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NU engineering students test gingerbread houses

Posted: 12/05/12 at 4:50 pm
Tags: gingerbread houses   civil engineering   Northeastern University  

BOSTON (WHDH) -- Civil engineering students got a sweet lesson at Northeastern University.

They built nine gingerbread houses then put their blueprints to the test in a simulated earthquake.

In the end, only two were left standing. The winning designs used the most marshmallows to hold the walls together.

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