Jacobs Supports STEM Research Project on Sports Safety
May 21 2013 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that,
together with Texas Medical Center’s National Center for Human
Performance (TNCHP), it is participating in a research study
designed to evaluate and enhance safety factors affecting youth
athletes.
The Jacobs-sponsored study was conducted through a Jacobs Space
Act Agreement with the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC),
and involved the evaluation of various means for reducing the
momentum transferred by a soccer ball to the head of a youth soccer
player. Students from Rice University and The Kinkaid School
(both located in Houston, Texas) were involved in the study as part
of a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) internship
program.
Jacobs personnel worked with TNCHP to set up experiments in the
NASA JSC Vibration & Acoustic Test Facility; operating the test
facility equipment and helping the students acquire the necessary
data.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Terry
Hagen said, “We are very pleased to sponsor The National Center for
Human Performance and to be instrumental in these studies focusing
on youth sports safety. Jacobs is committed to providing STEM
educational opportunities and to investing in activities and
education programs that interest students in the possibilities of
future careers in our industry.”
“Athletics provide opportunities for young people to prepare for
real life by learning to deal with adversity, work with others
toward a common goal, overcome obstacles, fail, be defeated, and to
win,” said Texas Medical Center President and Chief Executive
Officer Robert C. Robbins, M.D. “That being said, at least one in
15 of all youth sports participants goes to the emergency room each
year for a sports injury. I believe this research is critical in
finding answers and solutions for injury prevention.”
TNCHP’s mission is to maintain and enhance human performance in
the arts, sports, space exploration, the military, and the general
public, through appropriate applications of research and education
in medicine and related sciences.
Jacobs provides engineering, scientific, and technical services
to the Engineering and Astromaterials Research and Exploration
Science Directorates at NASA JSC.
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of technical, professional, and construction services.
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