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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

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PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton

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to traditional laboratory experiences. The LEGOclock project from the earlier lab-based course and the hovercraft project as part of the newlyintroduced project-based learning were introduced to the first-year engineering students.Upon completing these projects, a survey was administered to investigate whether studentsintended to continue pursuing Mechanical Engineering or plan to change their major. Four yearsof survey were compared for analysis; in these four years, an approximate average of 87% ofstudents in mechanical engineering decided to stay in the program. However, the retention ratedidn't meet the high expectations compared to previous years before the implementation ofproject-based learning. The remaining 13% chose to change their

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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

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Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Kevin C. Dittman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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. ➢ Integrate ethical considerations from the outset. 3.4 Ethical implications ➢ Collaborate with ethics committees and external experts. Legal and regulatory ➢ Work closely with legal experts to ensure compliance. 3.5 compliance ➢ Conduct legal reviews and obtain necessary approvals. ➢ Ensure effective resource allocation. 3.6 Resource constraints ➢ Prioritize tasks to meet project goals within constraints. Performance and ➢ Manage computational resources efficiently. 3.7 scalability ➢ Plan for scalability to handle large volumes of data. Team