Upcoming Events

No upcoming events. We currently focus our efforts on classes.

Past Events

November 10th, 7pm: Drone Night

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Build, fly and race drones! Westchester FPV will provide virtual reality goggles, drones, and provide expert training. Suitable for all ages. This is a very special event. Bring your friends and family! Don't miss it!

November 4th, 12-2pm: Model Glider Workshop

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Bob Stark, Manager of Columbia's Mechanical Engineering Lab will teach us how to build model airplanes. Come by to learn about aerodynamics of flight and build the perfect airplane! Suitable for all ages.

Current Classes

Past Classes

3D MODELING AND MACHINE DESIGN

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd, Saturdays 12 - 2
Fine tune your 3D Modeling skills with OnShape. This class is a continuation of our Introduction to 3D Modeling course, with emphasis on robotics. Open to new students by request. Taught by Mohamed Haroun.

ARDUINO ROBOTICS

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd, Thursdays 4-6
Introduction to Arduino programming and robotics. The course will go through the design process for a simple robot, we will cover, laser cutting essentials, using basic hardware components such as sensors, breadboards, wiring, and how they connect with the Arduino along with programming debugging. Open to new students by request. Taught by Mauricio Quintanilla.

MAKE YOUR HOUSE SMART: ROBOTICS AND PROGRAMMING

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd, Tuesdays 6-8
Learn how to use different mechanical and electronic components to build simple robots. A introduction to the world of electronics, students get to learn fundamentals in designing electronic systems used for robots, smart homes and hone their skills with their projects. Open to new students by request. Taught by Adarsh Verghese

DRONES and TINKERS: ROBOTICS AND PROGRAMMING

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd, Saturdays 12 - 2
Learn how to assemble a drone, a tank, and how to programming them. Taught by Chris Hayward

MAKING SPACE: 3D PRINTING, ART AND COMMUNITY BUILDING

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd, Mondays 4-6
Open to students 7th through 12th grade. An introductory series on 3D printing, digital fabrication techniques, and artmaking, where we challenge you to make use of the tools and techniques available to create physical objects and artworks. These creations will be displayed in the developing makerspace at Pelham Fritz. Mediums we will work with include 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Vinyl Cutting, painting, drawing and sculpture.

DIGITAL MICROSCOPY WITH A RASPBERRY PI

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 6th - Dec 22nd
Explore the world at micro scale by building a digital microscope. We will use a small computer called a Raspberry Pi to program a camera and optics system to record pictures and video of biological interest. Taught by Iden Sapse.

Making Space: 3D Printing, Art and Community Building

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Mar. 19 - May 7, Mondays 4-6
Open to students 7th through 12th grade. An introductory series on 3D printing, digital fabrication techniques, and artmaking, where we challenge you to make use of the tools and techniques available to create physical objects and artworks. These creations will be displayed in the developing makerspace at Pelham Fritz. Mediums we will work with include 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Vinyl Cutting, painting, drawing and sculpture. Co-taught by Andre Fuqua and Kelly Carde.

Digital Microscopy with a Raspberry Pi

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Jun. 1 - Aug. 31
Explore the world at micro scale by building a digital microscope. We will use a small computer called a Raspberry Pi to program a camera and optics system to record pictures and video of biological interest. Taught by Iden Sapse.

Pilot with the Echoes Program (Children's Aid Society)

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
April - July, twice a month
Not open to the public. This pilot program is for adjudicated youth undergoing an alternative to incarceration program. Our students learn real world, employable skills and gain hands-on experience with advanced technology. We learn how to use computers to create 3D models, and then sell our 3D printed items online. Co-taught by Mohamed Haroun and Alex Gaudio.

Build a 3D Printer Workshop

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Mar. 1 - May 31, Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00
Build, tune and operate a 3D printer, and learn simple 3D modeling. Space is limited, so act soon! Taught by Iden Sapse.

Intermediate 3D Modeling and Machine Design

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Feb. 1 - Jun. 30, Saturdays 12:00 - 2:00
Fine tune your 3D Modeling skills with OnShape. This class is a continuation of our Introduction to 3D Modeling course, with emphasis on robotics. Open to new students by request. Taught by Mohamed Haroun.

Robotics and Programming, Part 2

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Feb. - Jun., Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00
A continuation of our previous Robotics class, we will research and develop robotic behaviors and enhance capabilities of our group's existing machines. Open to new students by request. Taught by Alex Gaudio.

FixUp Sessions

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Feb. 1 - indefinitely, Thursdays 4:30 - 6:00
Build, tune and operate our machines. Become an expert in 3D printers, Laser Cutters, CNC Mills, Vinyl Cutters and general process of making and innovating. Your contribution to this program makes you a leader of our community makerspace. Co-Taught by Mauricio Quintanilla and Alex Gaudio.

