
Director Institute for Innovative Materials | Surfing as a Science! | Engineer & Physicist | Professor of Surf Engineering and Science | @UOW
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Joined June 2009
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How do you measure mechanical flex in surfboards? What is fingerprinting surfboards?
With @SurfEngineers we are connecting surfing, engineering and ocean by developing R&D tools for the surfing industry.
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@DShormann @UOWGC @uowresearch @Isportsengineer
Can we measure what surfers feel?
Yes - see our paper in @SciReports
Understanding the relationship between surfing performance and fin design disq.us/t/4o0ycuv
@UOW @uoweis @jamesforsyth0 @JulieSteele6
youtu.be/3pqvy4XZnhI
#surfingasascience #surfengineering
Measuring fin flex during surfing.
Check out our latest paper in MRS Advances @Materials_MRS
link.springer.com/article/10…
@UOW
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Foil board mechanics
Our latest findings shed light on the mechanical behaviour of Neon Foiling Green and Neon Black foil boards
Read our blog:
panhuis.org/blog/f/foil-boar…
@UOW @SurfFlexLab
#surfengineering #surfingasascience
Just in from Portugal
@UOW @uoweis mechanical engineer Jackson McKenzie testing out his "banana" surfboard
Image: Benjamin McKenzie
Jackson is part of the @SurfFlexLab team
#surfengineering #surfingasascience #weareuow #thisisuow
Alfonso is a surfer and a talented engineer.
He helped designing our fin testing rigs & our shaping machine.
He is currently taking a break from the lab and surfing his way around 🇦🇺 🇮🇩
We miss him and are hoping that he will be back soon!
#surfingasascience #weareuow
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3D printing + vacuum pump = suction system
Shaping bay in the @SurfFlexLab at the @UOW in Australia 🇦🇺
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Snake watching
The @SurfFlexLab is a surf engineering facility at the @uow in Australia 🇦🇺
It is run by surfers for surfers
Pawel, Jackson and Alfonso
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Quantifying pumping on a foil
(the dials shows the amount of g-forces during pumping and speed)
Surfer: Enzo Lobry
The Surf Flex Lab is a surf engineering facility at the @UOW in Australia 🇦🇺
panhuis.org/blog
#surfingasascience
#surfengineering
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Fin testing with a propulsion powered surfboard
Video shows aerial view and on-board view with information from sensors
Surf Flex Lab @uow in Australia 🇦🇺
Team: Pawel, David, Alfonso, Magda & Marc
Video by Magda
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Elite female athlete scholarship to study @UOW in Wollongong, Australia 🇦🇺
McLoughlin Minerva Scholarship for Sportswomen
Click the link for more details and apply now!
scholarships.uow.edu.au/scho…
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@UOW_VC @minerva_network
Quantifying surfing from rail to rail using a surfboard-mounted sensor
(the dial shows the amount of rail)
Surfer: @jamesforsyth0
Location: @urbnsurf Melbourne
Video edited by Magda
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Read our blog
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Marc in het Panhuis retweeted
Kudos to @Ryan_Anthony__ , an exceptional @UOW PhD Candidate, interviewed by @doctormcdougall during #ScienceWeek on the @ABCaustralia Illawarra drive show. At 37:20min Ryan delves into the benefits and roles of omega-3 fatty acids in athletes'.
#Omega3 #UOWSport #Omegaquant
Dust gone!
Extraction system fitted to our shaping machine at the @UOW in Australia
Featuring a Jackon-McKenzie-gantry system
Video by Magda
Chief Engineer: Pawel
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Enzo from Wyve testing 3D printed surfboards in our @SurfFlexLab at the @UOW in Australia 🇦🇺
Friday dust!
Pawel shaping a tube-board in our shaping bay at the @UOW
#Thisisuow #surfingasascience #surfengineering
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Marc in het Panhuis retweeted
Congratulations to #UOW's Professor @calebferg who was recently announced as a finalist in the 2023 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. Professor Ferguson has been recognised for his work in stroke prevention.👏 uow.to/3QiAM0s @acn_tweet #ThisIsUOW
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And don’t forget the Sports Zone @UOW Open Day. With Dean of Sport Marc van het Panhuis and great to see our Alliance partners with us.















