Sara Hagh is the Research Engagement Director at Faculty of Engineering and IT – University of Technology Sydney where she leads the development of strategies and implementation activities that generate an increased volume in research funding from industry, government and grant funding bodies. Prior to this role, she was a Research Development Manager and served in several Postdoctoral Research fellow positions at different engineering schools at University of New South Wales (UNSW). Sara holds a PhD in Nanotechnology from Nanyang university of Technology (NTU), Singapore.