Michael Foster

Michael Foster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
503–554–2786
mfoster@georgefox.edu

Michael Foster received his B.S. in Engineering degree from Messiah College (Grantham, PA) in 2002 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He is a member of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Sigma Xi, a scientific research society.

While at Messiah College, Mike served with Dokimoi Ergatai (now the Collaboratory), an engineering team of students that traveled to Africa to install a solar-powered deep-well pump, mechanical pumps with rehabilitative actuation, and an irrigation system for a handicap clinic in Mahadaga, Burkina Faso. During graduate school at Drexel University, Mike served as the president of the Mechanical Engineering Graduation Association and as the treasurer for Graduate Student Association. He has received several service and leadership awards including the Messiah College Engineering Department Award (2002), the Drexel Univ. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Service and Outreach Award (2006, 2007), and the Service Excellence Award (2007) from the Drexel Univ. Office of Graduate Studies.

His technical interests include heat transfer, fluid mechanics, combustion, thermodynamics, and CFD. His teaching responsibilities are fluid mechanics, applications of thermodynamics, senior seminar, control theory, and computational methods. His other professional passions include studying, practicing, and teaching leadership principles and encouraging others to pursue their calling/purpose with a passion. Mike enjoys volleyball, baseball, hiking Cape Lookout, and hanging out with his family. His wife, Luann, is an exercise physiologist and an Arbonne consultant. They are new parents to Noah.