Daniel received his Diploma Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2009 focusing on Aerodynamics and Data- and Knowledge Management. In 2007 he was an Erasmus Fellow at the University of Southampton. He is currently a researcher in the Integrated Aircraft Design Group within the Institute for Air Transportation Systems in the German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.). His interests include conceptual design, multi-fidelity and collaborative engineering. He is the developer of an open-source conceptual aircraft design tool written in Python. Furthermore, he coordinates the development of the Common Parametric Aircraft Configuration Schema (CPACS) a common data format for distributed aircraft design.
