Lecture / Seminar
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Event in Room: Patterson Hall, Room 308
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
Footwear is an interface between our bodies and our environment. We typically don’t think too much about this when we put on a pair of shoes each morning and navigate throughout our day, but this interface becomes critical when the exposure to external load is extreme – such as the case for elite athletes, or when our ability to handle the external load is compromised – following an injury, for example. Athlete centered innovation is the process of understanding the needs of athletes and finding solutions to those needs through product. Elysia Davis will take you behind the scenes of the science behind footwear and the process of turning athlete insights into innovative product.
Presenter:
I am a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University. My thesis is focused on understanding the relationship between how we use our knee joints and our risk for tissue damage leading to osteoarthritis. Before returning to school, I worked for the adidas Innovation team in Portland OR., after completing a MSc in Biomechanics at the University of Calgary. While at adidas I worked as a Sport Researcher and later as a Director of Innovation. I currently work as an international sport science consultant and a mentor for women in the sporting goods industry.
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Event in Room: Patterson Hall, Room 308
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
Footwear is an interface between our bodies and our environment. We typically don’t think too much about this when we put on a pair of shoes each morning and navigate throughout our day, but this interface becomes critical when the exposure to external load is extreme – such as the case for elite athletes, or when our ability to handle the external load is compromised – following an injury, for example. Athlete centered innovation is the process of understanding the needs of athletes and finding solutions to those needs through product. Elysia Davis will take you behind the scenes of the science behind footwear and the process of turning athlete insights into innovative product.
Presenter:
I am a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University. My thesis is focused on understanding the relationship between how we use our knee joints and our risk for tissue damage leading to osteoarthritis. Before returning to school, I worked for the adidas Innovation team in Portland OR., after completing a MSc in Biomechanics at the University of Calgary. While at adidas I worked as a Sport Researcher and later as a Director of Innovation. I currently work as an international sport science consultant and a mentor for women in the sporting goods industry.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
24 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
leanna.mcdonald@acadiau.ca
902-585-1140
View Full Venue Info