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    | 08:00  
  
Arrival + Coffee/Tea and registration | 
  
  
  
    
    | 09:00  
  
Senaatszaal - Keynote lecture by Sadayuki Ujihashi Chair: Frans van der Helm/Arjen Jansen
 
  
    
    
      | 09:00 30 mins
 | History of Sports Engineering - Its Origin and Future Sadayuki Ujihashi
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    | 09:30  
  
Senaatszaal - Keynote lecture by Robert Riener Chair: Frans van der Helm/Arjen Jansen
 
  
    
    
      | 09:30 30 mins
 | Cybathlon: Promote the Development of User-Centered Assistive Devices Robert Riener
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    | 10:00  
  
Break | 
  
  
  
    
      
      | 10:20  
  
Race prediction and pacing Chair: Heather Driscoll
 
  
    
    
      | 10:20 20 mins
 | TOUR DE FRANCE MODELING:  2015 RESULTS AND COMPARISONS WITH ELITE CYCLIST POWER DATA Chad Hobson, John Goff
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      | 10:40 20 mins
 | THE OPTIMAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR CYCLING IN A TIME TRIAL Robbert Fokkink, Jenny de Jong, Geert Jan Olsder, Arend Schwab
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      | 11:00 20 mins
 | DEVELOPMENT OF A KAYAK RACE PREDICTION INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND ATHLETE EFFECTS Adam Higgens, Lauren Conway, Joe Banks, Dominic Taunton, Dominic Hudson, Stephen Turnock
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   | 10:20  
  
Athlete feedback systems Chair: Hugo Espinosa
 
  
    
    
      | 10:20 20 mins
 | DEVELOPEMENT OF A WEARABLE LIFE-FEEDBACK SYSTEM TO SUPPORT PARTIAL WEIGHT-BEARING WHILE TRAINING LOWER EXTREMITIES Andrés Igor Tkachenko Bril, Veronika David, Matthias Scherer, Patricia Kafka, Anton Sabo
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      | 10:40 20 mins
 | FROM PROBLEM TO SOLUTION: A THREE-STEP APPROACH TO DESIGN A PERSONALIZED SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR RECREATIONAL RUNNERS Steven Vos, Mark Janssen, Jos Goudsmit, Coen Lauwerijssen, Aarnout Brombacher
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      | 11:00 20 mins
 | BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR NOVICE SNOWBOARDING Benjamin Moeyersons, Franz Fuss
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   | 10:20  
  
Baseball; bat and catcher mask design Chair: Hiroki Okubo
 
  
    
    
      | 10:20 20 mins
 | A FINITE ELEMENT INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BAT TAPER GEOMETRY AND BAT DURABILITY Joshua Fortin-Smith, James Sherwood, Patrick Drane, David Kretschmann
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      | 10:40 20 mins
 | EVALUATION OF CATCHER MASK IMPACTS Patrick Schwizer, Marc Demierre, Lloyd Smith
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      | 11:00 20 mins
 | WOOD BASEBALL BAT MODELING TO DETERMINE A SCORE TO PREDICT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BAT PROFILE AND DURABILITY Joshua Fortin-Smith, James Sherwood, Patrick Drane, David Kretschmann
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    | 11:20  
  
Morning mini-break | 
  
  
  
    
      
      | 11:30  
  
Data analysis and algorithms Chair: Geurt Jongbloed
 
  
    
    
      | 11:30 20 mins
 | FINDING THE OPTIMAL BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION ALGORITHM FOR EUROHOCKEY 2015 VIDEO David Higham, John Kelley, Chris Hudson, Simon Goodwill
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      | 11:50 20 mins
 | ACTIVITY RECOGNITION IN SURFING – A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL AND SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE Hannes Höttinger, Franziska Mally, Stefan Litzenberger, Anton Sabo
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      | 12:10 20 mins
 | ASSESSING HUMAN-FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MOTH Joseph Banks, Laura Marimon-Giovannetti, Joshua Taylor, Stephen Turnock
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   | 11:30  
  
