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Research Interests: Biomedical applications/health effects of nonionizing electromagnetic fields; impact of technology on society
K. R. Foster and J. Jaeger, The murky ethics of RFIDs, IEEE Spectrum March 2007.
K. R. Foster and J. Jaeger, Use of Implantable Radiofrequency Identification Tags in Humans, Am. J. Bioethics 8(8) 44 - 48, 2008
Q. Balzano, K. R. Foster, A. Sheppard, Field and Temperature Gradients from Short Conductors in a Dissipative Medium, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 57670, 8 pages
http://www.hindawi.com/getarticle.aspx?doi=10.1155/2007/57670
K. R. Foster, State-of-Science Review: Brain-Computer Interfaces and Cognitive Neural Prostheses, UK Foresight Project, published online Sept. 2008. www.foresight.gov.uk/Mental Capital/SR-E29_MCW.pdf
(multiple authors) COMAR Technical Information Statement:
Expert Reviews on Potential Health Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields and Comments on the BioInitiative Report, Health Physics 97(4) 348-356 (2009)
K. R. Foster, H. Zhang, J. M. Osepchuk, Thermal Response of Tissues to Millimeter Waves: Implications for Setting Exposure Guidelines, Health Physics 99:806-810 (2010)
K. R. Foster, Ethical Implications of New Neuroscience Techniques As Applied to Homeland Security. Fifth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering, New York April 2009
K. R. Foster, Should children use mobile phones? Fifth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering, New York April 2009
J. S. Sun, M. Doherty, K. R. Foster. Humanitarian Engineering after Katrina, Univ of PA April 2009
K. R. Foster, Fifty years of RF bioeffects research - what have we learned? FGF conference, Stuttgart Germany, Nov. 2009
K. R. Foster. Thermal effects of radiofrequency energy and implications for setting exposure limits. Workshop in connection with European Bioelectromagnetics Association, Bordeaux France May 2010
K. R.Foster, Thermal effects of radiofrequency energy: report of a workshop. Bioelectromagnetics Society Meeting, Seoul Korea June 2010
K. R. Foster. Malintent: (mis) application of technology for homeland security. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology, Golden CO May 2010
van Deventer E, Foster K (2008) Risk Assessment and Risk Communication About Electromagnetic Fields: A WHO Perspective, conference on "Communicating Health and Safety Risks on Emerging Technologies in the 21st Century", North Carolina State University, Aug. 2008
Risk Assessment and Risk Communication for Electromagnetic Fields: A World Health Organization Perspective, chapter in book The Role of Evidence in Risk Characterization: Making Sense of Conflicting Data, P. Wiedemann and H. Schütz, eds., WILEY-VCH, 13-24
Brain-Computer Interfaces, invited session "Neuroethics: What can neuroscience do, and what should neuroscience do?", Society for Philosophy and Psychology Conference, Philadelphia June 2008
Lectures on biological effects of radiofrequency fields , Gazi University, Ankara Turkey March 2008
Q. Balzano, K. R. Foster, A. Sheppard, Field and Temperature Gradients from Short Conductors in a Dissipative Medium, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Volume 2007 (2007).
K. R. Foster. Peering Into the Brain. Hale Lecture in Ethics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Jan. 2008
Mobile phones and health, Argentine Physics Society, Salta Argentina Sept 2007
K. R. Foster, Potential artifacts in studies of effects of electromagnetic fields on brain function, FGF conference, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 2007
K. R. Foster and R. Glaser, Thermal Mechanisms of Interaction of Radiofrequency Energy with Biological Systems With Relevance to Exposure Guidelines. Health Physics 92 (6): 609-620 JUN 2007
R. Giegengack and K. R. Foster. Physical Constraints on Rebuilding New Orleans. In Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster, E. Birch and S. Wachter, eds. Univ of Pennsylvania Press (2006)
K. R. Foster, Radiofrequency Exposure from Wireless LANs, Health Physics 92:289-289 (2007)
Should children use mobile phones? FGF conference, Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 2006
K. R. Foster Mechanisms of Interaction of RF Fields With Biological Systems as Related to Modulation, FGF conference, Rostock Germany, September 2006
K. R. Foster, health effects of powerline fields (three lectures). Brasilia,Brazil, Aug 2006
K. R. Foster. One third of a century of research on the biological effects of radiofrequency energy: what have we learned? Workshop on RF dosimetry, Tokyo August 2006
Mechanisms of interaction of radiofrequency fields with biological systems 2006 PIERS conference, Tokyo 2006
R. Giegengack and K. R. Foster. Physical Constraints on Rebuilding New Orleans. In Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster, E. Birch and S. Wachter, eds. Univ of Pennsylvania Press (anticipated publication Aug 2006)
K. R. Foster, Mechanisms of interaction of electromagnetic fields with biological systems: implications for exposure guidelines. ICNIRP conference, Berlin, 3/06
IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)
Class Home Pages
EAS303 Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Engineers http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/EAS303.htm
"For better or worse, technology has changed. Our days of innocence, when machines were solely a product of larger-than-life inventors and hardworking engineers, are gone. Increasingly, technology will be a joint effort, with its design shaped not only by engineers and executives but also psychologists, political scientists, management theorists, risk specialists, regulators and courts, and the general public. It will not be a neat system. It is probably not the best system. But, given the power and complexity of modern technology, it is likely our only choice."
R. Pool, Beyond Engineering (Oxford Univ. Press. 1997) p. 305.
