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Sports engineers are typically involved in the following activities:

  • Equipment design: designing and building new equipment based on the requirements of athletes. ''e.g. racing wheelchair design''

  • Lab experiments and testing: measuring the behaviour of equipment, athletes and their interaction in a controlled environment. ''e.g. measuring football boot traction''

  • Computational modelling: simulating the forces acting on athletes and their equipment (Finite Element Analysis) or simulating the airflow around equipment (Computational Fluid Dynamics). ''e.g. football aerodynamic analysis''

  • Field testing: recording the behaviour of sports equipment in a match environment. ''e.g. high-speed video recording of tennis players hitting the ball''

  • Working with governing bodies: assessing the effects of rule changes or understanding injury risks.

  • Working with athletes: working together to improve their performance.



Sports engineers usually have a MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering or Sports Engineering, and many go on to undertake further research in the form of a PhD. The majority of sports engineering research in UK universities is done at Sheffield , Sheffield Hallam, Loughborough, Bath, Strathclyde and Queen Mary’s (London).