Sports innovation challenge
Imperial College London students’ projects set for use in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
The Sports Innovation Challenge is a flagship programme of curriculum based student projects around a Disability Sports / Paralympic theme.
Projects challenge engineering students to design, build and implement solutions to real world engineering problems experience by Paralympic athletes and people with Disabilities
Workshops are organised each year with external speakers that include elite athletes, sports technicians and industry professionals
Projects are run across the Faculty of Engineering from 2nd year design courses through to final year and MSc course projects
Showcasing events take place for students to exhibit the projects and compete against each other for prizes and additional support to take their projects further.
Previous student projects have won accolades such International Runners-Up in the James Dyson Awards
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Previous student projects are currently in use by Team GB athletes and Rio 2016 Paralympic medal-contenders such as Andrew Mullen.
The Sports Innovation Challenge (SIC) is a cross-faculty programme which tasks students to design, build and implement solutions to real world engineering problems with a Adaptive Sports or Paralympic theme.
The aim of the SIC is to make a tangible contribution to Paralympic sport and healthy lifestyles for people with disabilities, whilst providing our students with a novel learning experience. Students working on SIC projects are granted access to athletes and coaches from all levels of Adaptive Sports, from grass roots up to Gold medal winning Paralympians. The interaction between the students and the end user is crucial to developing an understanding of the importance of user focused design.
Find our more at the Sport Innovation Challenge website