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D R Foster

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1977Rising activity
Heat Transfer and Boiling StudiesSpacecraft and Cryogenic TechnologiesInflammatory Bowel DiseaseInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisVascular Procedures and Complications

Publications

23

Citations

125

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
AI-generated

The publication record for D R Foster listed here appears inconsistent, spanning topics as varied as heat transfer, spacecraft cryogenics, inflammatory bowel disease, lung disease, and burn care, with titles ranging from burn patient care studies to a gut-health platform. Because the underlying topic relevance scores are all listed as zero and the subject matter does not cohere around a clear research direction, it is difficult to characterize a consistent research program from this data. Prospective students should be aware that this record may reflect multiple different researchers sharing the same name rather than a single coherent body of work.

Burn care and wound managementPostbiotic and microbiome-based therapiesInflammatory bowel diseaseHeat transfer engineering (topic listed, unclear relevance)Miscellaneous/uncertain due to data inconsistency

Publication counts over the last decade are sparse and irregular, with several zero-output years followed by a notable spike in 2025, making it hard to characterize the trend as steady, growing, or slowing.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192021222023: 1 publication23242025: 5 publications5252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer×4
  • Journal of Burn Care & Research×3
  • International Journal of Public Health and Medical Research×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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