{"id":225,"date":"2025-05-06T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:50:57","slug":"andrew-dickerson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/andrew-dickerson\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Dickerson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Andrew Dickerson<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2021-present<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor<br>Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2016-July 2021<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor<br>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<br>University of Central Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 2014-July 2016<br><\/strong>Sr. Graduate Engineer<br>Meggitt USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD,&nbsp;Mechanical Engineering,&nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS,&nbsp;Mechanical Engineering,&nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fluid structure interaction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water entry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomechanics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member of APS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewer for Physic of Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Nature Scientific Reports, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty Fellowship to Israel, Jewish National Fund. Winter 2019\/2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NSF CAREER Award, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alam, MD E., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Sessile liquid drops damp vibrating structures. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063\/5.0055382.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watson, D.A. , Bom, J.M., Weinberg, M.P., Souchik, C., Dickerson, A.K. (2021) Water entry dynamics of spheres with heterogeneous wetting properties.&nbsp;Physical Review Fluids.&nbsp;10.1103\/PhysRevFluids.6.044003. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10.1016\/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103253. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Krsmanovic, M., Biswas, D., Ali H., Kumar, A.K., Ghosh, R., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Hydrodynamics and surfaceproperties influence biofilm proliferation.&nbsp;Advances in Colloidal and Interface Science.&nbsp;10.1016\/j.cis.2020.102336.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.&nbsp;10.1098\/rspa.2020.0467. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.&nbsp;10.1016\/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102907. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alam, MD E., Kauffman, J.L., Dickerson A.K. (2020) Drop ejection from vibrating damped, dampened wings. Soft Matter.10.1039\/C9SM02253H.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Andrew-Dickerson.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Dickerson\" class=\"wp-image-265\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Andrew-Dickerson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Andrew-Dickerson-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>306C Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:dickerson@utk.edu\">dickerson@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dickersonlab.com\/\">Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Dickerson Associate Professor Biography August 2021-presentAssistant ProfessorMechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2016-July 2021Assistant ProfessorMechanical and Aerospace EngineeringUniversity of Central Florida January 2014-July 2016Sr. Graduate EngineerMeggitt USA Education Research Professional Service Awards and Recognitions Publications Contact Information 306C Dougherty Engineering Building Emaildickerson@utk.edu Personal Website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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