Steve E. Watkins is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla). He graduated with his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been the faculty advisor for the Gamma Theta Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu since 1991, has served on the Eta Kappa Nu Board of Governors, and was the 1983 HKN Outstanding Electrical Engineering Student. He is currently the student activities coordinator for IEEE Region 5. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and was inducted into HKN by the Gamma Theta Chapter.