Grant: Engage Grants Program
British Columbia Institute of Technology
$24,920.00
The development and evaluation of an instrumented ice-hockey skate to measure player performance
FY 2011-12
Summary
Factor 9 Sports Inc. is a product development company that is in the process of developing an instrumented ice
hockey skate for the purpose of measuring athletic performance. There are no commercially available
ice-skates that meet this need. The company has developed an initial design brief that describes the problem the
company is trying to solve. The company has also developed a conceptual design of the product. They would
like to work with BCIT to develop a functional prototype of the product for verification and validation testing
of the concept. The end point of this project would be a prototype that Factor 9 Sports Inc. can verify and
validate and then use to demonstrate the technology to raise further funding to bring the product to market.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
424292-2011
Name nom
Paris, Nancy
Department département
Technology Centre
Organization id
5974
Institution établissement
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2011
Competition year année de concours
2011
Award amount
24920
Program id
EGP
Program nane en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1554
Committee name en
Pacific Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour le Pacifique
Area of application code
1102
Area of application group en
Health, education and social services
Area of application group fr
Santé publique, éducation et services sociaux
Area of application en
Biomedical engineering
Area of application fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject code
1900
Research subject group en
Biomedical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject en
Biomedical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie biomédical
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
The development and evaluation of an instrumented ice-hockey skate to measure player performance
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Factor 9 Sports Inc. is a product development company that is in the process of developing an instrumented ice
hockey skate for the purpose of measuring athletic performance. There are no commercially available
ice-skates that meet this need. The company has developed an initial design brief that describes the problem the
company is trying to solve. The company has also developed a conceptual design of the product. They would
like to work with BCIT to develop a functional prototype of the product for verification and validation testing
of the concept. The end point of this project would be a prototype that Factor 9 Sports Inc. can verify and
validate and then use to demonstrate the technology to raise further funding to bring the product to market.
