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• Griffith Tackles Tyre Troubles: Pioneering Disability Engineering Research at Australia's Largest Wheelchair Basketball Tournament

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  The Suncoast Spinners in action

  A Griffith Inclusive Futures Reimagining Disability engineering research team worked with athletes at the largest wheelchair basketball tournament in Australia – The Suncoast Spinners in Caloundra – to investigate factors impacting tyre failure.

  In the lead up to the 2024 Paralympic Games, the project aims to investigate the effects of wheelchair tyre failure on athlete’s performance, workload, and potential risks, as well as game disruption, and to support athletes with engineered solutions and recommendations.

  The team mounted sensors on wheelchairs to measure changes in tyre pressure, forces, and impacts of various movements and accelerations during of the match.

  Research team: Mr Marc Salet, Dr Hugo Espinosa, Dr David Rowlands and Professor Emeritus David Thiel.

  Back row (L-R). Prof. Emeritus David Thiel, Dr David Rowlands, Hayden Siebuhr, Zach Bings, Jake Fluwood, Jordan Bartley, Marc Salet and Dr Hugo Espinosa. Front row (L-R): Lachlan Dalton and Mitch Duncan.

  
  

  For more information or to get involved in the research, please contact:
  

  Griffith Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
  Dr Hugo Espinosa: h.espinosa@griffith.edu.au
  https://experts.griffith.edu.au/8302-hugo-espinosa/about
  https://www.griffith.edu.au/institute-integrated-intelligent-systems

  
  Griffith School of Engineering and Built Environment
  Professor Emeritus David Thiel: d.thiel@griffith.edu.au
  https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18651-david-thiel
  https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-sciences/school-engineering-built-environment
  
  

  Griffith Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
  Dr David Rowlands: d.rowlands@griffith.edu.au
  https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7989-david-rowlands
  https://www.griffith.edu.au/institute-integrated-intelligent-systems
  
  Event Information: https://suncoastspinners.com.au/wheelchair-basketball/2024-tournament/

  Research team desk: Marc Salet; Dr Hugo Espinosa and Marc Salet monitoring sensor data; Marc undertaking sensor mounting; and the sensor mounted ready for data collection during the game.