Dr Sarah Day
Senior Teaching Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Mrs Day is a Teaching Fellow within the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics. She teaches biomechanics and clinical skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students to prepare them for work within the Prosthetic and Orthotic industry, and supervises postgraduate engineering students in their research degrees. Her main teaching and research interests are in upper limb prosthetics, focusing on the ways that technology can be integrated with the user to improve quality of life. She is currently researching the link between amputation incidence and prosthetic referral/usage rates, and has a keen interest in fabrication methods and material technology. Sarah has authored two book chapters and has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is a respected educator and an Auditor of Education Pathways for the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO). Having spent many years working overseas Sarah is aware of the worldwide skill shortage in Prosthetics and Orthotics and has developed a program of Short Courses and CPD to meet some of these needs.
Prize And Awards
- WISE Cultivating Talent Award
- Recipient
- 12/6/2026
- Strathclyde Union Teaching Excellence Awards: Innovative Teaching Award
- Recipient
- 27/5/2026
- Strathclyde Union Teaching Excellence Award: Best in Engineering
- Recipient
- 27/5/2026
- BAPO P&O Award
- Recipient
- 7/5/2025
- Top 50 Women in Engineering 2022: Inventors & Innovators Finalists
- Recipient
- 22/6/2022
- ISPO auditor
- Recipient
- 1/8/2021
Publications
- Who prepares, and why does it matter? Exploring patient factors influencing prehabilitation participation prior to elective surgery
- Day Sarah, Olapade Kehinde, Nixon Ionna
- Doctoral School Multidisciplinary Symposium (DSMS) 2026 (2026)
- A qualitative synthesis to explore clinician and user experiences of accessing prosthetic and orthotic services in low- and middle-income countries using the three-delays model as a framework
- Kombe Eunice, Prior Yeliz, Ackers Helen Louise, Day Sarah, Donovan-Hall Maggie
- Disability and Rehabilitation Vol 48, pp. 598-612 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2516170
- Partial Hand Limb Difference : A Guide to Making a Decision About Prostheses
- Carlyle Kirsty, Day Sarah, Donovan-Hall Maggie, Buis Arjan
- (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00096111
- Getting the Right Fit : Prosthetic Sockets and Engineering Principles
- Buis Arjan, Day Sarah, Sargent Marisa
- (2026)
- Working with partial hand prosthetics : an investigation into experiences of clinicians
- Carlyle Kirsty, Buis Arjan, Donovan-Hall Maggie, Day Sarah
- Prosthetics and Orthotics International Vol 49, pp. 207-213 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000371
- An ex vivo animal model to study the effect of transverse mechanical loading on skeletal muscle
- Sargent Marisa, Wark Alastair W, Day Sarah, Buis Arjan
- Communications Biology Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05994-0
Teaching
I am responsible for teaching the Upper Limb Biomechanics and Control Concepts, and Upper Limb Prosthetics classes within our BSc(Hons) Prosthetics & Orthotics course, as well as other classes such as Transtibial Prosthetics and Human Biological Sciences. I also teach Research Methodology to postgradute students and supervise a number of undergraduate and postgraduate student projects.
I have an interest in shape capture and CAD, and have been leading the intergration of these into P&O teaching to reflect modern clinical practice.
Professional Activities
- 3D Printed Socket Design for Upper Limb Prosthetics: Clinician Perspective
- Speaker
- 10/9/2026
- Who Prepares, and Why Does It Matter? Exploring Patient Factors Influencing Prehabilitation Participation Prior to Elective Surgery
- Contributor
- 26/8/2026
- The 2nd International Online Conference on Prosthesis
- Member of programme committee
- 1/4/2026
- Pedagogy: What Makes a Great P&O Practical Class? Exploring Best Practices in Managing People and Resources.
- Contributor
- 24/3/2026
- International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Global Educators Meeting (GEM), Bangkok Thailand 23–25 March 2026
- Speaker
- 24/3/2026
- ERAS Pathway in Recovery
- Contributor
- 26/2/2026
Projects
- Human-Centered Design and Co-Creation in Upper Limb Prosthetics
- Day, Sarah (Principal Investigator)
- Guest Editor for Special Issue of Prosthesis journal
- 01-Jan-2026 - 27-Jan-2027
- The development of advanced control system for upper limb prostheses - Calum Robertson
- Day, Sarah (Principal Investigator) Robertson, Calum (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2017 | Carlyle, Kirsty
- Day, Sarah (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Carlyle, Kirsty (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 22-Jan-2026
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Carlyle, Kirsty
- Day, Sarah (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Carlyle, Kirsty (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 22-Jan-2026
- Upcycled Plastic Prosthetics (UPP)
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Day, Sarah (Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
- LegBank project Google
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Day, Sarah (Co-investigator)
- 29-Jan-2016 - 28-Jan-2019
Contact
Dr
Sarah
Day
Senior Teaching Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Email: sarah.day@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4034