.

Deakin, M, Sarantakos, I, Greenwood, D, Bialek, J, Taylor, PC & Walker, S 2023, '', Applied Energy, vol. 333, 120618.

Allahham, A, Greenwood, D, Patsios, C, Walker, SL & Taylor, P 2023, '', Frontiers in Energy Research, vol. 11, 1217070.

Conference article

Zografou-Barredo, N-M, Walker, SL, Withers, J & Sellami, N (ed.) 2024, '', Engineering Proceedings, vol. 71, no. 1, 6.

Ben, H, Walker, S, Brown, C, Kolo, I & Falcone, G 2023, '', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 2600, no. 2, 022015.

Ben, H & Walker, S 2023, '', Building Simulation Conference Proceedings, vol. 18, pp. 2940-2947.

Conference contribution

Khalil, M, Stephen McGough, A, Kazmi, H & Walker, S 2024, . in J He, T Palpanas, X Hu, A Cuzzocrea, D Dou, D Slezak, W Wang, A Gruca, JC-W Lin & R Agrawal (eds), 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 3785-3793, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2023, Sorrento, Italy, 15/12/23.

Khalil, M, McGough, AS, Kazmi, H & Walker, S 2023, . in 2023 IEEE 6th International Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (BDAI). International Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (BDAI), IEEE, pp. 50-55, 6th International Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, BDAI 2023, Haining, China, 7/07/23.

Scholes, SC, Greenwood, DM, Sarantakos, I, Walker, SL & Taylor, PC 2023, . in 19th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2023). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), pp. 92-96, 19th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, ACDC 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1/03/23.

Khalil, M, McGough, S, Pourmirza, Z, Pazhoohesh, M & Walker, S 2022, . in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computer Applications (AEECA). Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computer Applications (AEECA), IEEE, pp. 357-363, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computer Applications, AEECA 2022, Dalian, China, 20/08/22.

Review article

Royapoor, M, Allahham, A, Hosseini, SHR, Rufa鈥橧, NA & Walker, SL 2023, '', Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, vol. 18, no. 1, 2272264.

Pamulapati, T, Cavus, M, Odigwe, I, Allahham, A, Walker, S & Giaouris, D 2022, '', Energies, vol. 16, no. 1, 289.

Heng, YB, Ramachandaramurthy, VK, Verayiah, R & Walker, SL 2022, '', IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 33183-33199.