Hi everyone,
I am Ruslan. I am a mathematician with a focus on mathematical modeling and mathematical engineering. I like to work on interdisciplinary projects.
Currently, I work as a data scientist and as a software developer. Usually, I develop code for various statistical problems and mobile applications for android.
I am a member of Open Source Ecology Germany and developed a FreeCAD plugin OSE Piping Workbench - FreeCAD Documentation. I also have an CEPT radio amateur licence.
Hi crewā¦ great to read about your talent and passion!
ā¦ myself, studied mechanical engineering for a while but wanted to go a bit more hands-on, so Iām working as a mechatronics technician now. Have been diving into FLOSS for two decades now and am firmly committed to pave the way for a cooperative open source everything econonmy. Also interested in sociocybernetics (steering / governance of society) and dreaming of open source educational XR.
Main project is the Ā»Freie Software ā Freies WissenĀ« https://Schulstick.org live-distro of which thereās also a āMakerstickā variant which should be a good demonstration platform for our open toolchain, as it already comes equipped with many of the tools from our open tool database.
Soā¦ to Openfinity and beyond! 
See you in HHā¦
Hi I am Martin - a freelancer and software developer. Currently participating in Open Source Software stuff - so hardware is a new domain 
See ya in Hamburg.
Guten tag Leute!
My name is Christian Thams and Iāll be joining the āFuture of Makingā Conference on friday - saturday and the hackathon next week.
I am a Swedish/Canadian Industrial Designer and has been working with Open-Source projects at Bang & Olufsen (BeoCreate, https://beocreate.com/about-us ) and Danish Design Center on the EU-project Opennext where I helped develop open source business tools (DDC, Designing Your Open-Source Hardware Development Ecosystem ). Iāve also done quite a bit of ātraditionalā design work, which I abandoned after visiting factories abroad, which to me was a horrendous experience.
My own personal goal with a open-source mindset, is to create peer reviewed products to serve the communities weāre part of instead of corporations. And to do that, you need to make enough money for media outlets to report on it. So I might be āthe capitalistā in the group, but as I see it, the research is there, the knowledge of our destruction of environment is there and the last step to āproveā OS mindset is to offer open source developed products to normal consumers, like my mom.
I met both Martin HƤuer and Tim Wille during my time at the DDC, whoāve invited me to join these quite amazing events in Hamburg. Iām really looking forward connecting with everyone and see if we can collectively make products/services that do good in this world while having minimal impact.
Currently Iām in Berlin (until Friday) and will be in Hamburg from Friday to Tuesday. My mail is hello@christianthams.com and WhatsApp is +45 2992 8268 if anyone wants to meet up in person beforehand
Hope yāall are doing great and see you soon!
Hi Everyone
My name is Halid, I am 19 years old. I am a Computer Engineering Student. It is my first year at University. Mechanic, Electronic and Software projects are my real passion.
My Dream is to be professional at Computer Science field. I would like to specialize on quantum computers or in artificial intelligence expertise fields. My biggest Aim is to be a competent scientist in these developing and promising branches of science and to contribute to all humanity.
If you want to know more about me and my projects, please check my personal web page.
(https://www.halidyildirim.com/)
or my YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/c/LimenitisReducta1)
Thank you very much for inviting me @eMPee584
Hi guys, I am Uwe. I am developing for the CAD software FreeCAD. There I am in the core developers team and act as release manager. Thanks to the OTFN I was recently able to increase the FEM capabilities of FreeCAD. (You can now perform electromagnetic analyses of modeled parts.)
I am a physicist and microsystems engineer. I worked in the machine building industry as a specialist for packages (food, medical devices etc.), now I am in the medical industry and develop and design microfluidics products and components. Due to the low amount of parts needed for microfluidics applications (every application needs its own design) the parts are 3D-printed. Moreover, many structures are only possible to manufacture using 3D-printing.
I started at a small company with less than 10 people and we could not afford expensive CAD and therefore I gave FreeCAD a try. Over the last 4 years there I tried to fix bugs and implemented features I needed in my daily work. So FreeCAD is for my work a major tool in the tool chain.
In the past I developed for many years for www.lyx.org, a frontend for LaTeX.
Unfortunately I cannot come personally to Hamburg but try to join online.
Hello everybody! Iām Morgan Allen coming out from sunny California.
I am a long tinkerer of all things tinkerable. Iāve spent much of my time as a web developer but also a programmer at large. Prior to COVID I had my dream job as an exhibit fabricator at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, CA, USA. Here I got to work with education staff and volunteers to bring interactive exhibits to the public. Beyond just writing code, this allowed me to fabricate custom PCBs and and enclosure/cabinets, designed in KiCAD and FreeCAD.
In 2019 I gave a talk at KiCON about designing my 3D PCB badge, The Cacoffiny
I also have an interest in Mesh Networking and low power wireless networks with LoRa radios. Iāve designed and build several ESP32 based LoRa development boards, most recently the ESP32 LoRa Gateway. I will have a few of these boards with me.
Iāve recently left my job as a python developer to pursue wood working and CNC fabrication using the FreeCAD Path Workbench.
