Sarah Napp, PhD

Sarah Napp studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Safety Engineering at Hochschule Ruhr West. After graduating in early 2019, she continued her studies at Hochschule Ruhr West on the Master’s degree programme in Systems Engineering, specialising in Safety Engineering, which she completed at the end of 2020.

Since October 2020, she has been working as an Academic Associate in the subject area of Safety Engineering. As part of this position, she is currently completing her doctorate in cooperation with the University of Kassel.

You can best reach me by email at sarah.napp@hs-ruhrwest.de.

The academic supervisor of the dissertation is Prof. Dr.-Ing. David Schepers.

• Schepers, D., Schwarzer, S.: A Proposal for Improvement of Smoke Detectors. In: 2^nd International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Control CPS&C 2021 (2021), St. Petersburg 
• Schepers, D., Schwarzer, S.: Schädigungen durch Bremsenschocks an sicherheitsrelevanten Komponenten. In: 31. VDI-Fachtagung Technische Zuverlässigkeit 2023 (2023), Nürtingen
• Schepers, D., Schwarzer, S.: The Hidden Gem of IEC 61508: Unveiling the Advantages of the 1oo2D Structure in Embedded Systems. (in press)