- Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
John Eric Goff is Professor of Engineering Practice at Purdue University in Indianapolis, with a joint appointment in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering. He is a physicist and sports engineer whose research includes soccer-ball aerodynamics, modeling of professional cycling and the Tour de France, fluid dynamics, and computational physics. He is the author of Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports and The Physics of Krav Maga. He has extensive experience communicating science to general audiences through print, radio, television, podcasts, and public lectures.
Experience
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2026–presentProfessor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
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2025–2026Visiting Assistant Professor (Level 7) of Physics, University of Puget Sound
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2012–2025Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg
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2006–2012Associate Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg
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2002–2006Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg
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2000–2002Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Oberlin College
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1999–2000Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Kenyon College
Education
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1999Indiana University, PhD in Physics
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1993Indiana University, MS in Physics
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1992Vanderbilt University, BS in Physics and Mathematics
Publications
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2019The Physics of Krav Maga, Johns Hopkins University Press
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2010Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports, Johns Hopkins University Press
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society
- International Sports Engineering Association
- Sigma Xi
Contact John for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
- Website
- LinkedIn: john-eric-goff
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
