Andrew Dickerson

Biography

August 2021-present
Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

August 2016-July 2021
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida

January 2014-July 2016
Sr. Graduate Engineer
Meggitt USA

Education

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009

Research

• Fluid structure interaction
• Water entry
• Biomechanics

Professional Service

• Member of APS
• Reviewer for Physic of Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Nature Scientific Reports, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Awards and Recognitions

• Faculty Fellowship to Israel, Jewish National Fund. Winter 2019/2020
• NSF CAREER Award, 2019

Publications

• Alam, MD E., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Sessile liquid drops damp vibrating structures. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063/5.0055382. 
• Watson, D.A. , Bom, J.M., Weinberg, M.P., Souchik, C., Dickerson, A.K. (2021) Water entry dynamics of spheres with heterogeneous wetting properties. Physical Review Fluids. 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.044003.    
• Orkweha, P., Downing, A., Lebanoff, A.P., Zehtabian, S., Bacanli, S.S., Turgut, D., Dickerson, A.K. (2021) Ensemble machine learning predicts displacement of cantilevered fibers impacted by falling drops. Journal of Fluids and Structures.       10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103253.    
• Krsmanovic, M., Biswas, D., Ali H., Kumar, A.K., Ghosh, R., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Hydrodynamics and surfaceproperties influence biofilm proliferation. Advances in Colloidal and Interface Science. 10.1016/j.cis.2020.102336.    
• Smith, N.M., Balsalobre, J.B., Doshi, M., Willenberg, B.J., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Landing mosquitoes bounce when engaging a substrate. Scientific Reports. 10.1038/s41598-020-72462-0.     
• Lebanoff, A.P., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Drop impact onto pine needle fibers with non-circular cross-section. Physics of Fluids.10.1063/5.0019310.     
• Alam, MD E., Wu D., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Predictive modeling of drop ejection from damped, dampened wings by machine learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 10.1098/rspa.2020.0467.    
• Watson, D.A., Souchik, C.J., Weinberg, M.P., Bom, J.M., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Making a splash with fabrics in hydrophilic sphere entry. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102907.    
• Alam, MD E., Kauffman, J.L., Dickerson A.K. (2020) Drop ejection from vibrating damped, dampened wings. Soft Matter.10.1039/C9SM02253H.