Introduction
Institution of Sports Sciences and Engineering (SPSE) Department & Programs at Universities
Professor Dhanjoo N. Ghista's (http://dhanjooghista.googlepages.com) - Institution of Sports Science and Engineering (SPSE) Department and Program at Universities, for the promotion of sports science and equipment (e.g. racquet) design, (b) Preparation of a special issue of the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology on Sports Science and Engineering, which he will expand into a textbook, (c) An attachment of a book chapter on the Analysis of Spinning Ball Trajectories of Soccer Kicks and Basketball Throws exemplifying Sports Science as applied to Squash and the other Racquet sports. Professor Dhanjoo N. Ghista’s Institution of Sports Science & Engineering (SPSE) Department and Program at Universities
1. Professor Dhanjoo N. Ghista was the founding captain of the Stanford Cricket team ( see photo below). He had the team admitted to the North California Cricket League in 1963. Thereafter, they won the League championship thrice until 1969, when he left the Bay Area to become Professor at Washington University. They had great players from Australia, Hong Kong, England, Jamaica, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and even USA.
2. Professor Ghista has proposed building the Institution of Sports Science and Engineering (SPSE) Department and Program at Universities. Sports Science deals with analyses and mechanisms of sports plays and maneuvers, such as squash/tennis strokes & gets, baseball pitching, cricket bowling, football quarter-back throws, soccer corner curving kicks, tennis serves, high jump and pole vault. Sports Engineering deals with design of sports equipment, such as design of football helmets, baseball bats, cricket bats, hockey sticks, squash & tennis racquets.
3. This Program will address the needs and interests of sports coaches and managers, and design of sports equipment (baseball bats, football helmets, cricket bats, hockey sticks, soccer shoes, squash & tennis racquets) and enable us to incubate a sports equipment company. Professor Ghista has taught courses and directed research in this field. He has also played varsity level hockey and cricket; hence and has been insightfully developing this field, and can set up an innovative SPSE Program.
4. Currently he is preparing a Special Issue of the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology on Sports Science & Engineering, which I will then expand into a textbook. My above attached book chapter on Analysis of Spinning Ball Trajectories of Soccer Kicks and Basketball Throws exemplifies Sports Science.
Select publications from Professor Ghista's work on Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and the Neurosciences
(1) Spinning Ball Trajectories of Soccer kicks & Basketball Throws.
By Dhanjoo N. Ghista and Xiang Liu (Chap 15, Pg 425) In Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics (CRC Press).29.5.2008. pdf
(2) A closed feed back system and its clinical applications in treating neurological disorders,
By Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Biomedical Research Division, NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, U.S.A., T.M.Srinivasan, V.Kamath, & D.Nandagopal, Biomedical Engineering Division, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras - 36, India, & B. Ramamurthi, Indian Institute of Neurology, Government General Hospital, Madras 600 003, India In Automedica Vol 2 Pp 119-134 (1978).
By Dhanjoo N. Ghista, D. Nandagopal, Abhijit Mukherjee T.M.Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India, and B.Ramamurthi and Arjun Das, Indian institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Madras 6600 003, India, In Medical and Biolgical Engineering, (1976)
(4) Yoga for All (To be Holistically Healthy) by Dhanjoo N. Ghista.pdf (Rajdhiraja Yoga)