Background
Kerns, Sherra E. was born on May 27, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Warren and Mary (Williams) Meinschein.
educator engineering researcher
Kerns, Sherra E. was born on May 27, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Warren and Mary (Williams) Meinschein.
AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1969. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1977.
National Institutes of Health fellow in biomedical engineering Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1977-1979. Assistant professor electrical engineering Auburn (Alabama) University, 1979-1982. Associate professor in electrical/computer engineering North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1982-1987.
Professor electrical and computer engineering Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1987. President Radiation Microscis., Inc., since 1985.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association (senior past president, head officer chain since 1993), American Association Engineering Education.
Married David Vincent Kerns, Junior. Children: Sarah, Melissa, David III.