Presidential Young Investigator Award

Full博士计划继续研究动物能量学。 他想 确定运动的成本是否间接 与身体大小成比例，如果成本与数字系统无关。 他想通过以下方式来解开潜在的生物医学/生物化学基础： 观察各种各样的动物，包括蚂蚁，螃蟹， 千足虫蜥蜴鸟类和哺乳动物 富尔博士是第一个采用微型测力板来分析力的人 与微小昆虫的运动模式有关。 他将开发其他 在其他动物的分析中应用测力板。 本研究 将有助于动物设计的一般理论的发展， 运动一般。

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.