Rebecca Leis, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Duties:• Identify grant opportunities related to VR/AR projects, with a focus on SBIR funding• Draft grant application documents including budgeting files, scope of work, & other administrative forms• Invoice & process institutional client payment documents

Orlando, Florida Area

Programs: • Computer Science Certificate• Computer Science Associate of Science• Computer Science Bachelors of Science• Computer Science Bachelors of Science - Mobile Development Concentration• Computer Science Bachelors of Science - Artificial Intelligence Concentration (former)• Computer Science Masters of Science • User Experience Certificate• User Experience Associate of Science• User Experience Bachelors of Science• Mobile Gaming Master of Science (former)Duties:• Assists in tracking, monitoring, & implementing university strategic plans • Helps regularly organize, map, monitor, & execute curriculum changes using several methods including natural language processing (BoW, TF-IDF, LDA, Topic Modeling) • Evaluates program effectiveness & makes changes within accreditation standards • Manages a team over to 50 members at various levels (entry, mid-journey, & expert) • Creates plans for new programs based on industry needs, determined using data-driven, machine learning techniques • Leads annual accreditation meetings, gathering insight from industry subject matter experts & generating required reports

Orlando, Florida, United States

Courses:• Usability Engineering• Mobile Gaming Thesis: Technical Writing and Professional Presentation• Applied Human-Computer Interaction• Agile Software DevelopmentDuties:• Assisted in tracking, monitoring, and implementing university strategic plans• Helped regularly organize curriculum components• Served a team of faculty and staff of 17 people• Refined existing course materials• Taught month long accelerated courses for the Mobile Gaming Online Masters and Computer Science Bachelors programs• Mentored students in Capstone for the Mobile Gaming Masters and Computer Science Bachelors programs

Orlando, Florida, United States

Courses:• Usability Engineering• Mobile Gaming Thesis: Technical Writing and Professional Presentation• Applied Human-Computer Interaction• Agile Software DevelopmentDuties:• Refined existing course materials for online environments• Taught month long accelerated courses for the Mobile Gaming Masters and Computer Science Bachelors programs• Mentored students in Capstone for the Mobile Gaming Masters and Computer Science Bachelors programs

Orlando, Florida Area

Project:• Co-lead adaptive tutoring efforts for a large scale virtual reality military training simulation. Completed contracted work ahead of schedule. Duties:• Developed modular adaptive tutoring components within marksmanship simulation software solution.• Developed psychophysiological/biometric thresholds for determining cognitive and affective state for virtual reality simulation software solution.

Projects:• Conduced a systematic literature review for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) as part of a research project funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which is looking at appropriate virtual reality systems for use-of-force and coordinated incident command training. • Contributed to the development of a blended learning system (online course modules and virtual reality scenarios) for Schlumberger Oil Rig Down Hole Tool Operation • Developed decision support system for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency looking at Secretary of Defense level crisis decision making in response to an unforeseen biological hazard • Contributed to design and implementation of experimentation for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Human Performance Test Facility (HPTF), which houses a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) simulator • Created a large-scale catalog of Situation Awareness, Workload, and Teamwork (SAWLT) metrics used in the NPP Application Processes• Assisted in creation of NRC regulations and guidelines through various NUREGs, technical reports, and user guides• Created large scale expert system designed to suggest recommendations for NRC reviewers in the NPP Application Processes to assess appropriateness of the metrics used by applicants• Co-lead First iteration of Space, Science, and Spirituality Project investigating feeling of Awe and Wondering in Space, funded by the Templeton Foundation• Lead team organizational responsibilities for the Algorithms Physiologically-derived to Promote Learning Efficiency (APPLE) • Contributed to the creation of the Instructional Strategies Indicator (ISI), a website containing a massive repository of learning techniquesOther General Tasking:• Managed IST-UCF SONA-Systems Administrator accounts and monetary participant compensation• Managed and mentored undergraduate and junior graduate research assistants• Composed and published refereed journal articles and conference proceedings

Courses:• Modeling and Simulation for Instructional Design• Human Computer Interaction

Orlando, Florida Area

Duties:• Provide recommendations for experimental design, data analysis, and survey design• Edit written documents• Provided detailed statistical analysis of raw data collected by Simetri, Inc.

Orlando, Florida Area

Technical Writing Internship for the Military Open Simulator Enterprise Strategy (MOSES) projectDuties:• Organize coordinated writing and publication efforts• Edit written documents• Write and publish refereed journal articles and conference proceedings

Duties:• Collaborated and composed research papers/articles • Analyzed statistical data using SPSS specifically data entry, basic analysis, and determining outliers • Coded Video Data• Organized resources into programs such as End Note. • Summarized team training, intuition and decision making, simulation and medical training, and simulation based training articles from Library Database.• Conducted literature searches • Coded articles (i.e. finding operational definitions)• Conducted Study Sessions• Transcribed Study Sessions• Completed CITI IRB training• Contributed to research on Medial Military Teams processes and operational decisions

Volunteer Internship• Organized and entered information into database Regional Support Group Activity Forms.• Researched topics and authored newsletter content articles (topics such as activity tips, preparing for holidays, home safety, legal matters, and communication).• Designed newsletter using Microsoft Publisher• Interacted and Participated in weekly Support Group meetings which provided assistance and information to patients and caregivers.• Conducted Helpline Phone follow up calls

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Modeling And Simulation, Gpa 3.66

Activities and Societies: Modeling and Simulation Knights (MaSK) - President Knights Pantry - Volunteer Project Management Institute.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Modeling And Simulation, Gpa 3.95

Activities and Societies: Modeling and Simulation Knights (MaSK) - Member

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology, Gps 3.44

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Animal Safehouse Student Undergraduate Research Society Minors and Certificates: Minor in Anthropology.