User:AndrewDressel

Andrew Dressel

Feel free to contact me by leaving a message on my talk page.

Questions that remain unanswered

• What exactly is the requirement for track bike bottom bracket height?
• What exactly is the role of spinning engine parts in motorcycle stability?

Background

A little about me so that you might know where I'm coming from.

Locations

Raised in Cheshire, Connecticut

Lived in Troy, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; Kiev, Ukraine; Ithaca, New York

Currently reside in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Links

• me at UWM
• me on LinkedIn
• me on Flickr
• me on Twitter
• Bad Bicycle Science on WordPress
• Good Bicycle Science on WordPress

Education

Cheshire High School 1980

BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1985

MEng in Mechanics from Cornell University 2003

MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University 2006

PhD in Civil Engineering and Mechanics from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2013

Work Experience

Founder, software developer and product manager at MapInfo Corporation

General Manager of the Kiev Business Incubator at Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev, Ukraine

Teaching Assistant of Statics, Dynamics, and Strength of materials at Cornell University

Substitute teacher of math and science in Connecticut public high schools

Hot air balloon pilot and chase crew at Castle View Balloons

Bicycle mechanic at Wheel & Sprocket and Crank Daddy's

Lecturer in Statics, Dynamics, Strength of materials, and Finite element analysis at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering

Director of the Bicycle and Motorcycle Engineering Research Laboratory at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Bikes

Trek Soho with 8-speed hub and belt drive

Felt B2 Pro time trial bicycle with 10-speed Dura-Ace from 2010

Gary Fisher Supercaliber full suspension mountain bike from 2006

Litespeed Ultimate racing bicycle with 8-speed Dura-Ace from 1994

Burley Rumba Tandem from 1999

Burley Canto Recumbent from 2002

Cannondale Criterium with 12-speed 105 from 1988

Trek 620 with 18-speed Suntour from 1984

Bianchi steel mountain bike converted to winter commuter with slicks, lights, and fenders (retired and scrapped)

Orbea Ordu time trial bicycle from 2007 (wrecked and scrapped)

Single speed built up from old Raleigh steel road frame and Specialized Langster running gear (gifted)

Bike Friday DoubleDay recumbent tandem (sold)

Trek 710 with 12-speed Suntour from 1981 (gifted)

Torker Unicycle (cannibalized)

Moto Guzzi California Special (sold)

Kawasaki Vulcan (sold)

Yamaha FZR600 (sold)

Memberships

This user is a participant in WikiProject Cycling. This user is a participant in WikiProject Motorcycling. This user is a participant in WikiProject Aviation. This user is a participant in WikiProject Aircraft. PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering Mechanics.

This user has helped promote 1 good article on Wikipedia. This user has written or expanded 12 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 11 months and 8 days. This user has created 89 articles on Wikipedia. This editor is a Veteran Editor III and is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star.

Contributions, an incomplete list

First edit on 14 May 2006 at 21:34

Articles I've worked on include (some may be listed in more than one section):

• indicates articles I've created
• indicates articles featured on Did you know?
• indicates good article

Pictures

Images uploaded so far 139 (132 cur, 7 old)

• Hot air balloon pilot and passenger
  Hot air balloon pilot and passenger
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  Hot air balloon chase vehicle
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  Bike model
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  Bike weave animation
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  Graph of bike eigenvalues
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  Bike external forces
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  Graphs of bike countersteer response
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  Free body diagram bike lean forces
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  Free body diagram of block on ramp
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  Graph of stress vs number of cycles
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  Bicycle banana seat and sissy bar
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  Aero seatpost
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  Bowden cable
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  Bicycle brake cable detangler
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  Bicycle downtube shifters
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  Bicycle dual-pivot calliper brakes
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  Tandem bicycle eccentric bottom bracket
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  Bicycle handlebar with harlequin wrap
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  Humber bicycle fork
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  Trailing link suspension bicycle fork
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  Rod brake on a Triumph
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  Westwood rim
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  Bicycle rear dropout
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  Loaded touring recumbent bicycle
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  Loaded touring tandem bicycle
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  Triumph bicycle
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  Hero bicycle
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  Bicycle sidecar
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  Bianchi head badge
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  Ellsworth head badge
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  IRO head badge
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  Milwaukee Bicycle Co. head badge
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  Motorcycle clip-on handlebar
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  Honda longitudinal V-twin
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  Torker unicycle
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  Unicycle hub
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  Steer angle and lean angle vs speed
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  Hands off steer angle vs speed
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  Lean angle from weight
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  Dini's surface
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  Two-mass-skate bicycle
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  Stability eigenvalues for an example motorcycle
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  Root locus plot of motorcycle stability eigenvalues
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  Cannondale Headshok front suspension
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  Camber thrust
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  Contact patch showing slip angle and pneumatic trail
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  Epicyclic gears in a bicycle hub gear
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  Computer rendering of Euler's Disk on a slightly concave base

Photo and image credits (just for fun)

• How Can I Choose Products That Give Back? By Joe Jackson, Oct 23, 2013 on Outside Online
• Encouraging Bicycle Tourism In Oregon. By Geoffrey Riley & Charlotte Duren, NOV 6, 2013 on Jefferson Public Radio
• Who came up with your least favorite tech buzzwords? by Josh Fruhlinger, April 21, 2014 on ITworld
• The Squeaky Luggage Rack. By Chip Muston, August 2, 2016 on Life Share Technologies
• The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation
• The Humble Bike: Serving Us Well Into The Future. On Yellow Magpie
• Five Useful Christmas Gifts for Cyclists. On Fit Citizen
• Bike Fact Book - Unusual Information About Bicycles and Bicycling. By Jeff Napier, 2013 on 500ways
• The First Home Trainers. By Aaron Cripps, October 27, 2014 on Cycling History
• Krishna and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance. By Rohini-suta dasa (Ronald E. Boutelle) on Ancient Vedic Radio
• What is rolling friction? By Adit Akarsh, Oct 12, 2015 on Quora
• What are the keys to making the fastest Lego race car? By Paul Reiber, Apr 15, 2016 on Quora (and "featured in Forbes")
• Fren Sistemi on Bisiklet Gezgini

Places I've visited

United States Canada

Costa Rica Mexico Nicaragua Panama El Salvador

Bahamas Cuba Jamaica Martinique Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent

Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador Peru

Austria Belgium Denmark England France Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Switzerland Vatican City

Albania Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Montenegro Poland Russia Slovenia Ukraine

Comoros Kenya Malawi Mozambique Tanzania Tunisia Uganda

Australia Cambodia China Hong Kong India Japan Laos Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Thailand Vietnam

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