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It's no easy feat designing world-class athletic footwear. At Nike, there's more to shoe performance than an eye-popping creative silhouette or the flashy colors of a shoe. Years of intensive research and testing back up Nike's leading-edge design and innovation.Where that research and testing gets done is in the Nike Footwear Advanced Research and Design department housed on the first floor of the Mia Hamm building on the Nike World Headquarters campus in Beaverton, Oregon. Two of the departments are the Nike Sports Research Lab and the Materials & Mechanical Test Lab. These two departments are a powerful think tank and testing lab that combines creativity, ingenuity, and sophisticated, state-of-the-science testing equipment.NIKE SPORTS RESEARCH LAB
The goal of NSRL is to understand the needs of athletes and incorporate those findings into developing high-performance footwear, while maintaining strict adherence to Nike's three main objectives: performance, protection and comfort. It ...