A newly developed test rig for measuring the shaft stiffness of ski boots was developed by the Professorship of Sport Equipment and Materials. The test rig is part of the exhibition "150 Years of Mechanical Engineering" which is displayed in the main building of the faculty of mechanical… [read more]

This year, the 12th Symposium of the dvs-Section "Sports Informatics and Sport Technology" (spinfortec2018) will take place at Campus Garching/Munich. Start of the event: 06th of September 2018, 09:00 a.m.End of the event: 07th of September 2018, 03:00 p.m. • Start of contribution briefing:… [read more]

As part of this year's PhD students workshop at the research station "Schneefernenerhaus", Professor Senner and his scientific collaborators Aljoscha Hermann and Philipp Kopp used the great opportunity to climb up the Zugspitze (the highest German Mountain) on the most beautiful, but at the same… [read more]

Like in the summer term 2015 and in the winter term 2016/2017, two Students are travelling to Sydney this October. There, they will complete their interdisciplinary project semester in the Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory of The University of Sydney. The Lab is under supervision of Dr. Ollie Jay and… [read more]

Due to the "Central Innovation Program for SMEs" of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy a two-and-a-half-year research project (duration: 01.09.2017 - 31.01.2020) was approved for the Professorship of Sport Equipment and Sport Materials. In cooperation with BUSCH GmbH & Co. KG a… [read more]

Within the module "Methods of Sports Technology" also the lecture "Sports Technology Project" took place in summer term 2017 in the surroundings of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. One group of students dealt with the traction properties of trail running shoes - the rather rainy weather provided the ideal… [read more]

At the Lehrstuhl-Orientierungs-, Informations- und Forschungstagung (= LOIFT) at Friday 23rd of June, 30 Chairs and Professorships of the Faculty of Engineer Sciences (MSE) presented their actual research to a large audience of students to facilitate their next academic career-steps especially for… [read more]

As part of the seminar "CAD Basics and Innovation Assessment" the participating students visited the OutDoor Friedrichshafen. They took a closer look at the products exhibited at the trade fair for outdoor and outdoor-sports and evaluated them with respect to their innovative content. More… [read more]

With three team members the Professorship of Sport Equipment and Materials was strongly represented at the ISSS2017. During five conference days, Prof. Veit Senner, Mirko Barone and Aljoscha Hermann were presenting and discussing their research in the field of skiing safty. [read more]

23rd Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft 13. - 15. September 2017 at the Technical  University of Munich Find attached some informations concerning the TUM Hochschultag 2017 and the Call for Papers. Entries can be submitted by April 21, 2017 via the… [read more]