Traumatic brain injury in sport: improving personal protective equipment, international testing standards and injury event simulation for particular sports and beyond - Ref: AHUF2018

Many of the worlds sports governing bodies are actively pursuing research to better understand and reduce the risk of single or multiple traumatic brain injuries resulting in immediate or future impairment. Loughborough University’s Sports Technology Institute is working with key industry partners to conduct world leading research to improve personal protective equipment, international testing standards and injury event simulation for particular sports and beyond. This PhD offers the opportunity for a motivated individual, perhaps with their own enthusiasm for sport, to make a career launching contribution in this important field.

Links to find out more
The work is currently supported by the ECB sport science and medicine team, the FIH and the UK Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology:
https://www.ecb.co.uk/national-cricket-performance-centre/sport-science-and-medicine-team
https://www.ecb.co.uk/national-cricket-performance-centre/sport-science-and-medicine-team
https://www.ecb.co.uk/national-cricket-performance-centre
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/centre-for-applied-science-and-technology-information

Additional funding is being sought from EPSRC and the UK Football Association.

The work complements previous and current work by Tom Payne, Jon Farmer and Ben Stone:
https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/17951
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/sti/postgraduate/current-researchers/jon-farmer/
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/sti/postgraduate/current-researchers/ben-stone/

Entry requirements
Applicants should have, or expect to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Sports Technology or a related subject.

A relevant Master’s degree and/or experience in one or more of the following will be an advantage: Engineering Design; Biomedical Engineering; Biomechanics; or similar.

How to apply
All applications should be made online. Under programme name select Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Please quote reference number: AHUF2018