Diane Foster

Diane Foster

Director, Marine Sci & Ocean Eng
Phone: (603) 862-3089
Office: Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, Chase Ocean Engineering Lab Rm 102C, Durham, NH 03824
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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).

Courses Taught

  • OE 401: Ocean Engineering Seminar
  • OE 521: Power of the Sea
  • OE 757/857: Coastal Engineering&Processes
  • OE 892: Master's Project
  • OE 991: Ocean Seminars II
  • OE 999: Doctoral Research
  • TECH 411: Innovation Scholars I
  • TECH 412: Innovation Scholars II

Education

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

Selected Publications

  • Marry, M., & Foster, D. (2024). Field Observations of Hydrostatic Pressure Deviations in a Nearshore Sediment Bed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(2). doi:10.1029/2023jc019891

  • Ghasemi, R., Wosnik, M., Foster, D. L., & Mo, W. (n.d.). Multi-Objective Decision-Making for an Island Microgrid in the Gulf of Maine. Sustainability, 15(18), 13900. doi:10.3390/su151813900

  • Wengrove, M. E., de Schipper, M. A., Lippmann, T. C., & Foster, D. L. (2022). Surfzone bedform migration and sediment flux implications to large scale morphologic evolution. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 410. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108246

  • An ASBPA White Paper: Human and ecosystem health in coastal systems (2022). Shore & Beach, 64-91. doi:10.34237/1009018

  • Wengrove, M. E., Ebadi, A., White, C. M., & Foster, D. L. (2020). Evaluation of the momentum integral method to determine the wall skin friction in separated flows. EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 61(12). doi:10.1007/s00348-020-03065-8

  • Marieu, V., Bonneton, P., Foster, D. L., & Ardhuin, F. (2008). Modeling of vortex ripple morphodynamics. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 113(C9). doi:10.1029/2007JC004659

  • Nichols, C. S., & Foster, D. L. (2007). Full-scale observations of wave-induced vortex generation over a rippled bed. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 112(C10). doi:10.1029/2006JC003841

  • Foster, D. L., Bowen, A. J., Holman, R. A., & Natoo, P. (2006). Field evidence of pressure gradient induced incipient motion. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 111(C5). doi:10.1029/2004JC002863

  • Smith, H. D., & Foster, D. L. (2005). Modeling of flow around a cylinder over a scoured bed. JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING-ASCE, 131(1), 14-24. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2005)131:1(14)

  • Foster, D. L., Beach, R. A., & Holman, R. A. (2000). Field observations of the wave bottom boundary layer. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 105(C8), 19631-19647. doi:10.1029/1999JC900018

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