Design engineering methods applied to novel blind hockey puck prototyping

Engineering of Sport 15 - Proceedings from the 15th International Conference on the Engineering of Sport (ISEA 2024)

The parasport of Blind Hockey is a variation of the sport of ice hockey for athletes who are legally blind or have partial sight.  In 2019 USA Hockey approached the Mechanical Engineering Department at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) about redesigning the current blind hockey puck they have been using. This document describes ongoing undergraduate research done as part of an independent study design course.