Background
Foster, Winfred Ashley was born on January 30, 1945 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winfred Ashley and Pauline Crouse Foster.
aerospace engineering educator
Foster, Winfred Ashley was born on January 30, 1945 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winfred Ashley and Pauline Crouse Foster.
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn U., 1967; Master of Science of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn U., 1969; Doctor of Philosophy of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn U., 1974.
Student trainee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1963; National Aeronautics and Space Administration/American Society for Engineering Education faculty research fellow, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, summer 1977; graduate research and teaching assistant department aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1967-1969; instructor department aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1969-1970; graduate teaching and research assistant department aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1970-1974; assistant professor department aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1974-1978, 79-83; associate professor department aerospace engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1983-1996; professor department aerospace engineering, since 1996; senior design engineer, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1978-1979. Consultant Science Engineering, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, Eaglemark, Inc., Auburn, Alabama, Hardin, Taber and Tucker, Attorneys at Law, Birmingham, Alabama, Mitternight Boiler Works, Inc., Satsuma, Alabama, Alabama Cast Iron and Pipe Company, Birmingham, Hayes International Corporation, Dothan, Alabama, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, West Palm Beach, Florida, REMTECH, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama;presenter in field.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Doris Thelma Murphree, August 28, 1966. Children: Kimberly Ann, Elizabeth Carol.