Karen Watson, Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, provost, and vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University, was chosen as president-elect of ABET, formerly known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET is the leading accrediting agency for academic programs in applied science, computer science, engineering, and technology. She will be installed in her new post in October and will become president of ABET a year later.
Professor Watson holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University.