Media
The E2HS project has attracted considerable media interest and a number of awards and industry accolades.
Media coverage
The Times, Sunday Times, The Saturday Times (Body & Soul), The
Independent, The Express, The Daily Star, Running & Fitness, Men's
Health, New Design, Time Compression Technologies, Manufacturing
Technologies, The Engineer, Professional Engineering, Materials
World, Connect, The Discovery Channel (Canada), British Satellite
News, BBC Breakfast, Regional radio stations
Awards & accolades
The new Rapid Manufacturing process that has been developed during the E2HS research project has won a USA Society of Manufacturing Engineering Breakthrough Technology Award in May 2009. This was the only winner of this award from outside the USA. more>>
The new RM process was highlighted by EPSRC in its Connect magazine as an exemplar of how IMRC funded research works at is best.
The E2HS project was cited as an example of collaborative research the 2008 Engineer Innovation Award, made to the Sports Technology Institute for its support for industry.
Public understanding of science & engineering
The research to optimise sprint spikes for the individual athlete was selected by the Institute of Engineering Technology as a case study to encourage school children to become engineers. A short documentary film, starring our researchers and describing the project is available on the IET website, as part of the IET's Faraday initiative.
view the film
Our researchers have been involved in a variety of other public outreach programs such as the EPSRC's New Outlooks in Science and Engineering (NOISE) initiative, a national campaign to raise awareness for science and engineering. Dan Toon in one of several Sports Technology Researchers who are NOISE ambassadors. View Dan's NOISE profile.
Press releases
- Breakthrough technology invented at Loughborough wins prestigious US award
- Next generation sprint spikes developed at Loughborough University could be key to medal-winning success
- Loughborough success in The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards
