Kristy Bell E’15, left, and Kenny Chukwuogo, E’15, work on their entries for the North­eastern stu­dent chapter of the Amer­ican Society of Civil Engi­neers’ annual gingerbread house competition, which will be held this week. The gingerbread houses’ strength is tested on the College of Engineering’s earthquake simulator in the basement of the Snell Engineering Center. Photo by Matthew Modoono