Presidential Young Investigator Award

富尔博士计划继续研究动物能量学。如果成本与数字系统无关，他想确定移动的成本是否与身体大小间接成正比。他想通过观察包括蚂蚁、螃蟹、千足虫、蜥蜴、鸟类和哺乳动物在内的不同动物群体来揭示潜在的生物医学/生化基础。富尔博士是第一个使用微型力板来分析微小昆虫运动模式所涉及的力的人。他将开发其他力板，用于其他动物的分析。这项研究将有助于动物设计和运动的一般理论的发展。

Dr. Full plans to continue studying animal energetics. He wants to determine whether or not the cost of locomotion is indirectly proportional to body size, if cost is independent of the number system. He wants to unravel the underlying biomedical/biochemical basis by looking at a diverse group of animals including ants, crabs, millipedes, lizards, birds, and mammals. Dr. Full is the first to employ miniature force plate to analyze forces involved in movement patterns of tiny insects. He will develop other force plates to be applied in analyses of other animals. This research will aid in the development of general theory of animal design and movement in general.