Steve
E. Watkins
2005 WISE
Faculty-Member-
in-Residence |
The WISE program welcomes Dr.
Steve E. Watkins of
the University of Missouri-Rolla
(UM-Rolla) as the 2005 WISE Faculty-Member-in-Residence.
Dr. Steve E. Watkins is a professor of electrical and computer
engineering at UM-Rolla, the assistant department chair of
electrical engineering undergraduate studies, and the director of
the Applied Optics Laboratory. His research and teaching interests
include applications of smart structures, optical sensing systems,
and engineering education. During 2004, he served as a legislative
science-and-technology fellow on the personal staff of California
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. The position was sponsored by the
IEEE-USA Congressional Fellowship program of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Also, he has been a
visiting physicist for the U.S.A.F. Phillips Laboratory at the
Kirtland Air Force Base and a visiting scholar for Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone in Tokyo, Japan.
He is active professionally. He serves on the IEEE-USA Committee on
Transportation and Aerospace Technology Policy, on the Board of
Governors for the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society,
and on the Board of Governors of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the Electrical
and Computer Engineering Honor Society. He advises the UM-Rolla
student chapters of HKN and of Toastmasters, both of which have
received national activity awards. His awards include 2000
Outstanding Educator from Region 5 IEEE, 1999 MSM-UMR Alumni
Outstanding Advising Award, 1995 MSM-UMR Alumni Excellence in
Teaching Award, 1993 finalist for Outstanding Young Electrical
Engineer of HKN, and 1983 Outstanding Electrical Engineering Student
of HKN.
Dr. Watkins received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Texas at Austin and M.S. and B.S. degrees in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is
a member of IEEE (Senior Member), ASEE, SPIE, OSA, HKN, and
Toastmasters.
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