Dr. Ted M. Foster, Ph.D.
Program Director
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia
Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Dr. Ted Foster is Assistant Dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and IT and is the Graduate Program Director of the Engineering Management program and the Systems Engineering program. He joined UMBC in 2000 after a 36-year career at Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. He served in various levels of management in advanced development or applied research in electronics, primarily for radar systems. For seven years he served as General Manager of the Electronics, Information, and Sciences Division at the Westinghouse Research Laboratory, in Pittsburgh , PA. and Director of the Northrop Grumman Science and Technology Center. Other responsibilities included: Manager of Electro-Optical Surveillance, Targeting, and Missile Warning at Northrop Grumman, Manager of the Microwave Design Department, Manager of VHSIC Programs, and Engineering Manager of Surveillance Radar Systems.
Dr. Foster is a Senior member of IEEE, a member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi, and serves as an Evaluator for ABET accreditation of EE and Computer Engineering programs.
Contact information: Phone (410) 455-1564, Email: tfoster@umbc.edu
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