Meet Baron
An Explore Engineering Innovation alum
Baron is a smart and goal-oriented high school student living in Mexico. Inspired by his childhood experience interacting with tech start-ups, growing up around motivated entrepreneurs, and watching how technology evolved to innovate and improve the world around him, Baron is driven to pursue knowledge and has a passion for electrical, mechanical, and aerospace engineering.
At Johns Hopkins Explore Engineering Innovation (EEI) Pre-College Program, Baron embraced the opportunity to explore the Homewood Recreation Center as he played basketball and made connections with students at his program and Johns Hopkins University.
He learned to break his course work into smaller tasks. Developing timelines and progressing steadily towards completing a project empowered Baron as he became more confident and intentional in approaching his course work.
“The biggest lesson that I picked up is that there are a lot of people that you know could support you. That are smart and know what they’re doing… If you put yourself in the right environment, then you’ll be able to flourish as a person. I learned so much from the people there. I learned so much from the teachers and everything that I wouldn’t have been able to before purely because I ended up there in the first place.”
Throughout high school, Baron will embody curiosity and continue asking, “How does this work?” as he explores the world around him.
Meet Carly
An Explore Engineering Innovation Alum
Carly is a hardworking and determined alum of the Johns Hopkins Explore Engineering Innovation (EEI) Pre-College Program from New Jersey. Like many high school students at EEI, Carly knew she wanted to study engineering after high school and was determined to figure out what she wanted to focus on most.
During EEI, Carly discovered a passion for mechanical engineering. As she expanded her skills related to teamwork and tackling group projects, Carly enjoyed the collaborative learning environment she shared with her classmates.
“I’ve done programs and activities locally, but being at the college level was really exciting. Walking to my class every day and being in a lecture and then going off and doing an activity was really new. And I really liked it.”
Carly challenged herself to balance her homework assignments and spending time with her friends at the recreation center on the historic Homewood campus. Outside class, she and her friends discovered tasty new restaurants near campus, including Honeygrow, her favorite find.
Meet Grace
An Explore Engineering Innovation Online Alum
Grace is an artistic high school senior in California. During Johns Hopkins Explore Engineering Innovation (EEI) Pre-College program she explored how art and engineering connect through hands-on projects.
At EEI, Grace made connections with her peers through her love of music, she was excited for the chance to work with new technology that she didn’t have access to at her high school. Grace flexed her creativity as she learned about the dynamic variety of engineering disciplines available to study in college. EEI helped her cross out possible majors she was considering for college.
“I found that I really liked this one project that was focused and centered around helping other people. It was to make a product that could improve the health of the user and I found that I really like doing a project related to that, and I was like, ‘Hey, maybe I could see myself doing this for the rest of my life.’”
Having struggled speaking up in class before EEI, Grace gained confidence during pre-college and became comfortable asking her professors and teacher assistants questions. Grace is continuing her journey to explore which college she’ll attend after graduating.
Meet Aayush
An Explore Engineering Innovation: Online Alum
Aayush is an adventurous high school student in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who plays badminton, free-solo scuba dives, and rock climbs. At Johns Hopkins Explore Engineering Innovation (EEI) Online Pre-College Program, Aayush explored a diverse range of engineering disciplines and possible career paths.
As an international student, he found the option to take EEI online from his home an accessible and valuable opportunity. Aayush describes himself as a “people’s person,” and enjoys learning about others. He was surprised and excited by the chance to contribute ideas with his peers from across the world.
“When I figured out there were going to be group projects, I realized that I was going to be contributing ideas with people across the world. Usually, you’re confined to people in your school or in your community. But when you’re contributing ideas with like-minded people thousands of kilometers away it’s a different feeling.”
At EEI, Aayush realized that engineers are pivotal in the development and maintenance of an advancing technological society. He believes that engineers are the backbone of the future. In his free time, Aayush takes walks with his friends, plays video games, and makes content for his YouTube channel.
Meet Daniel 
A Sustainable Energy Engineering Alum
Daniel has various interests that intersect with engineering, including mathematics, business, and finance. During his time commuting to Johns Hopkins Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) Pre-College Program in Pasadena, California, he honed his ability to focus in on his coursework immersing himself in a rigorous college-level engineering course.
As a rising junior in high school, Daniel is influenced by his uncle who is an engineer. SEE was his first opportunity to dive in and gain an introduction to the field of engineering.
“For me, engineering isn’t just math and science and solving problems. It also involves social and economic aspects like marketing, budgeting, and politics. Because it includes so many things, engineering is a very important thing in society because you’re not just solving math problems, you’re actually changing the world with things that you’re doing.”
As he tackled new material related to electrical engineering, he gained new friends to collaborate with and proficiency in Microsoft Excel that he’ll take into his future engineering projects.
Outside of school, Daniel plays sports, violin, and quite a bit of chess. He’s looking forward to continuing to explore the possibilities of pursuing aerospace or electrical engineering after graduating high school.
Meet Michelle
A Biomedical Engineering Innovation alum
Michelle is a thoughtful high school student in New Zealand. Her favorite subjects are biology, physics, and math. She is passionate about creating biosensors and coding and likes to work with her hands and apply practical skills to problems outside of a textbook.
At Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Innovation (BMEI) Pre-College Program, Michelle uncovered an interest in electrical engineering. She grew her knowledge of biomedical engineering and learned how to turn her ideas into reality.
“I realized that I needed a program that would teach me the basics, the fundamentals of how to work with these parts and actually put things together, especially when it comes to prosthetics and biosensors.”
She was most excited by the Arduino project, which she expanded into an automated plant care system for her final project.
At BMEI, Michelle figured out studying biomedical engineering at university was going to be a good fit for her. Michelle runs her high school robotics club and participates in FIRST Tech challenge robotics competitions. Aside from robotics, she loves to read, play the piano, and is also deeply passionate about karate. Michelle wants to be a part of revolutionizing technology in the medical field by making devices that can help in life-saving circumstances in the future.
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