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Initiative by Research Councils UK in partnership with the RoyalInstitution Sailing fans are being invited to explore the research behind thesport at a free event in the run up to the Olympic Games. TheCutting Edge: Behind Sailing event on Thursday 24 May at theWeymouth and Portland Sailing Academy will feature Professor SteveHaake, double Olympic medalist Simon Hiscock, and top sportsscientists in an interactive session with demonstrations oftechnology and sport. The event will give attendees the chance to question both thescientists who develop the cutting-edge technology behind sport,and the high-achieving athletes who use it. Professor Steve Haake,one of the UK"s top sports scientists, will be joined byProfessor Glen McHale, who develops extremely water repellent hightech surfaces that can help to reduce drag in boats, and Dr JudithWolf, an expert in coastal modeling of tides and currents and thebrains behind Team GB"s gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. DrDavid James will also take part, leading the discussion on how farresearch and new technologies should be used in the quest to wingold. For more information on the Cutting Edge 2012 series, and toregister for tickets, those interested should go to/cuttingedge2012 Professor Steve Haake, head of Sports Engineering Research atSheffield Hallam University and Chair of the event commented: "Cutting Edge is a chance for the general public to lookbehinds the scenes at what it takes to win Gold at the Olympics. Elite sport needs elite support and the Cutting Edge seriesshowcases some of the key expertise provided by the UK's academicsand practitioners helping our athletes get the competitive edgeneeded to come first. These skills include engineering,technology, physiology and psychology as well as elite athletesthemselves. Our audiences will be encouraged to ask questions andwe will not shy away from the difficult ones - in return we mayjust ask some searching questions of the audience themselves." The Cutting Edge 2012 event series consists of six sessions intotal, all themed around a different sport, and will feature arange of sports stars and top scientists in an interactive sessionwith demonstrations. The evening events are an initiative by Research Councils UK(RCUK), and are an opportunity to question both cutting-edgeresearchers and high-achieving athletes. Comments from people attending the events will inform new researchabout the public"s attitudes to research and technology usein sport, which will be presented at the International Conventionon Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) in July. Cutting Edge 2012 has been granted the prestigious London 2012Inspire mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme whichrecognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012Games. For more information on the Cutting Edge 2012 series, and toregister for tickets, please go to /cuttingedge2012 Information on the events can also be found on Twitter at@ri_science and on the hashtag #cuttingedge2012. About the speakers Professor Steve Haake is a Professor of Sports Engineering and headof Sports Engineering Research at the Centre for Sports EngineeringResearch at Sheffield Hallam University. He is the founding editorof the Sports Engineering Journal (1998-2004), founding Chairman ofthe International Sports Engineering Association (1998-2004) and atechnical consultant to the International Tennis Federation. Stevehas published extensively in the field with nine books and over 140publications. Professor Glen McHale is Professor of Applied & MaterialsPhysics and Dean of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciencesat the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne. Formerly,Head of Research in Science & Technology at Nottingham TrentUniversity, he has a BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Physics and a PhDin Applied Mathematics from the University of Nottingham. His research has been on how liquids interact with solid surfaces -whether it be at the small scale of microfluidics or the largescale of flow across surfaces. He has an interest in materials thatalter the solid-liquid interaction, how surface structure canamplify the effects of chemistry and how natural systems use thisto gain competitive advantage within their environments. Hisresearch has been supported by the UK Engineering & PhysicalSciences Research Council (EPSRC), The Royal Society, the EU and arange of companies. He has published over 140 peer-reviewedscientific papers in addition to seven patents. He is a Fellow ofthe Institute of Physics, a Senior Member of the Institute ofElectrical & Electronic Engineers, an Editorial Board Member ofAdvances in Colloid & Interface Science, a member of the EPSRCPeer Review College and a member of the panel for "Electricaland Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials" for theUK Research Excellence Framework. Dr Judith Wolf is a Principle Scientists at the NationalOceanography Centre, Liverpool. Born and educated in Newcastle onTyne, she graduated in Maths and Physical Oceanography from theUniversity of Bangor and received her PhD from the University ofLiverpool in 1984. She has worked in marine physics for over 30 years, mainly for theNational Environmental Research Council, but with a break spendinga couple of years in the Caribbean. In 1991, she went long-distancesailing with her family serendipitously getting a job as aConsultant Physical Oceanographer at the Institute of MarineAffairs, Trinidad and Tobago. This involved training counterpartstaff and setting up a physical oceanography group. Her researchinterests include the modeling of tides, surges, waves and theirinteractions of the UK continental shelf; coastal and estuarineprocesses, wave-current interaction, wave climate and coastalimpacts of climate changes. She has also been involved in marinerenewable energy, particularly tidal energy. She has over 70peer-reviewed scientific publications as well as conferenceproceeding and reports and has provided scientific leadership forvarious UK and EU projects. Dr David James is a senior lecturer in sports engineering atSheffield Hallam University. He leads the University"s MSc insports engineering and maintains a wide range of researchinterests. David has a mechanical engineering background with a PhDfrom the University of Sheffield. He has been privileged to workwithin the Centre for Sports Engineering Research for eleven yearsand has published extensively in a range of sports engineeringareas. David"s current research is focusing on the historicalimpact of technology in track and field events and the ethicalconsiderations of an increasingly scientific sporting arena. He isan elected member of the International Sports EngineeringAssociation executive committee. David is a leading sciencecommunicator and was awarded the very first fellowship in publicengagement from the Royal Academy of Engineering. He regularlydelivers high profile keynote lectures on the role that technologyplays in sport and has appeared on countless stages including theCheltenham Science Festival; Manchester Science Festival, theBritish Science Festival, and the Royal Institution"s Faradaylecture theatre. Simon Hiscocks is a British Sailor who won a bronze medal for GreatBritain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the mixed 49er. Simon alsowon a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the samecategory. About Cutting Edge 2012 Cutting Edge 2012: The Research Behind Sport is a series of sixevents taking place across the UK. The following events have taken place: Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Basketball, Wednesday 25 January, TheRoyal Institution, London. Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Triathlon, Tuesday 27 March,Carriageworks, Leeds, 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Athletics, Thursday 26 April, EnglishInstitute of Sport, Sheffield, 7.00pm – 8.30pm. The future events are taking place at the following: Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Sailing, Thursday 24 May, WeymouthSailing Academy, Weymouth, 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Diving, Thursday 5 July, Plymouth LifeCentre, Plymouth, 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Cutting Edge 2012: Behind Cycling, Thursday 19 July, ScottishExhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 May 2012 ). 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