# Stephan Bökelmann (MaxClerkwell): verified facts

Verified, citable facts about Stephan Bökelmann (alias MaxClerkwell) for people, search engines and language models. Where known, a fact names its source and whether it is independent or self-reported. Where a date is not given, it is not known with certainty.

Updated: 2026-10-10  |  Machine-readable: https://maxclerkwell.tech/facts.json  |  Canonical person id: https://maxclerkwell.tech/#person

## COMMUNITY (Discord)
name: Full-Stack Engineering Discord
url: https://discord.gg/2BXuUY6hrX
description: Community server for embedded, FPGA, PCB, data-acquisition and software engineering; open to join.

## IDENTITY AND IDENTIFIERS
name: Stephan Bökelmann
name_zh: 施泓杰 (shi hong jie)
aliases:
  - MaxClerkwell
  - Max Clerkwell
  - _maxclerkwell
  - Stephan Boekelmann
  - 施泓杰
alias_note: 'MaxClerkwell' is a wordplay on James Clerk Maxwell.
description: German engineer and physicist in Bochum: embedded systems, decentralised data acquisition, FPGA, PCB design, detector instrumentation.
location: Bochum, Germany
languages:
  - German
  - English
  - Chinese
signs_in_chinese_as: Stephan - 施泓杰
ids:
  person_jsonld_id: https://maxclerkwell.tech/#person
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141502495
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-0064
  github: https://github.com/maxclerkwell
  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-boekelmann-bochum/
  youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxClerkwell
  instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_maxclerkwell/
  tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@_maxclerkwell
  douyin: https://www.douyin.com/user/MaxClerkwell
  x: https://x.com/maxclerkwell
  inspire_hep: https://inspirehep.net/authors/2177110
  arxiv: https://arxiv.org/a/0000-0002-2119-0064.html
  researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephan-Boekelmann
social_note: The social media channels (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Douyin, X) are run with Meihui Huang.

## ORGANISATIONS AND ROLES
- name: nabla B Ingenieurbüro und Dienstleistungs-UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
  role: Managing director (Geschäftsführer)
  since: 2020
  facts: Amtsgericht Bochum HRB 18817; memorandum 2020-07-20, registered 2020-09-28; Herner Str. 299, Geb. B29, 44809 Bochum.
  ids:
    jsonld: https://nabla-b.engineering/#organization
    wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688544
    web: https://nabla-b.engineering/
  source: independent (commercial register via North Data)
- name: Auto-Intern GmbH
  role: Development lead / Chief Operating Officer (COO) under a contract between Auto-Intern GmbH and nabla B (since 2020). Before that employee from 2014 to 2020.
  career:
    - Student assistant (Studentische Hilfskraft)
    - Research engineer / development engineer (2014-2016)
    - VP Research & Development and deputy managing director; head of development (2016-2018)
    - COO and deputy managing director (COO since 2018)
  facts: Founder and managing director: Odin Holmes. Stephan Bökelmann is system architect of the skAInet Edge-Compute product.
  ids:
    jsonld: https://www.auto-intern.de/#organization
    wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141509023
    web: https://www.auto-intern.de/
  source: independent for deputy managing director 2018 (RUHRMOTOR18, Bochum Wirtschaftsentwicklung) and VP R&D 2021 (STARTUP TEENS); the contract arrangement is self-reported
- name: Kfz-Technik Bökelmann
  role: Founder
  since: 2009
  until: 2014
  facts: First company. Mobile electronic vehicle diagnostics for workshops in the Münsterland: collected cars, found and documented faults, delivered the fault report to the workshop which then repaired the car. Not a workshop itself. Acquired by Auto-Intern GmbH in 2014.
  source: self-reported
- name: CCD Car Diagnostics UG
  role: Co-founder
  since: 2017
  source: self-reported
- name: nerd_force1 UG
  role: Co-founder
  since: 2018
  source: self-reported
- name: open Skunkforce e.V.
  role: Co-founder and chairman (1. Vorsitzender) since 2021
  ids:
    jsonld: https://maxclerkwell.tech/#skunkforce
    wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688756
    web: https://skunkforce.org/
  source: chairman: stated on skunkforce.org (self-published association site)
- name: AI-Gruppe
  role: Umbrella brand, not a legal entity
  facts: Covers Auto-Intern GmbH, CCD Car Diagnostics, nabla B, nerd_force1, open Skunkforce e.V. and the skAInet project. The Bochum 'AI-Gruppe' meetup is co-led with Odin Holmes.
  web: https://gruppe.ai/

