Pieter Danneels
Founder at BAEKEN
North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolPieter Danneels is an aerospace-trained founder and project controls leader with 10 years of experience delivering complex infrastructure and engineering programs across ports, energy, and transportation. He combines hands-on technical roots—from developing electronics for hydrogen race cars and teaching manufacturing at TU Delft—to steering large tenders and execution as a senior project controls manager and bid lead. At BAEKEN he helps clients tame complexity and drive project efficiency end-to-end, while also supporting major terminals and grid upgrade programs through consultancy roles. An active contributor to the open-source air traffic simulator Bluesky, he has directly improved core simulation metrics and synthetic traffic generation, reflecting a rare blend of systems thinking and practical software chops. Based in North Brabant, he pairs aerospace rigor with entrepreneurial grit and a knack for translating technical detail into deliverable programs.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Project Controls Engineer Planning and Project Controls, Project Controls Engineer Planning and Project Controls at Primaned AcademyMaster of Science (MSc) Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology
Github Skills (5)
simulations10
simulation10
traffic10
python10
aircraft8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
TUDelft-CNS-ATM/bluesky
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
The open source air traffic simulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 8 PRs, 1 comment in 4 months
Contributions summary:Pieter primarily contributed to the `bluesky` air traffic simulator by modifying the `metric.py` and `synthetic.py` files, indicating involvement in core simulation logic. The user addressed issues related to metrics calculations, WGS84 coordinate handling, and also improved the synthetic traffic generation capabilities. Further contributions include fixing zoom functionality and merging angled traffic routines, expanding command options within the synthetic traffic module.
urban-air-mobilitypythonwgs84conflict-resolutionsimulation
pdanneels/bluesky
Dec 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:49 PRs, 79 pushes, 21 branches in 1 year 5 months
traffic-simulatorsimulationsimulatorairtraffic
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