Statement of Research Interests

•  Overview

Structural Design and Functional Performance in Chiropteran Wings: An Integrative Approach

•  The constraints of flight as a setting for the study of morphological evolution
•  In vivo strain analysis of skeletal mechanics
•  Allometric patterning
•  Mechanical properties of wing tissues
•  Computer flight simulation
•  Future directions

Morphology, Mechanics and Development of Trabecular Bone Architecture

•  Introduction
•  Comparative and scaling approaches to trabecular design
•  Experimental assessment of trabecular tissue function
•  Future directions

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last updated: March 12, 2009