* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * In the competitive realm of elite sports, athletes are constantly striving for peak performance, aiming to run faster, jump higher, and achieve their utmost potential. Central to this pursuit is biomechanical analysis, a pivotal tool for evaluating and optimizing human performance in various sporting disciplines. By providing quantitative […]
Every day, academics and professionals working within the sports industry are creating new ideas and discovering new things. The sports industry is a medley of cross-disciplinary knowledge and collaboration, bringing together engineers, nutritionists, psychologists, physiologist, people managers and coaches, biomechanists, programmers, and even chemists, who are helping to shape and define the future of sport! […]
Our doctoral (PhD) community within the the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at SHU are our engine room – rush the boundaries of our (and the disciplines) research and innovation across a broad array of fields. In this blog we hear from one of our existing PhD students; Thomas Mitchell on their journey thus far. […]
* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * The Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at Sheffield Hallam University works closely with TeamGB sports – measuring the health and performance of their athletes. If you watch TV footage of Olympic events this summer in Paris (or are lucky enough to be there!) you will see TeamGB support staff in […]
* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * Childhood gait, the unique way in which children walk, run, or move, is a fascinating aspect of human development. From the early stages of crawling to the confident strides of adolescence, a child’s gait undergoes significant changes, influenced by various factors such as age, motor skill development, biomechanics, and individual […]
* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * When we hear the words wearable technology, we may tend to think about digital watches or fitness trackers which many of us use to track our daily activities or help guide our fitness regimes. But this same technology offers great potential to support patients with long term conditions […]
* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * Human body measurement is an essential tool for life as we know it; from the trivial: such as the fit of the clothes you wear, to the critical: such as the prescribed dosages of your medical treatments. For all these applications we typically rely on simple body measures […]
World Engineering day seems like the perfect opportunity for us to start shouting about the new funded PhD opportunities we currently have out for advertisement. There are 6 in total: More information about each of these can be found here on the SHU website, searching Sport & Physical Activity Research Centre in the Department field. […]
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With a growth in Sports Engineering and Sports Technology prevalence, industry and courses across the globe, we often find the two terms are used interchangeably. But they are different things… and how do they relate to Sports Science? Sports Engineering Sports engineering is the application of math, science and engineering principles and techniques to the […]
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