User:AndrewDressel
Andrew Dressel
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Feel free to contact me by leaving a message on my talk page.
[edit] What I've been up to
[edit] Work in progress
[edit] Current DYK nomination
[edit] Questions that remain unanswered
- What exactly is the requirement for track bike bottom bracket height?
- What exactly is wheel flop, and how can it be measured?
- What exactly is the role of spinning engine parts in motorcycle stability?
[edit] Background
A little about me so that you might know where I'm coming from.
[edit] Locations
- Raised in Cheshire, Connecticut
- Lived in Troy, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; Kiev, Ukraine; Ithaca, New York
- Currently reside in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
[edit] 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 in progress (ABD)
[edit] Work Experience
- Founder, software developer and product manager at MapInfo Corp.
- 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 and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 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 Mechanical engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
[edit] Bikes
- 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
- Bianchi steel mountain bike converted to winter commuter with slicks, lights, and fenders
- Single speed built up from old Raleigh steel road frame and Specialized Langster running gear
- 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
- Trek 710 with 12-speed Suntour from 1981
- Torker Unicycle
- Moto Guzzi California Special
[edit] What I like about Wikipedia
Because anyone and everyone is free to contribute, I have learned stuff here that I can find nowhere else. Outside of Wikipedia, I have often grown frustrated with single authors, especially of text books, that only address one side or aspect of an issue or topic. Here, in Wikipedia, eventually someone will raise every conceivable facet, and it will have to be addressed in one way or another. Some of my favorite examples include:
- Bicycle and motorcycle geometry: same terms used to describe different parameters
- Centrifugal force: same phrase used to mean different phenomena
- Countersteering: same term used to mean different phenomena
- Fatigue limit, endurance limit, and fatigue strength: multiple related phrases used differently by different authors
- Friction: does positive or negative work, depending on frame of reference
- Precession: same word used to mean different phenomena
- Rolling resistance: multiple ways to model and measure same phenomenon
When I can finally get to the bottom of things and insert "Some authors ..." and "Other authors ...", that really feels like an accomplishment. I don't know if the disambiguation page was invented here, but I don't believe I've seen it elsewhere, and I think it is pure genius.
This works for language as well. Besides the obvious "meter" vs "metre", as a Wikipedia editor I've learned that:
- "Absent" may be used as a preposition in American English, but not in British English.
- "A historic" and "an historic" are acceptable in American English, but there is a tendency toward 'an historic' in British English.
- "License" may be both a noun and a transitive verb in American English, but "license" is a verb and "licence" is a noun in British English.
To all the editors I've wrangled with over these topics, I say "thank you for helping me learn something new." -AndrewDressel (talk) 14:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Disambiguation
[edit] This is me
- on Multiply
- on LinkedIn
- at UWM
- at MSOE
- on Athlinks
- on BluWiki
- on Google
- on All Things Motorcycle
- JBike6 contributor
- on ZoomInfo
- Authors - Directions Magazine
- Capital Region's '40 Under 40' Award
- MapInfo Company Profile
- RPI Alumni Magazine
- Connecticut Lighter Than Air Society blimp passenger
- 2002 Finger Lakes Cycling Club Time Trialer
- 2007 Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon finisher
- 2007 Panther Prowl 5k finisher
- 2008 Birkebeiner Freestyle finisher
- 2008 Horribly Hilly Hundreds 200k finisher
- 2008 Spirit of Racine Half Ironman finisher
- 2008 Race the Lake finisher
- 2008 Ironman Wisconsin finisher
- 2009 Rally Athlete Fund Raiser
- 2009 ING Georgia Marathon finisher
- 2009 Badgerland Striders South Shore Half Marathon finisher
- 2009 Badgerland Striders Lakefront Marathon finisher
- 2010 Highcliff Half Ironman Triathlon finisher
- 2010 Wild Rose Wildcat Half Marathon finisher
- 2010 Ironman Wisconsin finisher
- 2010 Whistlestop Marathon finisher
- 2010 Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics Symposium Presenter
[edit] This is not me
- UPenn Grad Student '11 Philadelphia, PA on Facebook
- Gibault '07 St. Louis, MO on Facebook
- Minnesota Colleges '10 Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN on Facebook
- UVA Alum '03 New York, NY on Facebook
- SIU Edwardsville Grad Student '09 on Facebook
- Watertown Senior High School '10 Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN on Facebook
- UGA Alum '08 on Facebook
- Teacher Ratings - WOODROW WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Fans cause $3,000 damage to stadium
- St Mary/Assumption/Marriages
- JPSMUN Head Advisor
- FBC Technologies Sales Representative
- Gulf States Engineering Co. Inc.
- Creme de Menthe Brownie eater from Valdosta, GA
- Central Pattern Sales Engineer
- Vermont Law School student and now Legal Counsel at Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Greater Salt Lake City Area, on LinkedIn
- License plate spotter in Bethel Park, PA
- Photographer Andrew J Dressel
- of Presiech Bavaria wife Ursula Hoffman of Heinersreuth to New Jersey USA
[edit] Memberships
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[edit] 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):
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[edit] Pictures
Images uploaded so far 139 (132 cur, 7 old)
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Hot air balloon pilot and passenger
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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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Bicycle brake cable detangler
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Bicycle handlebar with harlequin wrap
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IRO head badge
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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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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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Contact patch showing slip angle and pneumatic trail
[edit] Countries I've visited
United States 
Canada 
Costa Rica 
Mexico 
Nicaragua 
Peru
Bahamas 
Jamaica 
Martinique 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Vincent
Austria 
Belgium 
England France 
Germany 
Iceland 
Republic of Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Norway 
Portugal 
Spain 
Switzerland 
Vatican City
Czech Republic 
Hungary 
Poland 
Russia 
Ukraine
[edit] Interesting tools
- WikiScanner
- Article traffic statistics
- javascript:importScript('User:Shubinator/DYKcheck.js'); dykCheck();
