# Steve Haake

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{{short description|British sports engineer}}
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| birth_name  = Stephen John Haake
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| workplaces        = [University of Sheffield](/source/University_of_Sheffield)<br />[Sheffield Hallam University](/source/Sheffield_Hallam_University)<br />[National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine](/source/National_Centre_for_Sport_and_Exercise_Medicine)<br />[Parkrun](/source/Parkrun)
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| alma_mater        = [University of Leeds](/source/University_of_Leeds) (BSc)<br />[Aston University](/source/Aston_University) (PhD)
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'''Stephen John Haake''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} ({{IPAc-en|h|eɪ|k}} {{Respell|HAYK}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3tdBRcZOQ|title=A high jump for science - Professor Steve Haake &#124; The Royal Society|work=YouTube|date=July 5, 2012|accessdate=23 June 2022}}</ref>) is a British sports engineer.<ref name=advantage/> He is professor of sports engineering at [Sheffield Hallam University](/source/Sheffield_Hallam_University), England<ref name="shu"/><ref name=gs/><ref name=fozzy/> and is founding director of the university's advanced wellbeing research centre.

==Education==
Haake studied physics and the [University of Leeds](/source/University_of_Leeds), and went on to do a [PhD](/source/PhD) at [Aston University](/source/Aston_University) in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) where he was sponsored by [The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews](/source/The_Royal_and_Ancient_Golf_Club_of_St_Andrews).<ref name=sphd/> His thesis investigated methods for measuring the impact of [golf ball](/source/golf_ball)s on [turf](/source/turf).<ref name=sphd/>

==Career and research==
Haake worked at the [University of Sheffield](/source/University_of_Sheffield), building a sports research group there, before moving to Sheffield Hallam in 2006. He founded the journal ''[Sports Engineering](/source/Sports_Engineering)'', the [International Sports Engineering Association](/source/International_Sports_Engineering_Association) and the [International Conference on the Engineering of Sport](/source/International_Conference_on_the_Engineering_of_Sport).<ref name=steve-about /> He served as director of research for the Sheffield section of the [National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine](/source/National_Centre_for_Sport_and_Exercise_Medicine) from 2014 to 2016, when he was succeeded by [Elizabeth Goyder](/source/Elizabeth_Goyder).<ref name=steve-about /><ref name=shu /><ref name="gateway">{{cite web |title=Public health champion to lead exercise revolution |url=http://shg.sheffield.ac.uk/news-articles/public-health-champion-to-lead-exercise-revolution/ |website=UoS Healthcare Gateway |access-date=5 October 2020 |date=13 May 2016}}</ref>

Haake is chair of the research board of [parkrun](/source/parkrun),<ref name=bbclife /><ref name="SmithSchneider2020"/> and has said that "useful fitness exercise might just be a 10-minute walk every day".<ref name="bocking"/> In 2019 he was appointed chair of  [Sheffield City Region](/source/Sheffield_City_Region_Combined_Authority)'s Active Travel Advisory Board.<ref name="scr"/> His research has been funded by the [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council](/source/Engineering_and_Physical_Sciences_Research_Council) (EPSRC)<ref name=ukri/> and has included research on [football](/source/association_football),<ref name="AsaiCarre2002"/><ref name="CarreAsai2002"/><ref name="AsaiAkatsuka1998"/> [cycling](/source/cycling),<ref name="LukesChin2005"/><ref name=richardlukes/> [tennis](/source/tennis),<ref name="HaakeChadwick2000"/><ref name="GoodwillChin2004"/> and [olympic sport](/source/olympic_sport)s.<ref name="Haake2009"/>

==Selected publications==
* {{cite book |last1=Haake |first1=Steve |title=Advantage play : technologies that changed sporting history |date= 2018|publisher=Arena Sport |location=Edinburgh |isbn=9781909715592 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO9oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 }} 
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Moritz |editor1-first=Eckehard Fozzy |editor2-last=Haake |editor2-first=Steve |title=The engineering of sport: Proceedings of the 2006 biannual conference of the International Sports Engineering Association |date=2006 |publisher=Springer |location=New York |isbn=0387354603}} 
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Haake |editor1-first=S. J. |editor2-last=Coe |editor2-first=Andrew |title=Tennis science & technology |date=2000 |publisher=Blackwell Science |isbn=978-0632056385}}

