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

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

Dates:  8th - 11th July 2024

Location: Loughborough University

Engineering of Sport 15 (ISEA 2024) Conference Proceedings Editors:

Jon Farmer, Loughborough University

Steph Forrester, Loughborough University

Paul Fleming, Loughborough University

Rebecca Grant, Loughborough University

Aimee Mears, Loughborough University

Ieuan Phillips, Loughborough University

Rachael Vatter, Loughborough University

 

The ISEA serves the global community of sports engineers by promoting the technical aspects of sports engineering and by providing a collaborative environment for the collecting and dissemination of knowledge in the field of sports engineering and technology. The 2024 conference was the 15th edition of the bi-annual international conference, last hosted in Purdue University in 2022, and brought together the top minds in sports engineering from academia and industry. The Engineering of Sport 15 took place in Loughborough University’s award-winning campus alongside the World Scientific Congress of Golf.

Sports engineering is an industry that is heavily influenced by advances in other sectors as well as societal pressures and shifts, making working as a sports engineer exciting. However, it also means being keenly aware of how these innovations and discoveries can be integrated and applied, especially as digitalization expands and what people – the athletes, fans, coaches, governing bodies – expect as sport evolves. The conference agenda was designed to engage sports engineers and other attendees in conversations about the current and future state of the industry; highlight how industry, research, and athletes are working together to advance all areas of sport; and showcase the cutting-edge research being done in sports.

A list of the key conference themes were:

Aerodynamics

Bat Sports

Biomechanics & Modelling

Cycling 

Data Science

Females in Sport

Football

Footwear

Golf

Head Trauma

Measurement

Metamaterials

Parasport

Racket Sports

Sports Surfaces

Sustainability

Winter Sports