Motivation and persuasion to compete in sports Chair: Mathieu Gielen
 
  
    
    
      | 11:30 20 mins
 | ePARTICIPATION IN SPORTS Christoph Uran, Helmut Wöllik, Alfred Müller
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      | 11:50 20 mins
 | DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISED TRAINING AT HOME WITH KINECT V2 Matthias Scherer, Andreas Unterbrunner, Bernhard Riess, Patricia Kafka
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      | 12:10 20 mins
 | WHICH MOTIVES ARE PREDICTORS FOR LONG-TERM USE OF EXERGAMES? Caroline Adam, Veit Senner
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   | 11:30  
  
Design optimization and simulation of sports products Chair: Marc van der Zande
 
  
    
    
      | 11:30 20 mins
 | A COMPARISON OF NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL FABRICATION METHODS FOR AUXETIC FOAMS FOR SPORTS SAFETY APPLICATIONS Olly Duncan, Leon Foster, Terry Senior, Tom Allen, Andrew Alderson
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      | 11:50 20 mins
 | AN ASSESSMENT OF BICYCLE FRAME BEHAVIOUR UNDER VARIOUS LOAD CONDITIONS USING NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS Derek Covill, Philippe Allard, Jean-Marc Drouet, Nicholas Emerson
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      | 12:10 20 mins
 | EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR EQUESTRIAN APPLICATIONS Karin Brolin, Jacob Wass
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    | 12:30  
  
Lunch | 
  
  
  
    
      
      | 13:30  
  
Aerodynamics of cycling; wake analysis Chair: Andrea Sciacchitano
 
  
    
    
      | 13:30 20 mins
 | AN ANALYSIS OF THE WAKE OF PEDALLING CYCLISTS IN A TANDEM FORMATION Nathan Barry, David Burton, John Sheridan, Nick Brown, Mark Thompson
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      | 13:50 20 mins
 | A COMPARISON OF THE WAKE STRUCTURES OF SCALE AND FULL-SCALE PEDALLING CYCLING MODELS Timothy Crouch, David Burton, Mark Thompson, John Sheridan, Nicholas Brown, James Venning
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      | 14:10 20 mins
 | DRAFTING EFFECT IN CYCLING: INVESTIGATION BY WIND TUNNEL TESTS Marco Belloli, Stefano Giappino, Fabio Robustelli, Claudio Somaschini
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   | 13:30  
  
Design of new sports surfaces Chair: Paul Flemming
 
  
    
    
      | 13:30 20 mins
 | MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE “TILE TO TILE” ATTACHMENT MECHANISM DESIGNS, FOR A MODULAR PLASTIC TILE SPORTS FLOOR USING FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING Alexander Walker
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      | 13:50 20 mins
 | ROOT ZONE CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS HYBRID BERMUDAGRASS (C. DACTYLON X C. TRANSVAALENSIS) RESPONSES TO SIMULATED TRAFFIC Adam Thoms, James Brosnan, John Sorochan
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      | 14:10 20 mins
 | A 3D NUMERICAL MODEL FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF RUNNING TRACKS PERFORMANCE Luca Andena, Serena Aleo, Stefano Mariani, Francesco Briatico-Vangosa, Andrea Pavan
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   | 13:30  
  
Thermodynamics in sports products Chair: Stefan Litzenberger
 
  
    
    
      | 13:30 20 mins
 | THE ZERO HEAT FLUX METHOD AND SWEAT LOSS MODELING IN SPORTS: ATTEMPTS OF NEXT GENERATION SPORTS INFORMATION SYSTEMS Marius Janta, Nadja Höschele, Veit Senner
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      | 13:50 20 mins
 | CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF HEAT RELIEF PROTOTYPES FOR BICYCLE HELMETS Stefanie Passler, Jürgen Mitternacht, Marius Janta, Veit Senner
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      | 14:10 20 mins
 | FRICTIONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN RUNNING SOCK FABRICS AND PLANTAR ASPECT OF FIRST METATARSAL HEAD IN DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONDITIONS. Diyana Tasron, Raman Maiti, Matthew Hemming, Roger Lewis, Matt Carré
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    | 14:30  
  
Afternoon mini-break | 
  
  
  
    
      
      | 14:40  
  
Aerodynamics in wintersports Chair: John Goff
 
  
    
    
      | 14:40 20 mins
 | FLOW VISUALIZATION OF DOWNHILL RACER IN ALPINE SKIING USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS Takeshi Asai, Hong Sungchan, Koichi Ijuin
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      | 15:00 20 mins
 | ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE INDICES FOR SIMULATED SKELETON DESCENTS Chen Gong, Eric Rogers, Stephen Turnock, Christopher Phillips
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      | 15:20 20 mins
 | SOME RESULTS ON BOBSLEIGH AERODYNAMICS Harm Ubbens, Richard Dwight, Andrea Sciacchitano, Nando Timmer
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   | 14:40  
  
