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- Senior Professor
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Watson, Karan Professor
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Preuss, M., Merriweather, S., Avila, J., Butler-Purry, K., Watson, K., Walton, S., ... Lamm, H.
(2022).
The Effects of Undergraduate Research Experiences as Reported by Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Students. 7, 674761.
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Preuss, M., Merriweather, S., Avila, J., Butler-Purry, K., Watson, K., Walton, S., ... Garcia, S.
(2021).
The Impacts of Global Research and International Educational Experiences on Texas A&M University System LSAMP Participants. 6, 674772.
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Main, J. B., Smith, K. A., Fentiman, A. W., & Watson, K. L.
(2019).
The next Morrill Act for the 21st century. Journal of Engineering Education.
108(2), 152-155.
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Watson, N. T., Rogers, K. S., Watson, K. L., & Yep, C.
(2019).
Integrating social justice-based conflict resolution into higher education settings: Faculty, staff, and student professional development through mediation training. 36(3), 251-262.
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Yennello, S., Lupiani, B., Payne, S., Autenrieth, R., Watson, K., & Stanley, C.
(2019).
ADVANCE: Promoting Success of Women Faculty Through a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
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Stanley, C. A., Watson, K. L., Reyes, J. M., & Varela, K. S.
(2019).
Organizational Change and the Chief Diversity Officer: A Case Study of Institutionalizing a Diversity Plan. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
12(3), 255-265.
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Watson, K.
(2009).
Change in Engineering Education: Where Does Research Fit?. Journal of Engineering Education.
98(1), 3-4.
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Kimball, J., Cole, B., Hobson, M., Watson, K., & Stanley, C.
(2008).
A STUDY OF WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND TIME TO COMPLETION OF FIRST-YEAR REQUIRED COURSES AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
14(1), 67-81.
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Watson, K., & Froyd, J.
(2007).
Diversifying the US engineering workforce: A new model. 96(1), 19-32.
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Adams, R., Aldridge, D., Atman, C., Barker, L., Besterfield-Sacre, M., Bjorklund, S., ... Watford, B.
(2006).
The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies. Journal of Engineering Education.
95(4), 257-258.
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Fournier-Bonilla, S. D., Watson, K., Malav, C., & Froyd, J.
(2001).
Managing curricula change in engineering at Texas A&M University. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION.
17(3), 222-235.
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Fournier-Bonilla, S. D., Watson, K. L., & Malav, C.
(2000).
Quality planning in engineering education: Analysis of alternative implementations of a new first-year curriculum at Texas A&M University. Journal of Engineering Education.
89(3),
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Froyd, J., Penberthy, D., & Watson, K.
(2000).
Good educational experiments are not necessarily good change processes. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1, f1g/1-f1g/6 vol.1.
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Malave, C. O., Imbrie, P. K., & Watson, K. L.
(1999).
Intervention programs for a freshman integrated curriculum. Frontiers in Education Conference.
3.
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Nagumo, H., Lu, M., & Watson, K. L.
(1999).
Parallel parsing algorithms for static dictionary compression. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
10(12), 1241-1251.
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Nagumo, H., Lu, M., & Watson, K.
(1996).
On-line longest fragment first parsing algorithm. Information Processing Letters.
59(2), 91-96.
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GALA, M., ROSS, D., & WATSON, K.
(1995).
BUILT-IN SELF-TEST FOR C-TESTABLE ILAS. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.
14(11), 1388-1398.
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KEZUNOVIC, M., WATSON, K., RUSSELL, B. D., HELLER, P., & AUCOIN, M.
(1991).
EXPERT SYSTEM APPLICATIONS TO PROTECTION, SUBSTATION CONTROL AND RELATED MONITORING FUNCTIONS. Electric Power Systems Research.
21(1), 71-86.
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Sibai, F. N., & Watson, K. L.
(1990).
An expert tool for digital circuit design. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
3(3), 221-228.
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SIBAI, F. N., WATSON, K. L., & LU, M.
(1990).
