{"id":360,"date":"2026-04-08T19:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:14:50","slug":"student-projects-impact-of-air-velocity-on-exercise-in-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2026\/04\/08\/student-projects-impact-of-air-velocity-on-exercise-in-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Student projects: Impact of air velocity on exercise in extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UG students Anna Fitzpatrick, Hannah Topping, &amp; Matt Vallance have been working in the heat chamber this year on a project alongside PhD student Lee Ager. They are exploring the impact of air velocity on physiological and perceptual responses during exercise in extreme heat (45 <sup>o<\/sup>C). Specifically they were recruiting a fit but lower aerobically trained group to examine sweat responses and the ability to tolerate such extreme conditions. Three excellent students to have in the lab! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_2837-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UG students Anna Fitzpatrick, Hannah Topping, &amp; Matt Vallance have been working in the heat chamber this year on a project alongside PhD student Lee Ager. They are exploring the impact of air velocity on physiological and perceptual responses during exercise in extreme heat (45 oC). Specifically they were recruiting a fit but lower aerobically &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2026\/04\/08\/student-projects-impact-of-air-velocity-on-exercise-in-extreme-heat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Student projects: Impact of air velocity on exercise in extreme heat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}