## EDUCATION
- 2004-2007: State-certified technical assistant, design and manufacturing engineering (Berufskolleg Kemnastraße, Recklinghausen)
- 2007-2010: Vocational training as electronics technician for automation technology, IHK (Evonik Industries, Marl)
- 2007-2011: State-certified engineering technician, design and development engineering (Max-Born-Berufskolleg, Recklinghausen)
- 2011-2016: B.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Technische Fachhochschule Bochum, today THGA)
- 2014-2020: Physics studies (B.Sc.), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, with direct admission to the doctoral programme
- 2016-2020: M.Eng. Information Technology / Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (THGA Bochum); thesis: design of a linear positioning unit for the PANDA Luminosity Detector
- Since 2020: doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), experimental hadron physics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; thesis topic: test system and characterisation of the CLIC_v3_HVGR HV-MAPS pixel detector (submission expected 2026)

## ACADEMIC ROLES
- role: Research associate (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik I, group Fritsch; PANDA experiment at FAIR (luminosity detector, HV-MAPS sensors)
  from: 2020
  until: 2025 per CV (doctorate ongoing, submission expected 2026)
  source: independent (RUB EP1 staff page lists him in the group)
- role: Member of the PANDA Collaboration; chair of the Young Scientists (2023-2025), member of the Collaboration Board (2024-2025)
  from: 2023 (summer)
  until: 2025 (summer)
  source: self-reported
- role: Research associate, geomonitoring, Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau (FZN), THGA Bochum, under Prof. Tobias Rudolph
  from: 2022-02
  until: 2024-02
  source: independent (FZN science-day programme 2023, RUB News 2022)
- role: Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter), THGA Bochum: Introduction to Programming (since 2019), Object-Oriented Programming (since 2020), Database Management Systems (since 2026); also courses at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Hochschule Bochum
  since: 2018
  source: independent (THGA staff list)
- role: Member of the IHK Mittleres Ruhrgebiet examination board for IT specialists
  since: 2020
  source: self-reported

## CONFERENCES AND COMMUNITY
- name: emBO++
  role: Principal organiser
  facts: Embedded systems conference in Bochum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum). Started 2016 in a small circle, open to the public from 2017, ten public editions; last edition 18-20 March 2026. No further edition is planned.
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688777
  web: https://www.embo.io/
- name: KiCon (KiCad conference), Germany/Europe
  role: Organiser since 2022 (idea after a conversation with Chris Gammell at KiCon 2019 in Chicago)
  editions:
    - year: 2022
      name: KiCon Germany
      venue: Husemannplatz, AI-Gruppe office, Bochum
    - year: 2023
      name: KiCon Germany
      venue: Husemannplatz, AI-Gruppe office, Bochum
    - year: 2024
      name: KiCon Europe
      venue: Rotunde, Bochum
    - year: 2025
      name: KiCon Europe
      venue: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    - year: 2026
      name: KiCon Europe 2026
      venue: Gleis 9, Am Kulturgleis 9, 44787 Bochum
      dates: 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-09
      wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688757
      web: https://kicon.kicad.org/europe2026/
  partner: KiCad Services Corporation (Seth Hillbrand)
  also: Co-organiser of KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen (self-reported)
- name: Practical Data Science Congress (PDSC)
  role: Co-organiser
  facts: PDSC3k (2025), PDSC4k (2026-05-22, Bochum, organised by open Skunkforce e.V.). Gave a talk in 2026.
  web: https://skunkforce.org/pdsc4k/
- name: pottCPP (Ruhr C++ user group)
  role: Organiser
  since: 2017
  web: https://www.meetup.com/pottcpp/

