Patricia R. Foster is a British Electrical engineer. She was named a fellow of the

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, and

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Life

She graduated from the

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, and the Ph.D. degree from the

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, in physics., From 1973 to 1979, she was an Engineer with

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. From 1979 to 1984, she was a manager, New Antenna Systems. In 1984, she founded Microwave and Antenna Systems (MAAS),

Works

* * *Foster Patricia R. Radio observations in the short microwave region . ''Quart . J. Roy . Astron . Soc'', 1969, 10, No 3, 206—222 *

References

External links

Interview
with Patricia R. R. Leslie eslie-Foster 1981.
Patents
Antenna comprising two wideband notch regions on one coplanar substrate (Patent number: 6292153); Antenna comprising two separate wideband notch regions on one coplanar substrate (Patent number: 6246377). Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British women engineers British electrical engineers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Cambridge {{UK-engineer-stub