Background
Shrauner, Barbara Wayne Abraham was born on June 21, 1934 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Leonard Gladstone and Ruth Elizabeth (Thrasher) Abraham.
Electrical engineering educator
Shrauner, Barbara Wayne Abraham was born on June 21, 1934 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Leonard Gladstone and Ruth Elizabeth (Thrasher) Abraham.
Bachelor cum laude, University Colorado, 1956. AM, Harvard University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Postdoctoral researcher, U. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1962-1964; postdoctoral researcher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1964-1965; assistant professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966-1969; associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1969-1977; professor, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1977. Sabbatical Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1975-1976, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 1985-1986. Consultant Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1979, 84, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1980, Naval Surface Weapons Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1984.
Fellow American Physical Society (senior division plasma physics, executive committee 1980-1982, 96-98). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior. Senior executive committee of standing technical committee on plasma science and applications 1996-1998), American Association of University Professors (local secretary-treasurer 1980-1982), American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married James Ely Shrauner, 1965. Children: Elizabeth Ann, Jay Arthur.