Positions

Overview

  • Prof. Foster joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at UNH Fall 2008. Prior to joining UNH, Prof. Foster was an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Sciences at the Ohio State University in Columbus.

    Prof. Foster teaches OE and ME courses which include Heat Transfer (ME 603), Coastal Engineering Process (OE 757) and Ocean Mechanics (OE 795/895).

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2015 Field and laboratory observations of bed stress and associated nutrient release in a tidal estuary.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  161:11-24. 2015
    2014 Unsteady stress partitioning and momentum transfer in the wave bottom boundary layer over movable rippled beds.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  119:8530-8551. 2014
    2014 Field evidence of the viscous sublayer in a tidally forced developing boundary layer.  Geophysical Research Letters.  41:5084-5090. 2014
    2013 Spatial variability of the wave bottom boundary layer over movable rippled beds.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  118:3490-3506. 2013
    2013 Three-dimensional mixture simulations of flow over dynamic rippled beds.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  118:1543-1555. 2013
    2009 Observations of bed form evolution with field-scale oscillatory hydrodynamic forcing.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  114. 2009
    2009 Observations of bed form evolution with field-scale oscillatory hydrodynamic forcing.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  114. 2009
    2009 The effect of Lake Erie water level variations on sediment resuspension.  Journal of Great Lakes Research: devoted to research on large lakes of the world.  35:1-12. 2009
    2008 Modeling of vortex ripple morphodynamics.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  113. 2008
    2007 Full-scale observations of wave-induced vortex generation over a rippled bed.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  112. 2007
    2007 Three-dimensional flow around a bottom-mounted short cylinder.  Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.  133:534-544. 2007
    2007 Numerical simulations of the flow and sediment transport regimes surrounding a short cylinder.  IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.  32:249-259. 2007
    2006 Field evidence of pressure gradient induced incipient motion.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  111. 2006
    2006 Turbulence observations of the nearshore wave bottom boundary layer.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  111. 2006
    2005 Modeling of flow around a cylinder over a scoured bed.  Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering.  131:14-24. 2005
    2000 Field observations of the wave bottom boundary layer.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.  105:19631-19647. 2000

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2007 The cross-shore sediment transport experiment (crosstex).  Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference. 2547-2559. 2007
    2007 The role of turbulent fluctuations on the scour of a short cylinder.  Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference. 2367-2377. 2007
    2001 Model-data comparisons of velocity and suspended sediment in a wave dominated environment.  COASTAL DYNAMICS '01: PROCEEDINGS. 751-758. 2001

    Principal Investigator On

  • B2S Industry Challenge: Enhancing Economic Opportunity for Isolated Coastal and Island Communities through Resilient Energy-Water Microgrid Systems  awarded by US DOC, Economic Development Administration 2020 - 2023
  • Understanding the Cross-Roads of Human and Ecosystem Health: Back Bay Shellfish Farms as a Model for Studying Coastal Ecosystems Feedbacks Systems  awarded by Rutgers University 2020 - 2022
  • EAGER: Mobilizing Our Coastal Communities: Facilitating Rapid Response Observations  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2019 - 2022
  • Understanding the Hydrodynamic Effect of Oyster Farms in Shallow Water Estuarian Environments  awarded by University of Vermont 2020 - 2022
  • Resolving the Role of the Pressure Gradient in the Burial & Mobility of Underwater Munitions  awarded by US DOD, Army 2017 - 2022
  • MRI: Acquisition of Environmental Flows Water Tunnel  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2016 - 2019
  • NEESR: Tsunami Induced Coherent Structures and their Impact on our Coastal Infrastructure  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2011 - 2017
  • Smart Sediment Grains and the Motion and Transport of Heterogeneous Sediment in Unsteady Forcing Environments  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2009 - 2013
  • CAREER: Fluid-Sediment Interactions over Complex Coastal Topography  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2009 - 2011
  • Coastal Sediment Transport Model: Sub-grid Parameterization of Dissipation and Sediment Transport  awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2009

    • Co-principal Investigator On

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    Teaching Activities

  • Doctoral Research Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course
  • Innovation Scholars II Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2023
  • Innovation Scholars II Taught course 2023
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course 2022
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • Innovation Scholars Taught course 2022
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2021
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course 2021
  • Master's Project Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2021
  • Innovation Scholars Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2020
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course 2020
  • Power of the Sea Taught course 2020
  • Coastal Engineering&Processes Taught course 2020
  • Innovation Scholars Taught course 2020
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2020
  • Ocean Seminars II Taught course 2020
  • Power of the Sea Taught course 2019 - 2020
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2019
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course 2019
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2019
  • Coastal Engineering&Processes Taught course 2019
  • Innovation Scholars Taught course 2019
  • Innovation Scholars I Taught course 2018
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Ocean Hydrodynamics Taught course 2018
  • Coastal Engineering&Processes Taught course 2018
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2018
  • Honors Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Master's Project Taught course 2018
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Power of the Sea Taught course 2018
  • Coastal Engineering & Process Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2017
  • Projects Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2017
  • Coastal Engineering & Process Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Ocean Hydrodynamics Taught course 2016
  • Coastal Engineering & Process Taught course 2015
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2015
  • Ocean Engineering Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2015
  • Heat Transfer Taught course 2015
  • Heat Transfer Taught course 2015
  • Honors Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Coastal Engineering & Process Taught course 2014
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2014
  • Honors Seminar Taught course 2014
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine
  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University
  • Ph.D. Ocean Engineering, Oregon State University

    • Full Name

  • Diane Foster