Presidential Young Investigator Award
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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.
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