Biologist in a Box

Abstract

Final report and team photo for Project 20 of ME450, Fall 2010 semester.In order to better study the relationship between the chewing rate of mammals and their body mass, Professor Geoffrey Gerstner, Ph.D, of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry tasked us with designing and building an apparatus that would film free roaming mammals chewing and simultaneously record their body mass.Geoffrey Gerstner (Biologic and Materials Sciences, U of M)http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86247/1/ME450 Fall2010 Final Report - Project 20 - Biologist in a Box.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86247/2/ME450 Fall2010 Team Photo - Project 20 - Biologist in a Box.jp