Fluids and STructures Laboratory
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee
**Student advisees denoted in ORANGE.
2024
Schaeffer, B.M, Truman, S.S, Truscott, T.T., Dickerson, A.K. (2024) Maple samara flight is robust to morphological perturbation and united
by a classic drag model. Communications Biology. 10.1038/s42003-024-05913-3 pdf
Watson, D.A., Thornton, M.R., Khan, H.A., Diamco, R.C., Yilmaz Aydin, D., Dickerson, A.K. (2024) Water striders are impervious to raindrop
collision forces and submerged by collapsing craters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073/pnas.2315667121
Dockery, J.D., Yilmaz Aydin, D., Dickerson, A.K. (2024) Pendant drop motion and stability in vertical airflow. Physics of Fluids.
2023
Alif, MD E., Husain, A., Quizhpe, C., Maynor, E., Dickerson, A.K. (2023) Water entry of spheres with impact-axis channels. Physics of Fluids.
Krsmanovic, M., Ghosh, R., Dickerson, A.K. (2023) Fur flutter in flow fends off foulers. Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Seavey, C.E., Doshi, M., Panarello, A.P., Felice, M.A., Dickerson, A.K., Jewett, M.W., Willenberg, B.J. (2023) Engineered Human Tissue as a
New Platform for Mosquito Bite-Site Biology Investigations. Insects. 10.3390/insects14060514 pdf
Schoppink, J., Mohan, K., Quetzeri-Santiago, M., McKinley, G.H., Fernandez Rivas, D., Dickerson, A.K. (2023) Cavitation-induced
microjets tuned by channels with alternating wettability patterns. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063/5.0143223 pdf
Seavey, C., Doshi, M., Colamarino, A., Kim, B., Dickerson, A.K., Willenberg, B.J. (2023) Graded Atmospheres of Volatile Pyrethroid
Overlaid on Host Cues can be Established and Quantified within a Novel Flight Chamber for Mosquito Behavior Studies.
Environmental Entomology. 10.1093/ee/nvad007 pdf
2022
Dickerson. A.K., Alam, MD.E., Buckelew J., Boyum, N., Turgut, D. (2022) Predictive modeling of water drop impact force on concave
targets. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063/5.0116795 pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Muijres, F., Pieters, R. (2022) Using videography to study the biomechanics and behavior of freely-moving mosquitoes.
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top107676 pdf
Hedrick, Tyson L., Dickerson, A.K., Muijres, F., Pieters, R. (2022) Tracking the body, wing, and leg kinematics of moving mosquitoes.
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot107928 pdf
Muijres, F., Dickerson, A.K., Pieters, R. (2022) Designing a generic videography experiment for studying mosquito behavior. Cold Spring
Harbor Protocols. 10.1101/pdb.prot1079 pdf
Alif, MD.E., Veihdeffer, J., Alam MD.E, Dickerson, A.K. (2022) Liquid jet stability through planar elastic nozzles. European Physics Journal:
Special Topics. 10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00656-w pdf
Panarello A.P., Seavey, C.E. Doshi, M., Dickerson, A.K., Kean, T.J., Willenberg, B.J. (2022) Transforming Capillary
Alginate Gel (Capgel) into New 3D-Printing Biomaterial Inks. Gels. 10.3390/gels8060376 pdf
Krsmanovic, M., Ali, H., Biswas, D., Ghosh, R., Dickerson, A.K. (2022) Fouling of mammalian hair fibres exposed to a titanium dioxide
colloidal suspension. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 10.1098/rsif.2021.0904 pdf
Ganesan, J.P., Iqbal, N., Krsmanovic, M., Torres-Davila, F., Dickerson, A.K., Davis, K.O., Tetard, L., Banerjee, P. (2022) Raman
Microspectroscopy of a Multi-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3126106 pdf
2021
Artman-Breitung, M., Watson, D.A., Dickerson, A.K. (2021) Simultaneous impact of twin drops on a semi-infinite liquid target. Physics of
Fluids. 10.1063/5.0067442 pdf
Alam, MD E., Dickerson, A.K. (2021) Sessile liquid drops damp vibrating structures. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063/5.0055382. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
2020
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. pdf
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. pdf
Lebanoff, A.P., Dickerson, A.K. (2020) Drop impact onto pine needle fibers with non-circular cross-section. Physics of Fluids.
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. pdf
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. pdf
Alam, MD E., Kauffman, J.L., Dickerson A.K. (2020) Drop ejection from vibrating damped, dampened wings.
Soft Matter. 10.1039/C9SM02253H. pdf
2019
Smith, N.M., Dickerson, A.K., Murphy, D. (2019) Organismal aggregations exhibit fluidic behaviors: a review. Bioinspiration &
Biomimetics. 10.1088/1748-3190/ab0253. pdf
Watson, D.A., Stephen, J., Dickerson, A.K. (2019) Impacts of free-falling spheres on a deep liquid pool with altered fluid and impactor
surface conditions. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/59300. pdf
2018
Smith, N.M., Ebrahimi, H., Ghosh, R., Dickerson, A. K. (2018) High-speed microjets issue from bursting oil gland reservoirs of citrus
fruit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073/pnas.1720809115. pdf
Watson, D.A., Stephen, J.L., Dickerson, A.K. (2018) Jet amplification and cavity formation induced by penetrable fabrics in hydrophilic
sphere entry. Physics of Fluids. 10.1063/1.5036655. (issue cover) pdf
Smith, N.M., Clayton, G.V., Khan, H.A., Dickerson, A.K. (2018) Mosquitoes modulate leg dynamics at takeoff to accommodate surface roughness. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 10.1088/1748-3190/aaed87. pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Olvera, A., Luc, Y.K. (2018) Void entry by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes is lower than would be
expected by a randomized search. Journal of Insect Science. 10.1093/jisesa/iey115 pdf
2015
Dickerson, A.K., Shankles, P.G., Berry Jr, B.E., Hu, D.L. (2015) Fog and dense gas disrupt mosquito flight due to increased aerodynamic
drag on halteres. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2015.03.016. pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Liu, X., Zhu, T., Hu, D.L. Fog spontaneously folds mosquito wings. (2015) Physics of Fluids.
10.1063/1.4908261. pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Rajamani, R., Boost, M., Jackson, J. (2015) Determining remaining useful life for Li-ion batteries. SAE Aerotech. Seattle,
2014
Dickerson, A.K., Hu, D.L. (2014) Mosquitoes actively remove drops deposited by fog and dew. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
10.1093/icb/icu042. pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Shankles, P., Hu, D. L. (2014) Raindrops push and splash flying insects. Physics of Fluids.
2012
Dickerson, A.K., Mills, Z., Hu, D. L. (2012) Wet mammals shake at tuned frequencies to dry. Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
10.1098/rsif.2012.0429. pdf
Dickerson, A.K., Shankles, P., Madhaven, N., Hu, D. L. (2012) Mosquitoes survive raindrop collisions by virtue of their low
mass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 10.1073/pnas.1205446109. pdf