Irvington High School

Makers Club

We build confident problem-solvers through CAD, prototyping, and student competitions including the Henry Ford Invention Convention and in-house design challenges.

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About The Club

Our mission is to help students learn engineering by doing: designing in CAD, building prototypes, competing, and sharing skills with the wider school community.

Competition Tracks

30+

Active Members

Weekly

CAD Practice Labs

Competition Highlights

Henry Ford Invention Convention

Teams develop invention concepts from problem statement to prototype and pitch.

Chess CAD Competition

Students model chess sets and components with precision and creative styling.

Chip Can Rocket Challenge

Build, iterate, and test low-cost rockets while balancing performance and safety.

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Resources

Feature Tutorials

Learn constraints, lofts, assemblies, and other CAD features step by step.

Design Challenges

Practice with short prompts that mirror real competition problem-solving.

Club Lessons

Access workshops and internal materials made by experienced members.

Open Resources

Club Collaborations

Our members collaborate with partner programs to explore a wide variety of STEM topics and ideas beyond a single track.

Untitled Rocketry

Amateur rocketry collaboration where members explore launch workflows, systems, and aerospace engineering projects.

Visit Program

Fremont Student Makers

Members can work on CubeSat and broader maker projects through this collaboration.