DAVID E. FOSTER - PI
Education:
PhD 1979, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
PhD Thesis: "The Control of NOx From the Combustion of Fuels With a High Nitrogen Content.
MS 1975, Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison
BS 1973, Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison
Positions held:
2003 – present Phil and Jean Myers Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1999 – 2003 Professor Mechanical Engineering, Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison
1994-1999 Professor Mechanical Engineering, Director Engine Research Center
1993-94 Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Programs, UW-Madison
1988-93. Professor, UW-Madison
1986-87 Visiting Faculty (Sabbatical), Combustion Research Facility, Sandia Nat'l Labs.
1983-88 Associate Professor, UW-Madison
1978-83 Assistant Professor, UW-Madison
1973 Junior Engineer, GM Technical Center, Warren, MI
1972 Assistant Engineer, Allied Chemical Co., Hopewell, VA
Honors and Awards:
Ralph R. Teetor Award, SAE, 1980, Outstanding Young Member Award (Milwaukee Section), SAE, 1982, Polygon Outstanding Instructor Award, UW, 1981; 1985; 1986, Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Instructor Award, UW, 1982, Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Instructor Award, 1982, Amoco Teaching Award, 1983 ($1,000-campus wide) ,Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (SAE); 1984, 1986, 1992, 1998 ,Best Paper Award, Central States Section of Combustion Institute for the paper "Soot Production in a Diffusion Cross Flow Flame," with J.L. Ellzey, Z.F. Tay & J.G. Berbee, Forest R. McFarland Award, SAE International, for outstanding service, 1994 Best paper from the ERC, “Optical Soot Particle Size and Number Density Measurements in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine,” with Dale Tree, SAE Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award, 1998, Elected SAE Fellow 1999
Publications:
“Compression-ignited Homogeneous Charge Combustion,” Najt, P and Foster, D., SAE Technical Paper, No. 830246 (1983)
“A Numerical Study to Control Combustion Duration of Hydrogen-fueled HCCI by Using Multi-zone Chemical Kinetics Simulation,” Noda, T. and Foster, D., SAE 2001-01-0250
“Properties of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine with n-Butane as a Fuel,” Iida, M., Hayashi, M., Foster, D. and Martin, J., ASME Journal for Gas Turbines and Power, October 2002, Vol. 124
“Modeling the Effects of Auxiliary Gas Injection for Late Cycle Oxygen Enrichment in Heavy Duty Diesel Engines,” Mather, D., Foster, D., Chanda, A., Vachon, T., Longman, D., Poola, R., SAE 2002 Congress
“An Investigation Into the Effect of Fuel Composition on HCCI Combustion Characteristics,” Tanet Aroonsrisopon, Volker Sohm, Philipp Werner, Takeshi Morikawa, Minoru Iida, and David E. Foster, SAE 2002-01-2830
“Detailed Chemical Composition and Particle Size Assessment of Diesel Engine Exhaust”, Chol-Bum Kweon and David E. Foster, James J. Schauer, Shusuke Okada, SAE 2002- 01 - 2670 Fall SAE Meeting 2002, Transactions
“Effect of Engine Operating Conditions on Particle-Phase Organic Compounds in Engine Exhaust of a Heavy-Duty (HD) Direct-Injection (DI) Diesel Engine,” Kweon, C.B., Okada, S., Foster, D.E., Bae, M.S., and Schauer, J.J., SAE 2003-01-0342, 2003,
“Measurement of Trace Metal Composition in Diesel Engine Particulate and its Potential for Determining Oil Consumption: ICPMS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer) and ATOFMS (Aerosol Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer) Measurements” Okada, S., Kweon, C.B., Stetter, J.C., Foster, D.E., Shafer, M.M., Christensen, C.G., Schauear, J.J., Schmidt, A.M., Silverberg, A.M., Gross, D.S., SAE 2003-01-0076, 2003
“Zero-Dimensional Soot Modeling” Bayer, J. and Foster, D., SAE 2003-01-1070, Transactions
Kapparos, David J., Foster, David E. and Rutland, Christopher R., “Sensitivity Analysis of a Diesel Exhaust System Thermal Model,” SAE 2004 – 01 - 1131
Volker, S, Kong, S.C., Foster, D.E., Morikawa, T., Iida, M., “A Computational Investigation into the Cool Flame Region in HCCI Combustion,” SAE 2004 – 01 – 0552, Transactions
Aroonsrisopon, T, Werner, P., Sohm, V., Waldman, J., Foster, D.E., Morikawa, T, and Iida, M., “Expanding the HCCI Operation with Charge Stratification,” SAE 2004 – 01 – 1756, Transactions
National Service:
Committee to Review the Partnership for New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV): a National Academy of Sciences sponsored National Research Council committee to review the US Government’s big three automotive industry’s cooperative PNGV program (1995 – present, Chair of Compression Ignited Direct Injection sub-committee 1997-2004), National Research Council Committee for Peer Review of the DOE Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies, Jan 2000 – 2002
Professional Registration:
Registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin: #23448
Consulting Activities:
Active consultant for government and industry both nationally and internationally
Other Professional Activities:
(Offices) Extensive participation in SAE, the Combustion Institute and ASME.
International Service:
Advisory Board for COMODIA, 1997 - present (International Conference on Combustion Modeling and Diagnostics – Japan), Editorial Board of Japanese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Executive Committee and Organizing Committee for the 6th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines, held in Arita-Machi, Japan, October 1997, Executive Committee and Organizing Committee for the 7th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines - Germany, Fall 2000, Executive Committee THIESEL, 2003 – present.