Bas Wijnen
Owner at de Zelfmaker
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBas Wijnen is a maker-engineer and educator with 18 years of experience combining hands-on hardware, software and teaching to advance accessible fabrication. As owner of de Zelfmaker and co-owner of Phidias, LLC, he designs and programs 3D printers and other CNC robots, having developed a printer during his PhD work that is now built in US teacher workshops. Trained in physics and materials science (PhD work at Michigan Tech) and with classroom experience as a physics teacher, he bridges research-grade materials knowledge with practical classroom-ready tools. He builds across disciplines—electronics, enclosures in wood and metal, textiles and clay—and brings a knack for translating complex machine control into intuitive educational experiences.
19 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Science, 3-D Printers, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Science, 3-D Printers at Michigan Technological UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Physics Teacher Education, Master of Science (MSc), Physics Teacher Education at University of GroningenVWO, VWO at Zuyderzee College, Emmeloord
Github Skills (57)
firmware10
3d-printer10
3d-printing10
esp3210
arduino10
kicad9
graphic9
avrdude9
python9
eda9
microcontroller9
32-bit9
attiny9
actuator9
micropython9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wijnen/ear
Feb 2016 - Feb 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes, 5 branches in 10 years 1 month
music-playmusicmusic-playerdance
wijnen/python-network
Aug 2012 - Jan 2023
Contributions:66 commits, 41 pushes, 2 tags in 10 years 6 months
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