Andrew Dressel

Dr. Andrew Dressel recently returned from a one-year post-doc to help design the bicycle of the future at Delft University of Technology Bicycle Laboratorium.

Research Interests

• Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics
• Mechanical Properties of Bicycle Tires

Selected Publications

• Bicycle Disc Brake Noise Analysis and Mitigation, Singh, Vreman, Dressel, and Moore (submitted 2023)
• Evaluating the handling of a tilting tricycle with variable stability, Dressel, van Willigan, and Moore (2023)
• Adapting a variable stability mechanism for a tilting tricycle from the delta to the tadpole wheel configuration, Dressel and Moore (2023)
• Characterization and modeling of various sized mountain bike tires and the effects of tire tread knobs and inflation pressure, Dressel, A. and Sadauckas, J., applied sciences 10.9 (2020): 3156.
• A Narrow-Track Tilting Tricycle with Variable Stability that the Rider can Control Manually (2020) A. M. Pierson, A. K. Shortreed, P. D. Van Asten, A. E. Dressel, Proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences IDETC/CIE2020
• A Narrow-Track Tilting Tricycle with Variable Stability that the Rider can Control Manually (2019) A. M. Pierson, A. K. Shortreed, P. D. Van Asten, A. E. Dressel, Proceedings, Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics, Padova, Italy
• Characterization and Modelling of Various Sized Mountain Bike Tires and the Effect of Tire Tread Knobs and Inflation Pressure (2019) A. E. Dressel, J. Sadauckas, Proceedings, Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics, Padova, Italy
• Nonlinear Interaction of a Slender Pneumatic Tire with the Ground –Extensions to the Rotta Model
  (2017) Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science
• Nonlinear Brush Formulation for a Bicycle Tire Based on Rotta Model
  (2016) Proceedings of the 2016 Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics Conference (3 citations)
• Bicycle tire measurements and steady-state models, for use in vehicle dynamic simulations
  (2015) International Tyre Colloquium, 4th, Guildford, United Kingdom (2 citations)
• Measuring and Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Bicycle Tires
  (2013) UWM PhD dissertation (8 citations)
• Comment on ‘On the stability of a bicycle on rollers’
  (2012) European Journal of Physics (7 citations)
• Measuring side slip and camber characteristics of bicycle tyres
  (2012) Vehicle System Dynamics (32 citations)
• Benchmarking Bicycle and Motorcycle Equations of Motion
  (2011) Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Washington DC
• Measuring Dynamic Properties of Bicycle Tires
  (2010) Symposium on the Dynamics and Control of Single Track Vehicles, Delft, The Netherlands (7 citations)
• Promoting holistic problem-solving in mechanics pedagogy
  (2007) American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (7 citations)
• JBike6 (2006) Cornell University Masters thesis (1 citation)

Events

• Bicycle & Motorcycle Dynamics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 2016
• Balancing Act: the Physics of Bicycling, Science Bag, College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, February 2019
• Bicycle & Motorcycle Dynamics, University of Padova, Italy, September 2019

Press

• UWM coverage of bike lab help with Westlawn bike tuneups
• Recumbent & Tandem Rider Magazine (#68) coverage of the PantherTrike at Recumbent Cycle-Con
• Laidback Bike Report coverage of the PantherTrike at Recumbent Cycle-Con
• MHPVA coverage of ASME HPVC
• WUWM coverage of ASME HPVC
• UWM coverage of ASME HPVC
• UWM coverage of BMD2016
• Fox 6 News coverage of BMD2016
• Bicycling Magazine mention of bicycle tire research
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mention of World Bike research

Blogs

• Bad Bicycle Science
• Good Bicycle Science

Awards

• Honorable Mention:
  2011 CEAS Student Research Poster Competition
  The Influence of Bicycle Tire Dynamics on Bicycle Stability
• 3rd Place:
  2010 CEAS Student Research Poster Competition
  The Influence of Structural Compliance on Bicycle Stability

Advising

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Community Involvement

• UWM cycling
• Wheelin’ in Westlawn