A PARALLEL UNIFICATION MACHINE. IEEE Micro.
10(4), 21-33.
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KIM, C. J., RUSSELL, B. D., & WATSON, K.
(1990).
A PARAMETER-BASED PROCESS FOR SELECTING HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULT-DETECTION TECHNIQUES USING DECISION-MAKING UNDER INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
5(3), 1314-1320.
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Russell, B. D., & Watson, K.
(1987).
Power Substation Automation Using A Knowledge Based System???Justification and Preliminary Field Experiments. IEEE Power Engineering Review.
PER-7(10), 45-46.
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RUSSELL, B. D., & WATSON, K.
(1987).
POWER SUBSTATION AUTOMATION USING A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM - JUSTIFICATION AND PRELIMINARY FIELD EXPERIMENTS. 2(4), 1090-1097.
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Preuss, M., Merriweather, S., Avila, J., Butler-Purry, K., Watson, K., Walton, S., ... Lamm, H.
(2022).
The Effects of Undergraduate Research Experiences as Reported by Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Students. 7, 674761.
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chapter
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Conflict Management From a Practitioner Perspective. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 133-143).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Conflict Management in Higher Education A Review of Selected Literature. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 121-129).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Dialogue As a Conflict Management Strategy. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 57-84).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Mediation Skills in Managing Conflict. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 85-118).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Personal Skills Required to Be a Good Conflict Manager. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 39-56).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Realities About Conflict. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 15-23).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Unique Attributes Around Conflict in Higher Education. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 25-35).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Unit Leaders' Responsibilities With Conflict. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 145-157).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Why Focus on Managing Conflict?. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 3-14).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Conflict Management and Dialogue in Higher Education A Global Perspective Second Edition Conclusion and the Way Forward. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 159-167).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
CONCLUSION AND THE WAY FORWARD. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 161-169).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT FROM A PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVE. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 135-145).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION A Review of Selected Literature. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 123-131).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
DIALOGUE AS A CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 57-84).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
MEDIATION SKILLS IN MANAGING CONFLICT. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 85-119).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
PERSONAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO BE A GOOD CONFLICT MANAGER. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 39-56).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
REALITIES ABOUT CONFLICT. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 15-23).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES AROUND CONFLICT ON HIGHER EDUCATION. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 25-35).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
UNIT LEADERS' RESPONSIBILITIES WITH CONFLICT. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 147-160).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2016).
WHY FOCUS ON MANAGING CONFLICT?. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
(pp. 3-13).
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Watson, N. T., Watson, K. L., & Stanley, C. A.
(2018).
Conflict Management From a Practitioner Perspective. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
(pp. 133-143).
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conference paper
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Watson, K. L., Adams, S. G., Imbrie, P. K., Reed, T. K., Sidbury, C. K., & Watford, B. A.
(2021).
Appropriate Evaluations of Applicants' Diversity Statements for Improved Inclusivity and Convergent Thinking. 1-3.
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Hammond, T., Thomas, S., Patrick, C., Wade, P., Jaison, D., Moore, J., ... Watson, K.
(2021).
Creating a Supportive Space for Teaching-Focused Faculty to Write About their Teaching
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Hammond, T. A., Ray, S., Taele, P., Thomas, S., Watson, K., Stanley, C. A., & Polsley, S.
(2021).
The Disconnect Between Engineering Students Desire to Discuss Racial Injustice in the Classroom and Faculty Anxieties
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Brunhaver, S., Carberry, A., London, J., Yasuhara, K., Allendoerfer, C., Atman, C., ... Watson, K.
(2018).
Meet the Engineering Education Pioneers - Panel & Roundtable. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1-4.
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Kimball, J., Cole, B., Hobson, M., Watson, K., & Stanley, C.
(2008).
A STUDY OF WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND TIME TO COMPLETION OF FIRST-YEAR REQUIRED COURSES AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
67-81.
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Kimball, J., Cole, B., Hobson, M., Watson, K., & Stanley, C.
(2007).
