Research Opportunities

Explore academic research and publication pathways through hands-on projects

Research is where every Fitness Tech device starts. We study how health data can be captured, centralized, and turned into insight -- then build custom hardware from what we learn. Members get hands-on experience with literature review, data collection, and analysis, contributing to work that helps athletes train smarter and gives coaches a clearer view of their teams.

UW Undergraduate Research

  • Present at the Spring Research Symposium
  • Build portfolio for grad school applications

Conference Presentations

Coming Soon

We're working to establish conference presentation opportunities.

Faculty Collaboration

Coming Soon

We're working to establish faculty partnerships for mentorship and academic guidance.

Our Research Process

Every project moves through the same cycle -- from finding a gap to sharing what we learned

1

Find or Build

Identify research gaps in fitness technology and build prototypes to address them

  • Literature review
  • Gap identification
  • Prototype development
  • Initial testing
2

Data Collection

Collect data using hardware from the engineering team and software team's frontend app

  • Hardware sensor deployment
  • Frontend app data sampling
  • User testing sessions
  • Dataset compilation
3

Analysis

Analyze collected data to draw meaningful insights and conclusions

  • Data preprocessing
  • Statistical analysis
  • ML model training
  • Results interpretation
4

Documentation

Document findings and prepare research presentations

  • Research documentation
  • Presentation preparation
  • Results visualization
  • Academic submissions

Research Team Roles

Data Collection

Design and conduct user testing sessions to gather biometric and motion data

Literature Review

Research existing studies on wearable fitness technology and biometric accuracy

Data Analysis

Process and analyze collected data using statistical methods and visualization tools

Documentation

Write research reports, create presentations, and prepare conference submissions

Interested in Research?

Join our research team and contribute to academic exploration of fitness technology.

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