“Unique lab resources and research competence in close proximity to sports make it easy to choose Mid Sweden University,” says Matej Supej from the University of Ljubljana. These aspects, together with the availability of high-performance trial subjects, make the lab a world leader. He is a guest researcher at Mid Sweden University for six months.
His research is about developing software and methods for monitoring and analyzing downhill skiing and cross-country skiing with advanced GPS technology. Matej Supej follows skiers with GPS as they ski a competition route, such as the Olympic trails in Vancouver. Recording GPS data provides skiers and trainers with much more information than video recordings offer. The method is therefore a valuable help in their work to improve the skiers’ technique.
The research environment at the Winter Sports Center is especially attractive to sports researchers who focus on winter sports. The trial subjects who participate belong to the Swedish elite. They are all on one of the Swedish national teams, and a great majority of them live in Ă–stersund. They train and test in one of the labs at the Winter Sports Center.
Facts about the National Winter Sports Center at Mid Sweden University
Overarching research areas are Sports and Performance and Sports and Health.
Laboratories are equipped for endurance, strength, speed, fitness, motion analysis, body composition, etc.
Here the Swedish national teams in cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, and biathlon train and are tested Test laboratories are also student labs for sports science and Sportstech.
Investments totaling SEK 38 million have been made since its inception in 2001.
Image: Emil Jönsson a member of the Swedish national team in cross-country skiing are tested.
Photo: Lars Aronsson
Questions can be addressed to:
Hans-Christer Holmberg,
phone: +46 (0)63-16 57 41;
cell phone: +46 (0)70-405 8960 or
hc.holmberg@miun.se
26 April, 2013 - Mittuniversitetet
On the 7th of May, ABBA The Museum and The Swedish Music Hall of Fame in Stockholm, Sweden, will open their gates to visitors from around the world. Current research at the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR), Mid Sweden University, shows that half of the ABBA fans have travelled ten times or more because of their interest in ABBA.
19 November, 2012 - Mittuniversitetet
Researchers from Sportstech Additive Manufacturing Group at Mid Sweden University have verified the patented technology of the Swedish company Exmet AB by succeeding in making the world first sample of iron based bulk metallic glass (BMG, also amorphous metal or glassy alloy) using electron beam manufacturing technology. This may be a breakthrough in the manufacturing of BMG components.
14 November, 2011 - Mittuniversitetet
In the last couple of years, the two small American towns of Forks and La Push have been visited by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people a day. These visitors photograph the local school, doctor’s office, and residential houses – all in pursuit of an authentic Twilight experience. Tourism researchers at Mid Sweden University are now releasing the first book about the fans and the tourism that has emerged, ”I populärkulturturismens fotspår – Twilight + Vacation = Twication©” [Following the footprints of popular culture tourism – Twilight + Vacation = Twication©].
23 February, 2011 - Mittuniversitetet
FSCN, the Fibre Science and Communication Network research center at Mid Sweden University will pursue research on energy-efficient production of mechanical and chemimechanical pulping processes. This will be done in collaboration with the companies SCA, Stora Enso, Holmen, Metso, and Andritz. Mid Sweden University will receive SEK 36 million from the Knowledge Foundation, and the business community will make research commitments corresponding in value to the Knowledge Foundation investment. On top of this, the University is providing SEK 12 million.
Expertsvar, The Swedish Research Council, Hantverkargatan 11B, Stockholm SWEDENPhone +46(0)8 546 44 000
P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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