Dr. Foster has faculty appointments as a Professor on the Graduate Faculty at the University of Nebraska College of Engineering and the Aviation Institute. Dr. Foster draws upon over twenty years of experience as a senior corporate executive in the construction, logistics, and computer services industries. He has served as CEO of two design/construction firms. Currently he is the Program Chair for Construction Engineering.

Early in his career, Dr. Foster received a Fulbright-Hays visiting professorship in earthquake engineering. He has since served as Chair of the Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects and National Vice President for Practice Divisions of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Constructors.

Dr. Foster received a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, with prior degrees in Nuclear and Civil Engineering from MIT. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in ten states with national and international practice certification. He is also certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board and the American Institute of Constructors. He is a FAA Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor.

• Ph.D., Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1967.
• S.M., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964.
• S.B., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963.

• Professor, College of Engineering and Aviation Institute, Graduate Faculty, University of Nebraska-Omaha, (1991 - Present).
• Principal, Technology Plus, Omaha, Nebraska, (1990 - Present).
• Assistant Vice President, Advanced Technologies Department,
  Union Pacific Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, (1988 - 1990).
  
• President, MultiTec, Inc.; President, Rentex, Inc.; and Board Chairman, CMax, Inc., MultiTec, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, (1984 - 1987).
  
• Senior Vice President, Foster Western, Inc.; and President,
  Nicholas Construction, Inc., MultiTec, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, (1976 - 1984).
• Vice President/General Manager, HDR Systems, Inc., Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, (1972 - 1975).
• Department Manager, Systems, Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, (1970 - 1971).
• Captain/Operations Research Analyst; Army Chief of Staff Force Planning Analysis Directorate, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps, Washington, D.C., (1969).
• First Lieutenant/Senior Research Engineer NASA Unmanned Spacecraft Program, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps, Pasadena, California, (1968).
  
  

• Structural engineering
• Materials science
• Biomedical engineering
• Engineering mechanics
• Computer applications
• Aerospace

Dr. Foster's research interests cover structural mechanics and information systems in construction, aerospace, and biosystems. Major projects and publications deal with high technology structures, aircraft performance, cold regions engineering, random vibrations, finite element analysis, business and technological systems analysis and optimization, computer assisted design, building information modeling, component identification and monitoring, and learning systems.

• Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2005).
  
• Outstanding Service Award from National Society of
  Professional Engineers Practice Division for Professional
  Engineers in Construction (2004).
  
• Service Award, University of Nebraska College of Engineering and Technology, Professor Level (2003).
  
• Who's Who in America (2001).
  
• Tau Alpha Pi Engineering Technology Honorary (1999).
  
• Sigma Lambda Chi Construction Honorary (1998).
  
• Who's Who in the Midwest (1989).
  
• Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award from National
  Society of Professional Engineers, Nebraska Society of
  Professional Engineers, Eastern Chapter (1984).
  
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry (1983).
  
• Who's Who in Engineering (1980).
  
• Outstanding Young Engineer Award from National Society of
  Professional Engineers, Nebraska Society of Professional
  Engineers (1973).
  
• Fulbright-Hays Visiting Professorship (Courses taught:
  Finite Element Method, Random Vibrations), Institute of
  Seismology, Skopje, Macedonia (formerly Yugoslavia); Guest
  Lecturer in Yugoslavia, Italy, and Portugal (1971).
  
• Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary (1967).
  
• Graduate Fellowship, American Institute of Steel Construction (1966 - 1967).
  
• Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  (formerly U.S. Atomic Energy Commission) (1964).
  
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary (1963).
  
• Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honorary - Chapter Vice
  President (1962).

• Precast Post-tensioned Segmental Pole System, U.S. Patent
  Number 6,851,231, February 8, 2005 (co-inventors: M. K.
  Tadros, S. A. Yehia, A. L. Hansen).
  
• One-sided Bolted Reusable Moment-resisting Fastener System,
  disclosed to Nebraska University Regents November 5, 2001,
  released, November 22, 2004.

• Statics
• Dynamics
• Mechanics of Materials
• Structural Materials and Design
• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Introduction to Construction
• Construction Business Methods
• Construction Economy
• Construction Methods and Equipment
• Introductory and Advanced CAD
• Computational Analysis

• Introduction to Aviation
• Aerodynamics

• Foundation Design and Construction, text in preparation for Prentice Hall, New York, to be released in 2007 (co-authors: M. H. Akram, M. E. Haque, G. P. Wilson).
  
• "A New High Performance Concrete Pole System," in preparation for submission to PCI Journal for publication in 2006 (co-authors: A. L. Lorimor, M. K. Tadros) [R].
  
• "Natural Frequencies of a Vibrating Uniform Cantilever with a Concentrated End Mass," presented to Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, April 21, 2006, abstracted in conference proceedings (co-authors: B. N. Skourup, W. J. Waters).
  
• "Trends in Construction Professionalism," webinar for National Society of Professional Engineers series, ResPECt for Construction, April 19, 2006.
  
• "Construction Engineering: an Integrative Branch of Engineering," presented and included in conference proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 13, 2005 (co-author: J. D. Goedert) [R].
  
• "A Template for the Exploration of Chaotic Locomotive Patterns," Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, Elsevier, Vol. 23, pp. 485-493, 2005 (co-authors: M. J. Kurz, N. Stergiou, J. Heidel) [R].
  
• "Three-Dimensional Barrier Impact Response Modeling (BIRM3D)," presented at the Second International Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Computation Conference, July 5- 7, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, published in conference proceedings (co-authors: R. D. Sarmah, C. Y. Tuan) [R].
  
• "Component Identification System in the Construction Project," presented to Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, April 16, 2004, abstract and poster (co-author: F. F. Samura).
  
• "National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), the Professional Engineer's Working Partner," presented to the North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers Annual Meeting, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 26, 2004.
  
• "Precast Concrete Residential Building Envelope," presented to Ninth Arab Structural Engineering Conference, November 30, 2003, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, published in conference proceedings (co-authors: M. K. Tadros, D. Kusolthamarat, W. W. Holmes) [R].
  
• "Controlling Bifurcations and Chaotic Gait with Hip Joint Actuation in a Simple Walking Model," presented at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, September 25, 2003 (co-authors: M. J. Kurz, N. Stergiou) [R].
  
• "Application of Radio Frequency Identification in the Aerospace Environment," presented to Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, April 25, 2003, abstracted in conference proceedings (co-author: F. F. Samura).
  
• "A Precast Post-tensioned Segmental Pole System," presented to ASCE-SEI Conference, September 10, 2002, published in conference proceedings, Electrical Transmission in a New Age, 2002, pp.318-324 (co-authors: S. A. Yehia, M. K. Tadros) [R].
  
• "Radial Symmetry Effects in Area Moments of Inertia," presented to ASCE-SEI Conference, September 10, 2002, published in conference proceedings, Electrical Transmission in a New Age, 2002, pp.325-330 [R].
  
• "Utilization of Coal Ash in Concrete Products Used by OPPD," report submitted to Omaha Public Power District February 1, 2002.
  
  

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