About Me — Daniel Vacek

ABOUT ME

Daniel Vacek

Hi !

I'm a second year Mechanical Engineering Master's student at EPFL, focusing on fluid mechanics. Welcome to this About me page, where you can find an overview of my skills and personal interests (coming soon : professional experience and detailed descriptions of interesting projects I worked on)

Languages

Czech

Native speaker

French

Like a native speaker

English

Like a native speaker

Italian

Good level

German

School basics

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland

2025 -

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland

2021 - 2025

Baccalauréat

Lycée Français de Prague - Prague, Czechia

Lycée Stendhal - Milan, Italy

école Riviera school Montreux - Montreux, Switzerland

Skills

CAD

CATIA, SolidWorks, OnShape, Shapr3D

Programming

Arduino, C, Labview, Matlab

Teamwork

CFD

Ansys Fluent, OpenFoam

Simulation

Matlab & Simulink

Reports - Presentations

Latex, MS Office

Passions

Sports

Sport plays a big role in my life.

I played beach-volleyball at national level in Czechia (5th at U17 Championship) during high school, now I play more recreationally but I still participate in tournaments (3rd at Swiss University Games in 2025). This year I also joined an indoor volleyball club.

I have also played some ultimate frisbee (5th at the Swiss beach-ultimate championship)

Other sports : skiing, cross country skiing, hiking, swimming and more

Photography

Planespotting, landscape, sport or social events, I often have a camera within arms reach

Civil aviation

I have a keen interest in civil aviation. I enjoy learning how different aircraft components and systems work, about pilot procedures and even air incidents investigations.

Having also lived close to the Prague airport, I have spent countless afternoons watching and taking pictures of aircrafts.