A Study Of Minority Engineering Students And Time To Completion Of First Year Required Courses At Texas A&M University. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
12.127.1-12.127.21.
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Froyd, J., Layne, J., & Watson, K.
(2006).
Issues regarding change in engineering education. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1253-+.
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Watson, K. L., & Weese, J. A.
(2005).
An examination of technical interests motivating women and men engineering majors. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
6055-6062.
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Watson, K., Daniels, P., & Kerns, S.
(1998).
Preparing engineering programs under ABET EC2000 criteria: Recommendations for institutions. Frontiers in Education Conference.
871-871.
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Imbrie, P. K., Malave, C., & Watson, K.
(1997).
Pedagogy versus reality: How past experiences can be an effective modeling tool to successfully deploy curricula changes. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1435-1435.
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Malave, C. O., & Watson, K. L.
(1996).
Cultural change at Texas A&M: From the engineering science core to the Foundation Coalition. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1366-1369.
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Adams, S. G., Watson, K. L., & Malave, C. O.
(1996).
Foundation coalition at Texas A&M University: Utilizing TQM and OD to manage curricula change. Frontiers in Education Conference.
1136-1140.
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Kim, S., & Watson, K.
(1996).
Multistage rotator graph networks for ATM switch. 209-212.
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Nagumo, H., Lu, M. i., & Watson, K.
(1996).
Dictionary-type data compression for gray-scale images. Conference record / Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers.
254-258 vol.1-258.
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Nagumo, H., Lu, M., & Watson, K.
(1996).
Image compression with modified LZ77 coding. 1067-1070.
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Kim, S., & Watson, K. L.
(1996).
Indirect rotator graph networks. Southeastern Symposium on System Theory.
442-446.
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Paetzold, R., Watson, K., Matthews, P., & Rinehart, J.
(1995).
Gender in engineering courses: legal and social issues. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.
18-24.
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Watson, K., & AndersonRowland, M. R.
(1995).
Interfaces between the Foundation Coalition integrated curriculum and programs for honors, minority, women, and transfer students. Frontiers in Education Conference.
770-776.
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Watson, K.
(1995).
Utilization of active and cooperative learning in EE courses: Three classes and the results. Frontiers in Education Conference.
557-562.
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Nagumo, H., Lu, M. i., & Watson, K.
(1995).
Parallel algorithms for the static dictionary compression. Data Compression Conference Proceedings.
162-171.
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Park, B., & Watson, K.
(1994).
On the Rearrangeability of Reverse Shuffle/Exchange Networks. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing.
113-116.
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Islam, F., Fernando, S., & Watson, K.
(1992).
Self-Organizing Neural Network architecture to detect HI faults in power distribution lines. 483-488.
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Watson, K., Russell, B. D., & Jagadish, U.
(1991).
Single-chip microcontrollers for switchgear control. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.
122-127.
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Russell, B. D., Li, S., & Watson, K.
(1990).
Digital methods for the detection of incipient fault conditions in spaceborne power systems. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.
477-483.
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Watson, K., Russell, B. D., & McCall, K.
(1989).
Digital protection system incorporating knowledge-based learning. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.
239-244.
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Watson, K., Russell, B. D., & Hackler, I.
(1989).
Expert system structures for fault detection in spaceborne power systems. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.
389-394.
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Sibai, F. N., Watson, K. L., & Lu, M.
(1989).
A parallel unification coprocessor. 608-615.
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Sibai, F. N., Watson, L., & Lu, M.
(1989).
Design and performance measurements of a parallel machine for the unification algorithm. ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter.
21-30.
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Russell, B. D., & Watson, K.
(1986).
POWER SUBSTATION AUTOMATION USING A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM - JUSTIFICATION AND PRELIMINARY FIELD EXPERIMENTS
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Watson, K. L., Adams, S. G., Imbrie, P. K., Reed, T. K., Sidbury, C. K., & Watford, B. A.
(2021).
Appropriate Evaluations of Applicants' Diversity Statements for Improved Inclusivity and Convergent Thinking. 1-3.