==Awards and honours==
In 2014 the [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council](/source/Engineering_and_Physical_Sciences_Research_Council) recognised him as a RISE Leader ("Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers").<ref name="rise">{{cite web |title=Stephen Haake |url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/stephenhaake/ |website=epsrc.ukri.org |publisher=EPSRC |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>

In September 2020 he was interviewed by [Jim Al-Khalili](/source/Jim_Al-Khalili) for ''[The Life Scientific](/source/The_Life_Scientific)''.<ref name="bbclife"/>

Haake was appointed [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) in the [2020 Birthday Honours](/source/2020_Birthday_Honours) for services to sport.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B12|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
{{As of|September 2020}} his personal best time for the [marathon](/source/marathon) is 3 h 17 m;<ref name="steve-about"/> in 2015 he completed the [Greater Manchester Marathon](/source/Manchester_Marathon) in 3 h 15 m 19 s but the course was found to have been 380m short for three years, invalidating the times for 2013-2015.<ref name="marathon">{{cite web |title=Steve Haake |url=https://www.racetecresults.com/Search.aspx?CId=38&RId=932&S=haake |website=www.racetecresults.com |publisher=Greater Manchester Marathon |access-date=5 October 2020 |date=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="marathonbbc">{{cite news |title=Greater Manchester Marathon course was 380m short, says measuring body |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36104638 |access-date=5 October 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
<references>

<ref name=advantage>{{cite book |last1=Haake |first1=Steve |title=Advantage play : technologies that changed sporting history |date= 2018 |location=Edinburgh|url=https://stevehaake.com/advantage-play/ |isbn=9781909715592 |oclc=1159789251}}</ref>

<ref name="AsaiCarre2002">{{cite journal|last1=Asai|first1=T.|last2=Carre|first2=M. J.|last3=Akatsuka|first3=T.|last4=Haake|first4=S. J.|title=The curve kick of a football I: impact with the foot|journal=Sports Engineering|volume=5|issue=4|year=2002|pages=183–192|issn=1369-7072|doi=10.1046/j.1460-2687.2002.00108.x}}</ref>

<ref name="AsaiAkatsuka1998">{{cite journal|last1=Asai|first1=Takeshi|last2=Akatsuka|first2=Takao|last3=Haake|first3=Steve|title=The physics of football|journal=[Physics World](/source/Physics_World)|volume=11|issue=6|year=1998|pages=25–28|issn=0953-8585|doi=10.1088/2058-7058/11/6/24}} {{closed access}}</ref>

<ref name="bbclife">{{cite web |title=Steve Haake on technology, sport and health |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mcy6 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=[BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) |first=Jim|last=Al-Khalili|year=2020|access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="bocking">{{cite news |last1=Bocking |first1=David |title=Sheffield expert hails benefits of just going for a walk |url=https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/outdoors/sheffield-expert-hails-benefits-just-going-walk-2524409 |access-date=15 September 2020 |work=[Sheffield Telegraph](/source/Sheffield_Telegraph) |date=31 March 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="CarreAsai2002">{{cite journal|last1=Carre|first1=M. J.|last2=Asai|first2=T.|last3=Akatsuka|first3=T.|last4=Haake|first4=S. J.|title=The curve kick of a football II: flight through the air|journal=Sports Engineering|volume=5|issue=4|year=2002|pages=193–200|issn=1369-7072|doi=10.1046/j.1460-2687.2002.00109.x}}</ref>

<ref name=fozzy>{{cite book |editor1-last=Moritz |editor1-first=Eckehard Fozzy |editor2-last=Haake |editor2-first=Steve |title=The engineering of sport: Proceedings of the 2006 biannual conference of the International Sports Engineering Association |date=2006 |publisher=Springer |location=New York |isbn=0387354603}}</ref>

