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Dr Alison Cooke
- Ph.D., Cambridge University, Cambridge 1992
- C. Eng., M.I.Mech.E., 1990
- M.A., Cambridge University, Cambridge 1987
- Postgraduate Certificate in Design,
Manufacture and Management, Cambridge 1985
- B.A., Engineering (Fluid Mechanics,
Aeronautics, Mechanics, Turbomachinery), Cambridge University 1984
Alison Cooke was a member of the academic staff at
Cambridge University Engineering Department from 1991 – 2000 where she
worked in the areas of Aerodynamics, Design, Manufacturing and
Management. 
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She was Director of Sports Engineering research at
the Cambridge University Engineering Design Centre. As well as
fundamental research, projects have included collaboration with
manufacturers and sports governing bodies in the areas of tennis,
cricket, badminton and real tennis. For example, from 1993 to 1995 she
developed a new shuttlecock product with Dunlop Slazenger, based on her
Ph.D. research. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the
International Sports Engineering Association which manages the Sports
Engineering journal and related conferences.
The
Advanced Course in Design, Manufacture and Management (ACDMM) at
Cambridge. In this post she managed in excess of 120 collaborative
projects with industry (30% in Design, 30% in Management and 40% in
Manufacturing), ranging from multinational companies (e.g. Peugeot,
Dunlop Slazenger) to small high tech companies (e.g. Cambustion, Walker
Wingsail). From 1991 to 1994 she was also the RTZ Industrial Fellow in
Manufacturing Strategy.
She has been an industrial mentor for The
Institution of Mechanical Engineers for 7 years and is an Independent
Consultant in Management Development and Sports Engineering since 1997.
Current Projects
- Project leader, Sports Engineering in
Education
- Consultant, Leadership skills for senior
manufacturing managers (including GKN, Scottish Power)
- Consultant, Change Management in NHS
Selected Publications
Jarratt, T. A. W. and Cooke, A. J. (2001), A Comparison of Cricket Ball Cores,
Proc. Materials and Science in Sport, edited by
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, awaiting publication
Cooke, A. J. (2000), Managing to get by, Journal of Science and Public
Affairs (December issue)
Cooke, A.J. (2000), An
Overview of Tennis Ball Aerodynamics, Sports Engineering Journal
(Haake, S. J. ed.), Volume 3 Issue 1, pub. Blackwell Science, Oxford
Knowles, K., Cooke, A.J., Lennox, T.,
Mastropietro, S., (2000), Design of
Real Tennis Balls, Proc. 3rd Conf. The Eng. of Sport,
pp43-50, pub. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Cooke, A.J. (1999), Shuttlecock Aerodynamics, Sports Engineering Journal
(Haake, S. J. ed.), Volume 2 Issue 2, pub. Blackwell Science, Oxford
Cooke, A.J. (1996), Shuttlecock Design and Development, Sports Engineering
– Design and Development (Haake, S. J. ed.), Proc. 1st Int.
Conf. Eng. of Sport, pub. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Dixon, J. & Cooke A.J. (1995), Managing
Product Design: A Case Study from the Consumer Sports Industry, Product
Design Seminar 1995, Teaching Company Directorate.
Cooke A.J. & Mullins J. (March 1994), The
Flight of the Shuttlecock, New Scientist.
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several years in the Engineering
Department of Cambridge University, and has managed more than one
hundred projects in both the public and the private sectors on both
sports engineering and management development. Many of these were
carried out during her time as tutor and course leader on the Advanced
Course in Design, Manufacture and Management. She set up Cooke
Associates in 1997.
