Presidential Young Investigator Award

总统青年研究员奖

• 批准号: 8658069
• 负责人: William Kier
• 金额: $ 15.09万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-08-15 至 1993-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8658069&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Presidential; Young; Investigator; Award

Dr. Kier plans to continue his morphological and biomechanical analyses of the skeletal and muscular systems in animals that lack typical bony endoskeleton of vertebrates (fish, birds, and mammals) or hard exoskeletons of crabs and insects. These organisms use an intricate combination of muscles that work against each other or against hydrostatic pressure of fluid in the body cavity to produce rigidity. Mammals (including man) utilize similar elements for movement and use of the tongue, the trunk of the elephant, and erection of the penis and the nipples, etc. Dr. Kier plans to focus most of his studies on the musculature in the highly mobile and exquisitely controlled squid and cattlefish tentacles which will have practical applications in the design of prosthesis and in the area of robotics. More importrant, these results will provide insight to the organizations of these systems and shed light on the behavioral and neural mechanisms that control their operations.

基尔博士计划继续他的形态学和生物力学 对动物骨骼和肌肉系统的分析， 缺乏脊椎动物（鱼，鸟， 哺乳动物）或螃蟹和昆虫的坚硬外骨骼。这些 生物体使用复杂的肌肉组合， 彼此抵靠或抵靠流体的静水压力， 以产生刚性。哺乳动物（包括人类） 利用类似的元件来移动和使用舌头， 大象的鼻子，阴茎和乳头的勃起， 等 基尔博士计划将他的大部分研究集中在肌肉组织上， 高度移动的和控制精密的乌贼和牛鱼 触手，这将在设计的实际应用， 假肢和机器人领域。更重要的是，这些 结果将提供洞察这些组织 系统和阐明行为和神经机制 控制他们的行动。