Engineering Gold - Sports Engineering Design
Date 15 July 2008
Time
18:30 for 19.00 Start
Location
Pennine Theatre, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University,
Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WD
All dates
13 February 2008 Rome, Italy
02 March 2008 Holon, Israel
11 March 2008 Dublin, Ireland
31 March 2008 Prague, Czech Republic
08 April 2008 Grenoble, France
10 April 2008 Paris, France
12 April 2008 Ankara, Turkey
14 April 2008 St Julians, Malta
19 April 2008 Fribourg, Switzerland
22 April 2008 Sophia Antipolis, France
16 May 2008 Turin, Italy
19 May 2008 Paphos, Cyprus
22 May 2008 Nicosia, Cyprus
15 July 2008 Sheffield, UK
Sponsors
Speaker
Professor Steve Haake
About this event
Individual sports have developed over the last thousands of years with only current manufacturing capabilities, the laws of physics and imagination as the limiting factors. The development of professional sport as a spectator sport has necessitated Laws to be developed for each sport to ensure that everyone plays by the same rules.
However, in our technological world, there are plenty of opportunities to use science and engineering to enhance performance either of athletes, products, or more generally of the two together. This presentation will describe research being carried out at Sheffield Hallam University to understand the fundamental mechanics of the athlete's interaction with equipment. The research uses extensive footage using high speed video running at over 4,000 pictures per second to slow down the action of sports men and women. Computer simulations will be used to look at developments in sports such as football, tennis, cycling, and skeleton bobsleigh.
In Olympic and UEFA European Championship year, the use of technology leads to the inevitable question - when is it cheating? Come along to find out the answer.
Cost
This is a Free Event. However, attendance is strictly by ticket only.
IET attendees are requested to print their "on line" IET registration form and exchange this for a SHU official ticket when entering the venue.
Programme
18.30 Arrival - Tea & Coffee - Exchange IET Registration Code for SHU Ticket
19.00 Lecture Commences
20.30 (Approx) Buffet & Drinks Reception
Organiser
IET South Yorkshire Local Network