Kendra Sharp

Kendra Vail Sharp is an American engineer. She is a professor of mechanical engineering and the Richard and Gretchen Evans Professor in Humanitarian Engineering at Oregon State University College of Engineering.

Education

Sharp completed a Bachelor of Science at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1993. In 1994, she completed a master of philosophy at University of Cambridge. Sharp earned a master of engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1996. In 2001, she earned a doctor of philosophy from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Her dissertation was titled "Experimental investigation of liquid and particle -laden flows in microtubes." Sharp's doctoral advisor was Ronald Adrian.

Career

Sharp joined the faculty at Oregon State University (OSU) in mechanical engineering in 2010. She is the director of the humanitarian engineering program at OSU. In 2015, Sharp was named the Richard and Gretchen Evans Professor of Humanitarian Engineering.

Sharp's expertise is in experimental fluid mechanics. She researches international development, applying technology to humanitarian engineering, and sustainable energy and water systems.

Awards and honors

In 2018, Sharp received the Edwin F. Church Medal.

Personal life

In graduate school, Sharp was married to David Hill.

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Living people
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
Oregon State University faculty
20th-century American engineers
21st-century American engineers
20th-century American women engineers
21st-century American women engineers