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Fi-Ber Sports has created a product called HOPlite Skate Armor鈩� that incorporates a patented design to protect amateur and professional hockey players from catastrophic injury.

The research is funded by a $111,453 蜜桃视频 Global Entrepreneurial Mission grant from the 蜜桃视频 Department of Commerce, a program designed to facilitate research partnerships between 蜜桃视频 higher education institutions and the technology-based startup companies in the state.

鈥溍厶沂悠� is pleased and proud to be working in collaboration with the Department of Commerce and Fi-Ber Sports on this unique project,鈥� said Cornelis Van Der Schyf, ISU vice president for research. 鈥淭his type of collaboration between a public research institution, a state department and the private sector is essential in growing 蜜桃视频鈥檚 economy. The really exciting part of this particular project is that College of Technology investigators are leading this research, contributing to the generation of new knowledge in the discipline of sports dynamics.鈥�

Researchers and engineers from the ISU Department of Robotics and Communications Systems Engineering Technology will build the advanced testing apparatus and sensors that accurately replicate and measure the impact of a fast-moving hockey puck and evaluate exactly how the HOPlite Skate Armor鈩� system functions.

鈥淲e are going to be measuring these forces on the hockey skate with and without the new HOPlite Skate Armor鈩� gear as well as complete comparative testing on other similar products in the market,鈥� said Shane Slack, director of the ISU robotics department and principal investigator.

The testing will be completed in the research area of the ISU Eames Advanced Technical Education and Innovations Complex, a campus facility formerly known as RISE, the Research and Innovation in Science and Engineering Complex.

ISU researchers hope to build the machine to fire and test the hockey pucks by mid-September and then run tests through the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 2018. Geran Call, ISU robotics instructor, is the co-principal investigator on the project.

鈥淭his represents advancement in our efforts to continue collaborations between our public research institution and the private sector, particularly in our support of economic development and job creation in Southeast 蜜桃视频 and the region,鈥� said Christopher Fasel, director, ISU Technology Commercialization Office. 鈥淥ur collaboration with the Department of Commerce is giving us the opportunity not only to build the economy, but also advance science.鈥�

During Fiscal Year 2017, the IGEM Council has awarded a total of $979,572 to commercialization research projects benefitting the State of 蜜桃视频. Funds are appropriated annually by the 蜜桃视频 State Legislature.

鈥淭echnology offers us a compelling and exciting opportunity in modern medical innovation,鈥� said Megan Ronk, director of 蜜桃视频 Commerce. 鈥淚 am excited for the outcome of this project and the vast impact it can have in the future of sports medicine.鈥