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Rebecca M. Reck, Ph.D. Rebecca M. Reck, Ph.D.
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Publications

Quick Flip: A Model of a Virtual Course in Dynamic Systems and Controls During COVID-19

After one term of teaching remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, I shared my process of flipping my class with limited resources at home.  My paper was published in the COVID-19 special issue of Advances in Engineering Education.

  • Teaching
  • Journal Publication
  • Flipped Classroom
  • AEE
  • COVID-19
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05 January 2021

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Outstanding SWE Counselor Award at WE20

This year at WE20, I was recognized as an Outstanding SWE Counselor. I am grateful for the SWE members in B-Section at Kettering University and other Kettering SWE members who took the time to nominate me for this award. I enjoy working with both of the SWE sections at Kettering. Their enthusiasm for outreach and supporting women in STEM is inspiring. I am happy to be able to continue to support them as their counselor even though I have moved on to another position.

  • SWE
  • Award
  • Outstanding SWE Counselor
  • WE20
Details
13 November 2020

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Applying Project Management Techniques in Academia

At WE20, I shared how lessons I learned as a project engineer applied to managing grants and research in academia.  This session was recorded and provided as an on-demand session.  I've included the slides here as well to make the links easier to access.  The sessions from WE20 will be available on-demand for a full year, so you can go back and watch the recording if you are interested.

  • SWE
  • Presentation
  • project management
  • Conference
  • WE20
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13 November 2020

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Crush Your Academic Job Search

At WE20, Yanfen Li, Nicole Jackson, and I created an on-demand session with answers to frequent questions about an academic job search.  We weren't able to cover all aspects of the job search in detail during the 30 minutes.  However, the slides are provided below and we will be hosting a follow-up Q&A on November 19 on Zoom.  If you are interested in joining this call (and possibly future calls), please complete this sign-up form.  You may also join the SWE WIA Slack and ask questions on the academic job search panel.  There are lots of SWE members who have experience with the academic job search process who are active on Slack.

  • SWE
  • Presentation
  • Academia
  • WE20
Details
13 November 2020

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Example Flipped Lecture Videos

As a follow up to my earlier blog post about creating videos quickly, I thought I would share a few examples of the final product.  When I started creating videos for an entire term online, I decided to add a bit more personalization.  All of the videos started with me on the screen introducing the content before jumping into the annotated PowerPoint content.  I created an animated logo in Adobe After Effects to add some flair and personalization.  Finally, I put some bed music and end credits to make it seem a bit more like what they were used to from other YouTubers.

  • Control Systems
  • Teaching
  • Engineering Education
  • Engineering
  • videos
  • Flipped Classroom
Details
31 August 2020

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Practical Skills for Students in Mechatronics and Robotics Education

For the 2020 ASEE annual conference, I worked with two colleagues from the Future of Mechatronics and Robotics Education (FoMRE) team to survey professionals in industry and academia about the practical skills that students should learn in mechatronics and robotics education.  Our paper was awarded the best paper in the Multidisciplinary division. The full paper is available in the ASEE PEER database.

  • Conference Paper
  • ASEE
  • Best Paper
  • Multidisciplinary Division
Details
04 August 2020

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Recent Publications

  • Tips for Creating a Functional Personal Knowledge Management System in Academia
  • Preparing Women in STEM for Faculty Careers through a Job Search Workshop Series
  • Adopting Alternative Grading in an Upper-Level Laboratory Course in Bioengineering
  • Development of a Community of Practice for Rethinking Best Practices in Post-COVID Experiential Learning
  • Converting a Biomedical Instrumentation Lab From In-person to Online
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