Iām super excited to be joining the hackathon in just a couple days now! Apologies this didnāt get put up earlier, Iāve had limited power and next to no internet in the days prior to travellingā¦ Iāll be in Hamburg on Friday afternoon if anyone else is around, Iād love to tour any of the local spaces and possible use a soldering station to repair some badges?
Hello everyone 
Daniel here 
I have a background in mathematics and Data Engineering. I recently started working with EnAccess fundation: https://enaccess.org/ Our goal is to advocate the usage of Open Innovations and OpenSouce technologies in the domain of Energy Access, where this is currently not very common.
Not very familiar with hardware which Iām looking very much forward to change.
Canāt wait to meet you all
Hi there!
My name is Andreas Kahler, Iām chairman and cofounder of FabLab MĆ¼nchen and Iām leading/working on a couple of open source hardware projects there (FabMX, [Laser4DIY].(http://laser4diy.org/), StereoNinja).
I also have many years of experience as a professional software developer, and am currently interested in using my expertise there to bring forward the toolchain for open hardware projects. Specifically, Iād like to build a workflow for mechanical CAD using code. I want command line tools, that take code, compiles that into 3d models, runs automated unit test, builds a BOM, creates an assembly manual, and all of that in an automated CI pipeline. I started converting our CAD models from FabMX, and maybe this is also a direction we could explore in the Hackthon.
I looking forward to meeting you all, discussing ideas and working on the tool chain.
Best
Andreas
Hi there!
My name is Laurent, I am 53 years old.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-trinques-b81baa84/
In my spare time, I have been the manager of the QElectroTech team for about 10 years now.
Little coding, help users and contributor, I package QElectroTech for Windows with MXE cross-compiler, Debian QET repository, Ubuntu PPA, AppImage, Flatpak, and also macOS.
I also take care of the maintenance of the website, forum, wiki, bugtracker, etc.
As a free software lover and self-taught, I have been using Debian for 20 years. Both at home and at work.
I work in the heavy industry as an electromechanical maintenance technician in staggered hours (5 X 8) 2 days in the morning, two days in the afternoon and two days at night, and finally 4 days off. Itās quite exhausting when you get olderā¦ and retirement starts to get closer.
I mainly do breakdown work, my job is to repair production lines as quickly as possible, we touch everything HV, LV, TBT, process, PLC, mechanics, industrial electricity, pneumatics, hydraulics, IT, etc.
Between breakdowns, I spend my time on various tasks, making machines reliable, wiring, retrofitting, reworking electrical diagrams with QElectroTech of course, etc.
Cheers,
Laurent
Hey there am Dut Kulang, a software engineer and open source activist from South Sudan and an active member of Access to Skills Net (#ASKnet) where I got to meet a lot of wonderful folks like Timm, Martin Schott and Basti (b_men) who have remotely guide understand the open ecosystem.
Heya Iām Sarah Hutton (she/her/ella) 
What Brings Me Here (what I do on the daily)
I work primarily with the Internet of Production Alliance IoPA as their Research and Community Engagement Lead, and have a hand in the following projects presently:
I am also working on bringing together conversations across the OSH and decentralised manufacturing ecosystem, to help connect and engage our communities.
In addition to working with the IoPA, I maintain a research appointment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education where I previously held the position of interim dean of libraries and the head of student success and engagement. I lecture at UMass on the topics of Public Interest Technology, Public Policy, and Research Methods.
Professional Self
I have a background in arts therapy (undergrad), library and information science (masters), and educational policy and leadership (doctoral) with a specialisation in OER/self-determination theory.
As a librarian and qualitative researcher (hermeneutic phenomenologist) in open knowledge production and an instructor in setting-up and teaching in maker spaces, Iāve had experience with shared governance models in consortia, open publishing and data standards, and human-centered design and research. I have a strong background in experiential learning methods, making and makerspaces, and teacher training; Iāve done a bit with the development of competency standards development and credentialing in maker literacies and makerspace training programmes as well. Iām certified in LGBTQIA+ Foundations and Allyship, and have extensive experience in the application of Universal Design for Learning Principles (UDL) to education and communications content development.
Personal Self
I live in Amherst, Massachusetts (not a native to the area, just landed there for work) where Iāve got two young kids and an amazing partner; we all enjoying building and making things together and spend as much time outside in nature as possible. Iām an artist (visual, predominantly sculpture/acrylics), Bikram yoga practitioner, and make a killer pizza. I grew up on a farm with loads of different animals, but now just have cats.
TIME ZONE:
Newark EST (actual location: Amherst, MA), United States; UTC+5 / UTC+4 (summer/after Mar 12, 2023)
Hy there,
my name is Stefan Pasteiner also known as cybercow.
I am an Austrian electronic and hardware developer.
I work at a traffic technology company where i do almost only software defelopment.
I also do some 3D parts with openscad or freecad and 3D print them privately. I also have a bit of expirience in librecad kicad and the proprietary altium electronic cad thingy.
O and Blender is also of my list of software i use from time to time.
