Professor Steve Haake is head of the Sports Engineering Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University, which employs eighteen people.  Originally studying physics at Leeds University he lectured for fifteen years in mechanical engineering and founding the International Sports Engineering Association, the journal Sports Engineering and the International Conference series in Sports Engineering (of which the first two were held in Sheffield).  He has edited 9 books, given over 9 keynotes worldwide and contributed to over 119 journal papers.