Research
The Human Performance and Sport Science Center conducts and partners in research to lead improvements in health, well-being, and performance. HPSSC’s multidisciplinary projects support and explore the science underlying new advances in exercise and sport with the goal of translating these new evidence-based ideas into practice.
Interested in getting involved in the MiPR lab? Please complete our MiPR Lab Student Interest form here!
Industry Connections
HPSSC administers research contracts in partnership with university researchers and external professional organizations and/or their consultants, or performs cutting-edge research in our core lab, MIPR in collaboration with companies, professional sports teams and leagues, foundations, associations, and other external entities. We generate scientific evidence to identify and support marketing claims, develop, and commercialize intellectual property through research, and monitor and evaluate programs. The research undertaken at HPSSC provides reliable fundamental evidence to justify the feasibility of trials on clinical populations.
If you are interested in partnering with HPSSC, our team would be happy to meet with your organization to discuss how we can help you to address your research, evaluation, or validation goals related to human performance or sports science. We tailor projects to your individual needs, the Fast Forward Medical Innovation Business Development team works with HPSSC and industry partners to develop contracts, data use agreements, NDAs, etc. to individualize the process depending on the size of the research team, time frame needed, the number of research participants, the depth of the project, etc.
We look forward to hearing from you to discuss future collaborations!
Featured Projects
“We are exploring the potential of emerging areas of research, leveraging investments with existing university research, evaluating new ideas and approaches, and accelerating the progress of new ideas to practice.”
U-M Vice President for Research
The Biomechanics of the Sub-four Minute Mile
THE BIOMECHANICS OF THE SUB-FOUR MINUTE MILE Team: Michigan Performance Research Laboratory Summary: Elite middle distance runners may serve as a unique population of runners that have undergone a substantial degree of 'self-optimization' to achieve high level running...
Step Frequency Patterns in Elite Ultramarathon Runners
STEP FREQUENCY PATTERNS IN ELITE ULTRAMARATHON RUNNERS DURING A 100KM ROAD RACE Team: Michigan Performance Research Laboratory Summary: Step frequency data was collected from 20 ultramarathoners during the entirety of the 2016 IAU 100 kilometer World Championship. The...
Wearable Optical Sensor Platform for Sweat Chemical Monitoring
WEARABLE OPTICAL SENSOR PLATFORM FOR MULTIPLEXED SWEAT CHEMICAL MONITORING Team: Xuewei Wang (LSA), Pei-Cheng Ku (CoE) Summary: Wearable technologies fail to provide insight into the user’s physiological and metabolic state at molecular levels. Sweat is a biofluid...
An Augmented Reality System for Inclusive Recreational Sports
A PROJECTION-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR INCLUSIVE RECREATIONAL SPORTS AND PERFORMANCE TRACKING Team: Roland Graf (Stamps School of Art and Design), Sun Young Park (Stamps School of Art and Design and School of Information), and Hun Seok Kim (CoE) Summary: To...