Sports surfaces; properties and performance Chair: Alexander Walker
 
  
    
    
      | 14:40 20 mins
 | ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD – A ‘NEW BUILD’ CASE STUDY Paul Fleming, Michael Ferrandino, Steph Forrester
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      | 15:00 20 mins
 | MODELING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RACEHORSE LIMB AND RACE SURFACE Jennifer Symons, David Hawkins, David Fyhrie, Susan Stover
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      | 15:20 20 mins
 | SPATIAL VARIATION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES WITHIN AN EQUESTRIAN ARENA SURFACE Alison Jane Northrop, Sarah Jane Hobbs, Danielle Holt, Emma Clayton-Smith, Jaime Howard Martin
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Sports apparel; modelling and simulation Chair: Tom Allen
 
  
    
    
      | 14:40 20 mins
 | INVESTIGATING FOOT-SOCK FRICTION: A COMPARISON OF TWO DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIE Matt Carre, Diyana Tasron, Roger Lewis, Farina Hashmi
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      | 15:00 20 mins
 | MUSCULOSKELETAL SIMULATION OF SPORTS MOTION CONSIDERING TENSION DISTRIBUTION IN A WHOLE BODY COMPRESSION GARMENT Motomu Nakashima, Takefumi Hosoya, Takatsugu Shimana
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      | 15:20 20 mins
 | JOINT TORQUE CALCULATION OF COMPRESSION SPORTS SPATS USING ANISOTROPIC HYPERELASTIC MODEL Hitoshi Aoki, Takatsugu Shimana, Hiroki Sato, Ryuma Yabuki, Akihiro Matsuda
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    | 15:40  
  
Break | 
  
  
  
    
      
      | 16:00  
  
Aerodynamics; new wind tunnels and sailing Chair: Len Brownlie
 
  
    
    
      | 16:00 20 mins
 | NEW WIND TUNNEL FACILITY DEDICATED FOR SPORTS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Mikael Backström, Peter Carlsson, Jonas Danvind, Andrey Koptyug, David Sundström, Mats Tinnsten
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      | 16:20 20 mins
 | DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN OPEN-CIRCUIT WIND TUNNEL WITH SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT FOR CYCLING Bert Celis, Harm Ubbens
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      | 16:40 20 mins
 | NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE OPTIMAL HEEL AND TRIM OF A LASER DINGHY Miikka Pennanen, Rickard Lindstrand Levin, Lars Larsson, Christian Finnsgård
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   | 16:00  
  
Sports infrastructure and facilities Chair: Regina Bokel
 
  
    
    
      | 16:00 20 mins
 | DESIGNING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENTS TO ENHANCE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS Hsiao-Pu Yeh, Joe Stone, Sarah Churchill, Eric Brymer, keith Davids
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      | 16:20 20 mins
 | THE SHADED DOME™ Rob Torsing, Kay Oosterman, Jack Bakker, Inge Bosveld, Mart Hinssen, Thijs Huijsmans
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      | 16:40 20 mins
 | COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN FOR SPORT BUILDINGS Michela Turrin, Ding Yang, Antonio D'Aquilio, Rusne Sileryte, Yimin Sun
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Golf; acoustic and mechanical modelling Chair: Paul Wood
 
  
    
    
      | 16:00 20 mins
 | FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE ACOUSTICS OF A GOLF BALL IMPACTING A TITANIUM PLATE Tom Allen
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 | THE INFLUENCE OF INERTIA OF A GOLF CLUB FOR SHAFT MOVEMENT DURING THE GOLFER’S SWING Kenta MATSUMOTO, Nobutaka TSUJIUCHI, Tkayuki KOIZUMI, Akihito ITO, Masahiko UEDA, Kosuke OKAZAKI
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 | EFFECT OF CLUBHEAD INERTIAL PROPERTIES AND DRIVER FACE GEOMETRY ON GOLF BALL TRAJECTORIES William McNally, Daniel Balzerson, Daniel Wilson, John McPhee
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    | 18:00  
  
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