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\"Eng_7_25_14_112_CMYK<\/a>Hundreds of high school students each summer get a jump on engineering through Engineering Innovation, a monthlong program held on 11 campuses nationwide in which students do everything from measuring a campus with a ruler, masking tape, and a rope to building bridges out of spaghetti strands. What\u2019s better, they can earn Johns Hopkins credits.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2,294<\/strong>: Number of students who have attended Engineering Innovation since the program’s inception in 2006<\/p>\n

\u2022 89<\/strong>: Number of students from 18 states and 11 countries enrolled in last year\u2019s four-week residential program on the Homewood campus<\/p>\n

\u2022 343<\/strong>: Number of students who studied at 12 locations in 2014<\/p>\n

\u2022 31%<\/strong>: The percentage of female students who participated in 2014<\/p>\n

\u2022 91%<\/strong>: Students who say the summer 2014 course improved their problem-solving skills<\/p>\n

\u2022 93%<\/strong>: Percentage of students who said they wanted to become an engineer or scientist after the 2014 course<\/p>\n

\u2022 97 LBS<\/strong> : The weight withstood by the winning team entry, \u201cI Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Linguine,\u201d in summer 2014\u2019s Spaghetti Bridge Competition at Homewood<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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