In the Biomechanics Lab we are interested in providing an opportunity for motivated undergraduate students to engage in supervised, independent research.

If you want to join the lab as an undergraduate researcher (Bio 199) email a resume to Adam Summers and arrange a time to discuss your interests. You are also welcome to drop in, but do bring your resume with you. You can see what sort of projects we have going by looking at the 199 web site.

You can get academic credit for research done in the lab, and, in the past undergraduate research has led to publications and meeting presentations.

Current undergraduate researchers in the lab.

• Kajiura, S.M., J. B. Forni, and A.P. Summers. (2003) Maneuvering in carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: the role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil. Zoology 106(1): 19-28.

• Sharf, F., R. Yetter, A.P. Summers and F. Juanes (1998). Enhancing diet analyses of piscivorous fishes in the Northwest Atlantic through identification and reconstruction of original prey sizes from ingested remains. Fishery Bulletin 96(3):575-588

• Summers, A.P., K.F. Darouian, A.M. Richmond and E.L. Brainerd (1998). Kinematics of terrestrial and aquatic feeding in Terrapene carolina, with implications for the evolution of feeding in cryptodire turtles (REPTILIA: TESTUDINES). Journal of Experimental Zoology 281:280-287.

• Horton, J., E. Drucker and A.P. Summers (2004) Swiftly swimming fish show evidence of stiff spines. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43 (6)

• Beltran, J., Kajiura, S.M.and A.P. Summers (2003) Collagen and proteoglycan content in skeletal cartilage. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus , Brazil .

• Ibrahim, A, I. and A.P. Summers (2003) The metabolic rate of embryonic skates ( Leucoraja erinacea ). American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus , Brazil .

• Kajiura, S., Forni, J.B. and A.P. Summers (2003) Vision and Olfaction in Carcharhinid and Sphyrnid Sharks . Integrative and Comparative Biology 42 (6): 1253.

• Meehan, S., A.P. Summers and T.J. Koob (1997). Ontogeny of metabolic rate in swell sharks, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. American Zoologist 37(5).