International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA): Summer School

Summer School

2009 ISEA Summer School - Chemnitz, Germany, Aug 31st to Sept 4th

Summer is just around the corner. It's time to get out and give your muscles a solid workout. But together is better, and what if you could involve your thinking powers as well?

The ISEA Short-time Summer School (s3) offers all that and more. You can be part of a highly motivated group of students from all over Europe who share their enthusiasm in sports and the technology behind it. Make new friends and discuss in detail the intricacies of developing and testing sports equipment.

The focus of this year's summer school will be on instrumentation which is a vital component of the testing of sports equipment. You will learn how to apply sensors and other measuring devices in order to determine load collectives influencing the athlete's use of the equipment. In some cases this may prove a real challenge since you will not want to restrict the athlete. You will have the opportunity to apply the new insights to various sports right away. Furthermore, you will learn how to collect and process respective data in order to arrive at meaningful conclusions about the properties of the tested equipment.

The ISEA Short-time Summer School will take place in Chemnitz, Germany, at the foot of the beautiful Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains).

SPORTS ENGINEERING UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN - June 2005

The ISEA international summer school of sports engineering brought together students, researchers and sports engineers from Europe, Australia, Canada and USA at the Monash University Centre in Prato from 1-7 June 2005. The presentations, workshops and forum discussions were conducted in the 18th century palace, Palazzo Vaj, in the historic centre of this ancient Tuscan city.

The participants of the summer school were actively involved in exploring the sports engineering principles and applications such as sports materials, sports dynamics, sports aerodynamics, sports equipment, design and innovation. They have also been put to the test to design new innovative tennis racquets and other sports equipment within teams facilitated by HEAD and DECATHLON sports engineers. The beautiful Palazzo Vaj, wonderful Tuscan weather (and red wine) inspired our teams to push the boundaries of creativity in conceptualising new sports engineering innovations for the future. After the daily program discussions often extended into the night at one of many Prato's piazas or at the famous Kings Pub (the unofficial headquarters of the sports engineering enthusiasts). At the awards banquet we have also collectively explored the definition of sports engineering; an exercise that has questioned many traditional views in this regard and that has yielded a new perspective of this field.

The entire group also visited Lamborghini and Ducati manufacturing plants and museums in the suburbs of Bologna. The visits provided more insight into the motorsports industry. It was especially exciting for everyone to experience how the famous yellow Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster (recently featured on-screen in the movie Batman Begins) is designed, manufactured and driven with passion.

Tour picture

As the ISEA summer school ended, we have all left Prato knowing that we have made new friends and colleagues who share the same passion for sports engineering. Most of all, we left with an intention to meet again at the 2006 ISEA Summer School.

Group picture





Summer School 2009 ISEA Summer School - Chemnitz, Germany, Aug 31st to Sept 4th Summer is just around the corner. It's time to get out and give your muscles a solid workout. But together is better, and what if you could involve your thinking powers as well? The ISEA Short-time Summer School (s3) offers all that and more. You can be part of a highly motivated group of students from all over Europe who share their enthusiasm in sports and the technology behind it. Make new friends and discuss in detail the intricacies of developing and testing sports equipment. The focus of this year's summer school will be on instrumentation which is a vital component of the testing of sports equipment. You will learn how to apply sensors and other measuring devices in order to determine load collectives influencing the athlete's use of the equipment. In some cases this may prove a real challenge since you will not want to restrict the athlete. You will have the opportunity to apply the new insights to various sports right away. Furthermore, you will learn how to collect and process respective data in order to arrive at meaningful conclusions about the properties of the tested equipment. The ISEA Short-time Summer School will take place in Chemnitz, Germany, at the foot of the beautiful Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). SPORTS ENGINEERING UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN - June 2005 The ISEA international summer school of sports engineering brought together students, researchers and sports engineers from Europe, Australia, Canada and USA at the Monash University Centre in Prato from 1-7 June 2005. The presentations, workshops and forum discussions were conducted in the 18th century palace, Palazzo Vaj, in the historic centre of this ancient Tuscan city. The participants of the summer school were actively involved in exploring the sports engineering principles and applications such as sports materials, sports dynamics, sports aerodynamics, sports equipment, design and innovation. They have also been put to the test to design new innovative tennis racquets and other sports equipment within teams facilitated by HEAD and DECATHLON sports engineers. The beautiful Palazzo Vaj, wonderful Tuscan weather (and red wine) inspired our teams to push the boundaries of creativity in conceptualising new sports engineering innovations for the future. After the daily program discussions often extended into the night at one of many Prato's piazas or at the famous Kings Pub (the unofficial headquarters of the sports engineering enthusiasts). At the awards banquet we have also collectively explored the definition of sports engineering; an exercise that has questioned many traditional views in this regard and that has yielded a new perspective of this field. The entire group also visited Lamborghini and Ducati manufacturing plants and museums in the suburbs of Bologna. The visits provided more insight into the motorsports industry. It was especially exciting for everyone to experience how the famous yellow Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster (recently featured on-screen in the movie Batman Begins) is designed, manufactured and driven with passion. As the ISEA summer school ended, we have all left Prato knowing that we have made new friends and colleagues who share the same passion for sports engineering. Most of all, we left with an intention to meet again at the 2006 ISEA Summer School.