Robotics and Programming, Part 1

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 5 - Dec. 14, Thursdays 4:30 - 6:00
In 1836, two inventors sent pulses of electrons through a coil of wires, causing a movement that clanged two pieces of metal together, making a distinctive noise. By carefully choosing a sequence of pulses, they created a form of code by which they could communicate with each other. This invention and the coding that was developed soon afterwards changed the world. These are the telegraph and Morse code.

In this class, we will take inspiration from these inventions to develop electromechanical behaviors relevant to our modern lives. We will create robots that communicate wirelessly, move in the world, and receive instruction. Class material covers embedded programming, wireless communication and robotics using the ESP8266 microcontroller, Arduino programming environment, various motors, electrical components and 3D printed parts.

Manipulate the physical world by programming characters into a computer. Taught by Alex Gaudio.

Introduction to 3D Modeling

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
Oct. 7 - Dec. 17, Saturdays 12:00 - 2:00
Have you ever wanted to design a 3D model of a Formula One race car using a computer? Join our class and learn the basics of 3D Modeling using OnShape. Taught by Mohamed Haroun.

3D Maker Experience

Location: Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Harlem
July 6 - Sept. 28, Thursdays 2:30 - 4:00
Want to build your very own Fidget Spinner? How about a self-watering plant vase? Holographic transportation machine? Want to sculpt physical objects with a flashlight or with your voice? Join our summer program and learn that you can make anything.

We will teach you about the process of making physical things, with special focus on Design Thinking, 3D Printing and CAD modeling. By the end of the class, students will have created, modified a physical thing to address a particular problem. Our students will experience first hand that higher level concepts, advanced technologies and seemingly impossible ideas are often just an arm's reach away. We hope people come away from this class with the impression that they can create anything. Taught by Alex Gaudio and Mohamed Haroun

About

Our Mission

By creating a sustainable system of spaces where learning and innovation is a form of recreation, NYC Makerspace provides equal access to advanced resources and forges partnerships between institutions and local communities.

We provide informal learning in the form of classes, workshops and events. Our teachers are leaders of innovation and entrepreneurship from universities and private enterprises.

We actively create a foundation for social, scientific, technological, and artistic innovation that originates in the local neighborhood, and we actively work to to enhance the professional competitiveness of local communities as well as train tomorrow's leaders in science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics (STEAM).

Our Team

Adama Gamby: Program Director for Robotics Programming

Adama an electrical engineering student at StonyBrook University. He has a passion for math and problem solving. This manifests itself in his desire to always improve himself and those around him. Adama has a history of community service through the marching band and the ISO symphonic band. He's played several holiday concerts at St Patrick’s church and participate in the ISO Memorial Day concert at greenwood cemetery. He intends to pursue his masters in mathematics after completing his bachelors.

Alex Gaudio: Co-Founder

Alex co-founded NYC Makerspace with Mohamed after a sequence of events inspired him to start teaching classes on 3D printing, computer science and robotics at the Pelham Fritz Recreation Center in Harlem. He is passionate to help people discover that basic research and teaching is a form of recreation of the mind. Alex is a data scientist in New York City, with special emphasis on machine learning and distributed systems. A maker at heart, he has designed and built, among other things, multiple FDM and SLA 3D printers, a PID controlled yogurt maker, adaptive bike lights, and NYC Makerspace's very own swipe system. He proposed to his wife while scuba diving at night using 3D printed dive lights, a 3D printed fluorescent ring, a waterproof invisible ink message and a black light in a peanut butter jar filled with mineral oil. One moment, he might describe to you in depth how to use a neural network to maximize efficiency of your hydroponic system, and the in next, you might find him building a network of buckets, tubes and water pumps to demonstrate back-propagation. His goal is to spread a passion for learning and innovation to all people.

André Fuqua: Materials Allocation Officer

André Fuqua is a civil engineer and visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. His practice lies at the intersections of art and engineering. André is passionate about construction materials, digital fabrication, and the built environment. His research has been focused in concrete additive manufacturing for construction. André believes that creating spaces for collaborative exchange is the first step to igniting and sustaining community engagement. André received both his bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering from Columbia University. He also holds a degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Clara Gilda Altomare: Administrative Officer

Clara is not a maker. She joined NYC Makerspace to help out on the administrative side because she has an odd passion for doing paperwork that most people find annoying. She is also a life-long Columbia student (undergrad and grad), where she saw the advantages students with affluent parents had and hopes the work we're doing can help level that out a bit. She is currently working on my PhD using structural biology to understand how some viruses can hijack the cell's macromolecular machine to make proteins. She also loves soccer, cooking, and driving in the city.

