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Professor of sports engineering Steve Haake is a media fellow for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Council, the founding editor of the Sports Engineering Journal and technical consultant to the International Tennis Federation and Adidas. He is an in-demand media expert on goal-line technology, sports engineering, aerodynamics and sporting performance. Steve is head of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research at the University.
Expertise
- Physics of tennis
- History of technology of sport
- Traction of studded footwear
- Modelling of injury and its prevention
- Modelling of performance
Notable coverage:
- The Star [June 2014] - Legacy bid of scholarship
- Business Standard [July 2012] - Why sprinters are performing better than ever before
- The Guardian [July 2012] - London 2012 Olympics: How athletes use technology to win medals
- Yahoo! Sport [July 2012] - Engineers see Olympic future of spray-on suits
- The Engineer [June 2012] - The goal of the game
- The Independent [March 2012] - The Bolt effect: How chasing Usain Bolt made the world run faster
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