<ref name="GoodwillChin2004">{{cite journal|last1=Goodwill|first1=S.R.|last2=Chin|first2=S.B.|last3=Haake|first3=S.J.|title=Aerodynamics of spinning and non-spinning tennis balls|journal=Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics|volume=92|issue=11|year=2004|pages=935–958|issn=0167-6105|doi=10.1016/j.jweia.2004.05.004|bibcode=2004JWEIA..92..935G }} {{closed access}}</ref>

<ref name=gs>{{Google Scholar id}}</ref>

<ref name="Haake2009">{{cite journal|last1=Haake|first1=Steve J.|title=The impact of technology on sporting performance in Olympic sports|journal=Journal of Sports Sciences|volume=27|issue=13|year=2009|pages=1421–1431|issn=0264-0414|doi=10.1080/02640410903062019|pmid=19764001|s2cid=25359052 }} {{closed access}}</ref>

<ref name="HaakeChadwick2000">{{cite journal|last1=Haake|first1=S. J.|last2=Chadwick|first2=S. G.|last3=Dignall|first3=R. J.|last4=Goodwill|first4=S.|last5=Rose|first5=P.|title=Engineering tennis - slowing the game down|url=http://shura.shu.ac.uk/2182/|journal=Sports Engineering|volume=3|issue=2|year=2000|pages=131–143|issn=1369-7072|doi=10.1046/j.1460-2687.2000.00040.x|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

<ref name="LukesChin2005">{{cite journal|last1=Lukes|first1=R. A.|last2=Chin|first2=S. B.|last3=Haake|first3=S. J.|title=The understanding and development of cycling aerodynamics|journal=Sports Engineering|volume=8|issue=2|year=2005|pages=59–74|issn=1369-7072|doi=10.1007/BF02844004|s2cid=110168357 }} {{closed access}}</ref>

<ref name=richardlukes>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=The University of Sheffield|title=Improving track cycling performance using computational fluid dynamics|first= Richard Angus|last=Lukes|date=2006|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.505805}}|oclc=1063365960}}</ref>

<ref name="scr">{{cite web |title=Dame Sarah Storey appoints expert advisers to improve walking and cycling in the Sheffield City Region |url=https://sheffieldcityregion.org.uk/active-travel-board/ |website=sheffieldcityregion.org.uk |publisher=Sheffield City Region |access-date=15 September 2020 |date=25 September 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="shu">{{cite web |title=Professor Steve Haake: Professor of Sports Engineering |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/steve-haake |website=shu.ac.uk |publisher=Sheffield Hallam University |access-date=15 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="SmithSchneider2020">{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Robert|last2=Schneider|first2=Paul|last3=Bullas|first3=Alice|last4=Haake|first4=Steve|last5=Quirk|first5=Helen|last6=Cosulich|first6=Rami|last7=Goyder|first7=Elizabeth|title=Does ethnic density influence community participation in mass participation physical activity events? The case of parkrun in England|journal=Wellcome Open Research|volume=5|year=2020|pages=9|issn=2398-502X|doi=10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15657.2|pmid=32195360 |pmc=7065574 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=sphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=Aston University|url=http://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/15132/|title=Apparatus and test methods for measuring the impact of golf balls on turf and their application in the field|first= Stephen John|last=Haake|date=1989|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.328447}}|website=aston.ac.uk|oclc=53509937}} {{free access}}</ref>

<ref name="steve-about">{{cite web |title=About Steve |url=https://stevehaake.com/about-steve/ |website=stevehaake.com|first=Steve|last= Haake|year=2020 |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=ukri>{{cite web |url=https://gtr.ukri.org/person/DA576987-FAE2-4F2F-BDE3-09B9A9E989FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003062706/https://gtr.ukri.org/person/DA576987-FAE2-4F2F-BDE3-09B9A9E989FC|archive-date=2020-10-03 |title= UK government grants awarded to Steve Haake |author=Anon|year=2020 |website=gtr.ukri.org|access-date=2020-10-02}}</ref>

</references>

==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/steve-haake}} ''Sheffield Hallam site''
*[https://stevehaake.com/ Personal website]
*{{Google Scholar id|QrUXOL4AAAAJ}}

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