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Gabriele Dell'Orto Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis

Dr. Gabriele Dell'Orto just following the awarding of the doctorate on Februrary 25, 2025. Left to right: Madam Beadle, Riender Happee, Jason K. Moore, Frans van der Helm, Pier de Jong, Gabriele Dell'Orto, Malte Rothhämel, Teddy Vijfvinkel, Igo Bessilink (top row), Giampiero Mastinu (bottom row), Bart van Arem Bike Lab …

PhD Graduation Announcement: Gabriele Dell'Orto

Bike Lab PhD candidate, Gabriele Dell'Orto, has completed his PhD dissertation titled "Bicycle tyre lateral characteristics and their effect on bicycle dynamics", found here: https://repository.tudelft.nl/record/uuid:dc549b99-0b00-4f24-995b-94a44cbf5caa Gabriele will publicly defend his PhD on Tuesday, February 25th. The layperson's talk is at 9:30 CET and …

Kirsten Dijkman Successfully Defends Her MSc Thesis

Kirsten Dijkman successfully defended "Impact of bicycle tire parameters on the total rolling losses" on January 11, 2024. Kirsten executed three experiments to investigate all aspects of forward motion energy losses due to the bicycle-rider system rolling on different road surfaces. She first characterized the tire contact patch for a …