Welcome!
I am Daniel, thanks for stopping by. Since childhood, it has been my dream to shape the future of mobility. Pursuing my Master’s in Mechanical Engineering has brought me closer to this goal than ever before. This page is a look into my journey: showcasing my creations, my academic milestones, and the technical skills I am honing every day to make this dream a reality.
How it all started
According to my parents I have been babbling auto parts after waking up to practice speaking at the age of just one year. Whatever influenced me back then to do so has accompanied me all these years and shaped me into the person I am today. Living near Frankfurt, Hesse, opened me the possibility to attend every IAA since 2007 and having family in the Munich area has led to me spending many hours at the BMW World every year. I use almost every free minute to sketch cars or at least think about them. My worksheets in school were always decorated with drawings of all kinds of vehicles.
Logic and education
My two main subjects in the German Highschool finals were Arts and Mathematics. The fascination for logic has been in my life almost as long as my passion for cars. I completed a lot of puzzles beginning in my early youth, I was always eager to understand how anything worked. Taking stuff apart, rebuilding and improving it. Despite that, my initial career goal was to become an automotive designer. With an internship as a model maker I headed towards that path after school but then Covid hit. I decided to stay with my family, to not move away in a time were nothing was certain and study close by.
And so my engineering tale began...
Studies and Experience
I attended my hometown university in Darmstadt to study Mechanical and Process Engineering in October 2020 and finished my Bachelor's in Spring 2024. With my thesis complete (1.0), I decided it was time to gain some practical insights before I continued with my Master's. Directly after graduation I completed a six-month internship in the Technical Service Product Engineering at Porsche in Zuffenhausen.
I am currently continuing this journey there as a Working Student, focusing on developing a component-centered approach to define holistic repair processes. Alongside my studies, I also won 1st place in the DFG SPP2305 student competition with a sensor-integrating smart-sphere.
I am looking forward to graduate in May 2026.