Steph Forrester BEng, MSc, PhD Lecturer in Sports Technology Phone: +44 1509 564824 Fax: +44 1509 564820 Email:  s.forrester@lboro.ac.uk

- Background

2008 →          Lecturer in Sports Technology
2006-08         Research Associate, Sports Biomechanics, Loughborough University
2005-06         MSc in Sports Biomechanics, Loughborough University
1999-2005     Professional Triathlete in the Great Britain team
1998               Process Engineer, AstraZeneca, Huddersfield
1996-97         Postdoctoral Researcher, Australia
1991-95         PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge
1987-91         BEng in Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh

- Research Groups

Sports Technology Research Group

- Research Interests and Activities

• Biomechanical aspects of athletic performance applied to the design and testing of sports equipment (artificial surfaces, footwear and sports bras).
• The interaction between performance, technology and the athlete / coach (golf).
• The development of biofidelic mechanical test devices (athletic footwear).

  Current PhD Students
  Rene El-Kati - Surface Behaviour Under Player Movements for ‘in-game’ Scenarios
  James Jones - Robotic Emulation of the Human Footstrike
  Aimee Smith - The Use of Technology in Golf Coaching
  Laura Whittingham - Development of an Innovative Sports Bra Grounded in Research
  Nick McLaren - Artificial Turf: Integrating Maintenance and Sport Surface Science

- External Activities

Reviewer for several journals including:

• Journal of Applied Biomechanics
• Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
• Proceedings IMechE Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
• Proceedings IMechE Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology
• Medical Engineering and Physics

Selected Invited Presentations:

• Invited speaker at the 2007 Annual Conference of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Bath.

Other

• Co-organiser of the 2nd International SportSURF Conference on the Science, Technology and Research into Sport Surfaces (STARSS2, Loughborough University, April 2010)

- Teaching Responsibilities

Teach on the following Sports Technology modules:

• MMA700 Measurement Principles
• MMB302 Engineering Computation for Sports Technology (Responsible examiner)
• MMB502 Applied Sports Technology 2
• MMB504 Application of Product Design
• MMB701 Measurement and Experimental Design
• MMC500 Individual Project (typically 4 students)

- Publications

View central admin publications database (new window)

- Further Links

Steph Forrester’s Web page
Sports Technology Research Group