Our project began as a continuation of a project by Anthony Buffolino ’12 combined with a project by Kelsy Lantz ’13 and Kristin Tuttle ’13.  Buffolino’s project focused on creating and sustaining a relationship between the Lafayette College Engineering Department, the Lafayette College Athletic Department, and a nearby athletic apparel manufacturer, Majestic Athletic.  Lantz and Tuttle created a three week interim course on developmental engineering.  Our decision to combine the two resulted in a three week course called Sports Engineering.  Our goal for this course was to bridge the gap between traditional engineering practices and the broader liberal arts through both the Lafayette communities and regions elsewhere. The project we have created responds to our research question:  Why is sports engineering important and how does it fit into the current Lafayette engineering program?

The following is a link to the website that Anthony Buffolino ’12 created for his Capstone Project involving sports and engineering:  http://sites.lafayette.edu/egrs451-sp12-sports/