Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

Steve J Haake

Biography

Professor Steve Haake is Director of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffield Hallam University, which employs around 35 staff and researchers.
Originally gaining a 1st in Physics at Leeds University he lectured for fifteen years in Mechanical Engineering and founded the International Sports Engineering Association, the journal Sports Engineering and the International Conference on the Engineering of Sport (of which the first two were held in Sheffield).He has edited 9 books, given over a dozen keynotes and contributed to around 180 journal and conference papers on sports engineering. He is a member of the Technical Commission of the International Tennis Federation advising on the effect of equipment design on the rule of tennis, and is a consultant to Adidas.

Professor Haake was awarded an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship in 2010 which he is using to promote the public understanding of science and appears regularly on national radio and TV.

Research Interest

Sports Engineering, Physical Fitness, Sports Nutrion