See our impact
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How our research is helping businesses to innovate
Our facilities and expertise can help your business go further.
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Trulife UK Carbon Fibre Ankle Foot Orthoses
Trulife UK invited us to work with them on a new approach to their carbon fibre Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO) product range. AFOs help to control the position and motion of the ankle, provide support to compensate for weakness, and correct the function of the ankle.
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Analysing the performance of and characteristics of hockey sticks
How Sheffield Hallam University’s Centre for Sports Engineering Research helped Wasp Hockey, an established manufacturer of hockey sticks
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TacMap
Dedicated researchers, experienced designers and real world users are guiding the way for visually impaired tourists. Sometimes visually impaired people can be dependent on sighted people for the information they need to navigate new cities, building and rooms.
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Enhancing football boot performance with cutting edge research
Adidas are actively looking for ways to enhance the quality of their existing football boots. The global brand approached us for a bespoke piece of research into stud configurations which formed part of the company’s long-term research into the traction of football boots.
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Collaboration sparks food packaging revolution
A revolutionary food packaging material developed through a collaboration between Sheffield Hallam University and Karlstad University in Sweden is soon to be introduced to the market.
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Taking on asthma and transforming patient treatment
Many asthma attacks are brought on by panic at not having any reliever, leading to emergency hospital admissions. One of our students developed an idea for a new type of inhaler. We are currently negotiating a deal to make the product a commercial reality.
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Changing attitudes towards food and eating better
Lincolnshire County Council decided to tackle problems in their local schools and communities, to help change behaviours and culture relating to food
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Development of a new coating technology
IonBond AG worked with Sheffield Hallam University's Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI), to offer a new generation of coating systems
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Rice milling for the future — transforming rice milling in India and creating value from waste
Our research is transforming rice production.