Sports Engineering
Posted on April 10, 2006 Comments (5)
MIT is not the first school to come to mind when discussing athletics. However, the MIT Center for Sports Innovation (CSI) is making news. The CSI mission is to expand the students’ learning experience by involving them in the development of sports technology and products.
One project at the Center is a wind tunnel used for bicycle testing:
The design and construction of the bike test stand was Brian Hoying’s senior thesis project. The data acquisition software upgrade was Mark Cote’s freshman term project. The resulting test system was deemed “the best cycling test system I’ve ever seen” by Phil White, owner of Cervélo Cycles, and sponsor of the CSC professional cycling team.
It is great to see student projects with such success.
- PBS Online NewsHour article and podcast
- Figuring ways to go faster with the flow by Phil McKenna, Boston Globe
Mark Cote, a researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of clients — from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America’s leading bicycle manufacturers. Now the wind tunnel specialist plans to use his expertise in fluid dynamics to develop and, he hopes, patent his own advances in aerodynamic cycling gear.
Not bad, considering that Cote, 21, is still an undergraduate.
Posted by curiouscat
Categories: Career, Engineering, Products, Research, Sports, Students, Universities
Categories: Career, Engineering, Products, Research, Sports, Students, Universities
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