Christian Cruz Godoy: Fashion and Entrepreneurship Director

Christian Cruz Godoy is fashion designer, software engineer, physicist, and overall creative. Christian is the founder of Uni-ke, a newly defined fashion label that helps young, disadvantaged artists with no experience break into the industry (https://www.uni-ke.com). He is currently collaborating with Mohamed and Alex to establish small scale production facilities in their makerspaces so that youth can claim their means of production and expand their overall abilities. An immigrant from Mexico who lived undocumented most of his life, he surpassed adversity and has instilled within himself that his main purpose is to empower as many people as possible.

Jacob Irwin: Blockhain for High Schools Program Director

Jacob engages as a S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Instructor and Program Manager at NYC Makerspace. Along with BlockchainsForSchools (BFS) Founder, Raunak Chowdhury, and NYC Makerspace Co-Founder, Mohamed Harqun, Jacob authenticated the initial handshake between NYC Makerspace and BFS—and together with fellow instructor Linghao Kong—initiated the first Summer Internship Program at the Harlem NYC Makerspace. Outside of the NYC Makerspace, Jacob leads a team of global experts at his NYC-based aerospace company, Berkelyn (berkelyn.com)—offering legal and compliance services for ambitious private space actors. A company co-founded by Jacob whilst an undergrad computer science major at Columbia University, Berkelyn is developing robust conduits for commercial space claims to property and ownership in space. Distributed blockchain ledger consensus structures, along with telematics engineering (constellation sensor networks) comprise major segments, lifting Berkelyn's off-planet lust pragmatically aloft. For more about Jacob, please visit his profile at https://www.linkedin.com/company/berkelyn/.

Johnattan Tibocha: Instructor

Johnattan's education is in megatronic engineering but his career is in programming. He is also a drummer and a big kid. He was born in Venezuela and raised in Colombia. He came to New York to study English in 2018 and is now teaching Arduino classes in English!

Karioki Crosby: Harlem Makerfaire Project Program Director

Karioki Crosby is a NYC based STEM educator, artist, founder of Latimer Heights – a free creative code and physical computing workshop held monthly at Columbia University , celebrating the works of African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer. Karioki teaches Robotics at Harlem Commonwealth Council and teaches/physical computing at Figure Skating in Harlem. Karioki Also is the designer of the makerspace at Queensbridge Queens public library. Karioki studied fine art at Hunter C.U.N.Y. Karioki has a background as a museum educator, founding high school teacher and is currently a community scholar fellow at Columbia University where he works with the school of professional studies to develop curriculum for projects exhibited at the Harlem Maker Fair.

Linghao Kong: Instructor

Linghao is a rising sophomore at Columbia University studying both neuroscience and computer science. In his spare time, Linghao enjoys painting, visiting museums, and watching The Expanse.

Mohamed Haroun: Co-Founder

Mohamed co-founded NYC Makerspace with Alex, after concluding that second hand resources donated from institutions must be used to create a system of spaces. Working in Columbia University’s Mechanical Engineering Department, Mohamed made research instruments for professors using various fabrication equipment. He also taught the principles of CAD design, and machining, and guided students through their cap-stone projects. Advisor to the Columbia FSAE Formula 1 race-car team, and Columbia Space Initiative, he is incorporating student groups by integrating them into NYC Makerspace courses and events. Mohamed currently manages Columbia University Makerspace. He believes that social and economic justice goes hand in hand with development, environmental preservation, and education. Mohamed's favorite place is the Sahara, where he conducted research on the effects of development on cultural heritage of new settlers in Egypt’s western desert. Mohamed participated in the Tahrir Square sit-ins of 2011. He works on solar and piezo-electric renewable energy and water desalination devices; he hopes to open source soon. For fun Mohamed likes making star projectors, jewelry, trinkets, and thinking about how to equitably decentralize the world.

Moshab Rahman: Instructor

Moshab Rahman is a first year undergraduate at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and has been involved with NYC Makerspace since 2017. Being a resident and community member of the East Harlem/ Harlem area, Moshab has assisted in teaching other community members how to use tools such vinyl cutters, 3D printers, and laser cutters. Moshab has been involved with a FIRST robotics team based in Columbia University’s Mudd Hall, acting as the systems captain for his team. Aside from engineering, Moshab has a deep passion for the natural world, which has lead him to be involved with the Columbia Secondary School Community Garden as a gardener and chicken caretaker since 2015.

Raunuk Chowdhurry: Blockchain For Schools Director

Raunak recently graduated from Stuyvesant High School and will be studying Computer Science and Business at MIT starting September 2019. He runs BlockchainsForSchools, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects high schoolers with the blockchain industry. As part of the nonprofit's initiative, BlockchainsForSchools has partnered with NYC Makerspace to collaborate in a joint supply chain/blockchain education program over the summer.

Contact

Please email us at info@nycmakerspace.org

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