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Due to COVID-19, engineering summer camps offered by North Carolina State University (NCSU) shifted to a virtual format for the summer of 2021 and required a new curriculum to be designed with an emphasis on providing a hands-on experience in a virtual environment. The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering created a curriculum which included some hands-on activities used in previous, in-person camps, a homebuilt wind tunnel used to demonstrate aerospace fundamentals, and a popular engineering game used as a teaching tool to explain astronautics concepts. Each week-long camp was conducted via Zoom and led by a team consisting of a NCSU graduate student, three undergraduate students, and a faculty advisor. Anonymous student feedback following the completion of the camps showed overwhelmingly positive results with a majority of students showing interest in pursuing an engineering degree with multiple students expressing interest in attending NCSU