Dr Matt Carré
MEng, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Sports Engineering
Postgraduate (Research) Admissions Tutor
Course Director for Sports Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 7839
Fax: +44 (0) 114 2
email : M.J.Carre@sheffield.ac.uk
Profile
Matt is an alumnus of the department, having completed a Masters degree here in 1996 and a PhD in 2000. He is now a senior lecturer in the department, PGR Admissions Tutor and Course Director for Sports Engineering.
He is currently Treasurer of the International Sports Engineering Association and has previously been Editor of the international journal, Sports Engineering.
Research Interests
Matt's research interests involve applying engineering knowledge (e.g. aerodynamics, impact mechanics, tribology) to improve the design of sports equipment (e.g. soccer balls, cricket pitches and hockey sticks). More recently, research activity has focused on human interactions with objects and led to work applied in areas other than sport.
A variety of projects have been carried out as part of the Sports Engineering Research Group whose work involves the design and development of sports equipment.
Recent activities include examining the behaviour of studded footwear interacting with natural and synthetic football pitches; human perception of the performance of field hockey sticks; the aerodynamics of footballs and their resulting trajectories during, for example, a free kick and the tribology of human skin.
Many of these projects are driven by real problems experienced by industry and/or sports governing bodies. Solving these problems aids the improvement of sports products and, ultimately, enhances people's enjoyment of sport.
Research projects
Recent research projects include:
• Understanding the effect of surface roughness on sports ball aerodynamics
• Understanding human grip of objects
• Understanding the intercation between studded footwear and surfaces
Selected Publications
1. Tomlinson, S., Lewis, R. & Carré, M.J. (2007) Review of the frictional properties of the finger-object contact when gripping. Proc. IMechE Vol. 221 Part J: J. Engineering Tribology, 841-850.
2. Kirk, R.F., Noble, I.S.G., Mitchell, T., Rolf, C., Haake, S.J. & Carré, M.J. (2007) High-Speed Observations of Football Boot – Surface Interactions of Players in Their Natural Environment. Sports Engineering , 10 (3), 129-144.
3. Haake, S.J., Goodwill, S.R. & Carré, M.J. (2007) A new measure of roughness for defining the aerodynamic performance of sports balls. Proc. IMechE Vol.221 Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 789-806.
4. Carré, M.J., James, D.M. & Haake, S.J. (2006) A hybrid method for assessing the performance of sports surfaces during ball impacts. Proc. IMechE Vol.220 Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 31-39.
5. Carré, M.J., Goodwill, S.R. & Haake, S.J. (2005) Understanding the effect of seams on the aerodynamics of an association football. Proc. IMechE Vol.219 Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 657-666.
6. James, D, Carré, M.J. & Haake, S.J. (2005) Predicting the playing character of cricket pitches. Sports Engineering 8 (4), 193-208
7. Haake, S.J, Carré, M.J. & Goodwill, S.R. (2005) oblique impact of thick walled pressurized spheres as used in tennis. Proc. IMechE Vol.219 Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 1179-1189
8. Carré, M.J., James, D.M. & Haake, S.J. (2004) Impact of a non-homogenous sphere on a rigid surface. Proc. IMechE Vol.218 Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 278-282
9. Haake, S.J., Carre, M.J. and Goodwill, S.R. (2003) The dynamic impact characteristics of tennis balls with tennis rackets. Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 839-850
10. Carré, M.J., Asai, T., Akatsuka, T. & Haake, S.J. (2002), The curve kick of a football II: flight through the air. Sports Engineering, 5 (4), 193-200
11. Carré, M.J., Baker, S.W., Newell, A.J. & Haake, S.J. (1999) The dynamic behaviour of cricket balls during impact and variations due to grass and soil type. Sports Engineering, 2 (3), 145-160
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