Are there any engineering jobs that deal with sports?
September 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized
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DaMarcus asked:
What kinds of jobs would you do as an engineer who works in the sports field?
Also what major should you choose for this?
What kinds of jobs would you do as an engineer who works in the sports field?
Also what major should you choose for this?
Tags: Engineer, Engineering Jobs, Sports
September 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
i don’t think so there will be any such
but if you are interested in sports in some companies
they conduct sports games for their staffs entertainment.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
Sports engineering is a field of engineering that involves the design, development and testing of sports equipment. The equipment used by athletes has always gone through technological design and development based on current knowledge and understanding. Sports engineering only became official in 1998 when the Sports Engineering Research Group and the International Sports Engineering Association were formed at the University of Sheffield. Since then, the field has grown immensely and now involves many universities, sports companies, regulatory bodies and sports clubs across the world.
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).
October 4th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Any sport that uses equipment needs design and manufacturing engineers. If the sport involves prize money or media coverage they hire test and measurement specialists, telemetry specialists, imaging specialists, and any other kind of engineer they think might give them the teensiest advantage in performance or media coverage. An especially rewarding area is designing gear for handicapped athletes. Sorry, I don’t know the current socially correct term, but do you really expect social skills from an engineer?.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Yes there are. You might try working on a TV crew that broadcasts sporting events.Start out as cameraman and later in production.Working on a crew is laying cables and setting up cameras and more.You might have to do some repairs too.
Be sure to start out small and learn all you can and work your way up and maybe some day perhaps you’ll be big network engineer.It might take several years but who knows.
Learn all you can on High Diffinition TV.It’s here and now engineering
Best money is in the Network TV Engineering field.
Good Luck
October 8th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Nike uses materials engineers and biomechanical engineers to help design their shoes. I’m sure most other companies that make serious sporting shoes or equipment (bicycles, helmets, football padding, etc.) use them too.