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institutional repository document
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Amani, S., White, L., Balart, T., Arora, L., Shryock, K. J., Brumbelow, K., & Watson, K. L.
(2023).
Generative AI Perceptions: A Survey to Measure the Perceptions of Faculty, Staff, and Students on Generative AI Tools in Academia
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Amani, S., White, L., Balart, T., Arora, L., Shryock, K. J., Brumbelow, K., & Watson, K. L.
(2023).
Generative AI Perceptions: A Survey to Measure the Perceptions of Faculty, Staff, and Students on Generative AI Tools in Academia
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open teaching materials
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Hammond, T., Watson, K., Brumbelow, K., Fields, S., Shryock, K., Chamberland, J., ... Herbert, B.
(2020).
A Survey to Measure the Effects of Forced Transition to 100% Online Learning on Community Sharing, Feelings of Social Isolation, Equity, Resilience, and Learning Content During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Hammond, T., Watson, K., Brumbelow, K., Fields, S., Shryock, K., Chamberland, J., ... Herbert, B.
(2020).
A Survey to Measure the Effects of Forced Transition to 100% Online Learning on Community Sharing, Feelings of Social Isolation, Equity, Resilience, and Learning Content During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research
co-principal investigator on
- IUSE/PFE:RED A&I: Soft Wired Teaming for Creating Opportunities to Revolutionize the Preparation of Students (TCORPS) through Building, Testing and Sharing Pedagogical Improvem awarded by Directorate for Engineering - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2023
- NSF SII Planning: National Center for Spectrum Innovation awarded by Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2021
- Texas A&M University System LSAMP: Sustaining the Progress, Phase V awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2014 - 2020
- Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Cohort X (2014- 2016) Program awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2014 - 2017
- Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Cohort IX Program awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2013 - 2017
- Promoting Success of Women Faculty Through A Psychologically Healthy Workplace awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2010 - 2017
- Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (tamus Lsamp) Bridge To the Doctorate (btd) Cohort awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2012 - 2016
investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ECEN248 Intro To Dgtl Sym Dsgn Instructor
- ECEN691 Research Instructor
- ITDE684 Professional Internship Instructor
- ITDE685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ITDE691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Chung, Chung-Ping (1986-08). A VLSI Cache RISC for the C language.
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Cook, Grady (1987-08). A parallelized rule-based system shell for monitoring applications.
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Fernando, M. A. Susith Rohana (1994-08). Spatio-temporal neural networks in High Impedance Fault detection.
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Fowler, Debra Anne (2004-11). Defining and determining the impact of a freshman engineering student's approach to learning (surface versus deep).
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Han, Kyongho (1992-08). Parallel and intelligent test system architecture for circuit board interconnects.
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Jagadish, Usha (1993-08). New power controllers and the cost analysis of designing mixed signal application specific integrated circuits.
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Lee, Joo Hyeong (1994-08). A novel signal processing algorithm for FFPI and its sensor system application.
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Shiau, Yan-Chyuan (1992-08). Timing analysis of VLSI circuits using symbolic and visualization technics for practical applications.
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Walton, Shannon Deonne (2012-02). Exploring the Relationship between Resilience and Learning Styles as Predictors of Academic Persistence in Engineering.
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Wickliff, Tanya Verniece Dugat (2006-04). An empirical study of the relations between leadership, social support networks, task autonomy and emotions in a technical work environment.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States) 1982
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States) 1981
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States) 1977
awards and honors
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Division/Distinguished Educator Award, conferred by American Society For Engineering Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2008
- Fellows, conferred by American Society For Engineering Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2003
- Fellow, conferred by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - (Piscataway, New Jersey, United States), 1999
- AAAS Mentor Award, conferred by American Association For The Advancement of Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 1998
- Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), conferred by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States), 1997
- National/Minorities in Engineering Award, conferred by American Society For Engineering Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 1997
Contact
first name
- Karan
has last name
- Watson
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Electrical Engineering
3128 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1248
USA
Other
- watson@tamu.edu