Fred Forster - Emeritus Professor
Stanford University (PhD 1972)Energy and Fluids
Courses
ME 331: Introduction to Heat TransferME 333: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
ME 431: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ME 525: Acoustics I
ME 526: Acoustics II
Contact Information
Email: forster@u.washington.eduWebsite: http://faculty.washington.edu/forster
Phone: 206-685-0104
Voice Mail: 206-685-1668
Fax: 928-438-7835
Regular Mail
University of Washington
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Campus Box 352600
Seattle, WA 98195-2600
Priority Mail
University of Washington
Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 132
Seattle, WA 98195-2600
Biography
Professor Forster's research has been primarily in the applications of engineering mechanics to medicine and biology, particularly in the area of fluid mechanics and acoustics.Most recent research includes micro-fluid mechanics applications in fluid pumping/transport for micro-electronic cooling and biochemical sensing in micro-devices. Other research has included acoustic propagation in biological media, including experimental and numerical studies directed toward a basic understanding of the interaction of acoustical energy with biological tissue, in particular connective tissue and collagen; the development of instrumentation for clinical applications of acoustic interrogation techniques; and development of acoustic techniques for monitoring wound healing.
Other prior research areas in which Professor Forster has contributed are wave propagation in the cardiovascular system, ultrasonic Doppler techniques for cardiovascular fluid dynamics measurements including turbulence, analysis of cardiac arrhythmias through spectral analysis, ultrasonic Doppler measurements in the paper products industry, mathematical modeling of the oscillometric blood pressure measurement technique, experimental fluid mechanics of flow separation and vortex shedding in atherosclerotic blood vessels, characterization of the chemical constituents of gallstones from acoustic attenuation measurements, and acoustic quantification of the severity of thermal energy.
