Our work on the “Design Development of a Repeatable Helmet Test System for Public Order Threat Recreations” has now been published! This paper, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering in Florence Italy, explains some of the challenges with laboratory recreations of real-world head impact scenarios, particularly for […]
The UCI mountain bike world cup wrapped up in Mont Saint Anne this past weekend in a nail biting, bike smashing, classic Canadian finale.
SERG recently measured the stiffness of mountain bike hubs to assist a local manufacturer.
Dr Louise Burnie completed her PhD with the Sports Engineering Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University and the Great Britain Cycling team May 2015 – March 2020, titled ‘The effects of strength training on intermuscular coordination during maximal cycling’. Since she has gone on to work as a Research Assistant at Swansea University and Senior […]
In February 2017 CSER jetted off to Austria for the third year in a row. We have been providing measuring services for The Jump! A Channel 4 reality show in which celebrities and sports stars compete in a series of Winter sports events. In 2015 we helped TwoFour (the production behind the show) to measure […]
By Professor Edward Winter Introduction During the recent Rio Olympics, I was struck by the number of times commentators used the terms “power” and “powerful”. Examples were, “That was a powerful performance”, “What a powerful run!”, “What power she displayed”. Moreover, in my latest issue of Squash Player, there was a prominent advertisement from a […]
So, there it is, 2012 is now 2013. Olympic year is officially over, leaving emotional memories and a heavily worn box-set of BBC highlights. In Singapore in 2005 after we won the Olympic bid, I vowed that I would have some influence on London 2012, whether it be volunteering or selling flags. I can now […]
Controversial decisions are always a talking point in sport. In high pressure situations it is not uncommon to see athletes caught up in the moment and argue with officials. This is the theme of our next Ask a sports engineer question. In most games, match officials must make crucial decisions very quickly, this can have […]
Number 2: Tennis – Hawkeye assistant official In second place is tennis – although not the technological influence that may first spring to mind. Normally when referring to technological advances in tennis, racket design is the first on the list. Improvements in materials allowed the rackets to become lighter, stiffer and provide a larger hitting […]
Blink and you’ll miss it The next question in our Ask a sports engineer series is: Are sports getting too fast to view? With the constant pushing of boundaries by athlete’s and the wider availability of sports scientists and top coaches many sporting events are becoming more and more closely fought, by a greater number […]
As sports engineers we develop lots of systems to help athletes perform better. Many of these system help by giving the athletes and their coaches more information about the way they move whilst they perform a sporting action. This includes measures such as speed, direction and many other specialised measurements for biomechanical analysis. An example […]
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