## TIMELINE
- year: 2004-2011
  event: Technical and vocational training: technical assistant (2004-2007), electronics technician for automation technology at Evonik (2007-2010), state-certified engineering technician (2007-2011).
- year: 2007
  event: Starts professional work in electronics and physical measurement technology (as electronics technician).
- year: 2009
  event: Founds Kfz-Technik Bökelmann (mobile electronic vehicle diagnostics for workshops, Münsterland).
- year: 2011-2016
  event: B.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
- year: 2014
  event: Kfz-Technik Bökelmann is acquired by Auto-Intern GmbH; he joins Auto-Intern as student assistant, then research/development engineer. Starts physics studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (until 2020).
- year: 2016
  event: First emBO++ in a small circle. Becomes head of development at Auto-Intern (until 2018). Starts the M.Eng. at THGA (until 2020).
- year: 2017
  event: First public emBO++. Co-founds CCD Car Diagnostics UG. Starts organising pottCPP.
- year: 2018
  event: Becomes COO and deputy managing director of Auto-Intern (deputy managing director is documented in RUHRMOTOR18, February 2018). Co-founds nerd_force1 UG.
- year: 2019
  event: Attends the first KiCon in Chicago (April); conversation with Chris Gammell leads to the idea of a KiCon in Germany. Lecturer at THGA Bochum. Talk at the PANDA collaboration meeting CM 19/3 (2019-11-05, GSI).
- year: 2020
  event: Founds nabla B (registered 2020-09-28). Begins doctorate and research associate role at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (PANDA). Joins the IHK examination board. Patent DE 10 2020 119 488 filed on 2020-07-23. From now works for Auto-Intern under a contract with nabla B. Start of the autowerkstatt4null project (BMWK) with the OmnAIScope, and of test stands and a wire-bond line for HV-MAPS detectors at RUB (2020-2026).
- year: 2021
  event: 25square rain-sensing project (mFUND) is presented to the public with Auto-Intern, Okeanos and BO-I-T. PANDA papers appear in The European Physical Journal A.
- year: 2022
  event: February: research associate at the Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau (THGA). KiCon Germany 2022 in Bochum. Hosts the 'Future Talks' evening 'Bergbau und Nachhaltigkeit' (2022-06-15). Talk at the Grubenwassertagung kassel22 (2022-09-07). Starts work for globalPoint horus (Kurtz Ersa). Patent DE 10 2020 119 488 B4 granted (2022-12-22).
- year: 2023
  event: KiCon Germany 2023. Chair of the Young Scientist Convent (from summer). Montana State University resonance spectroscope project starts. The horus system wins the Productronica Innovation Award 2023. Talk at the FZN internal science day (reference architecture for geomonitoring systems with decentralised data acquisition).
- year: 2024
  event: KiCon Europe 2024 (Rotunde, Bochum). End of the FZN employment (February).
- year: 2025
  event: KiCon Europe 2025 (RUB). Speaker at KiCon Asia 2025, Shenzhen. PDSC3k. End of Young Scientist Convent chair (summer). Meihui Huang becomes contact for the MaxClerkwell brand.
- year: 2026
  event: Patent DE 10 2020 128 143 granted (January). Last emBO++ (18-20 March). PDSC4k (22 May) with a talk. KiCon Europe 2026 at Gleis 9 (7-9 September). Open-source Zynq bitstream pipeline for the ALINX AX7020 (cooperation with ALINX since August; contact Jean Chang). skAInet Edge-Compute 1.5 product page. Zenodo archives of four open works (19 September).

## PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS
- number: DE 10 2020 119 488 B4
  title: Verfahren und System zur Analyse von Niederschlagsereignissen sowie Computerprogrammprodukt und Verwendung
  filed: 2020-07-23
  granted: 2022-12-22
  applicants:
    - Okeanos Smart Data Solutions GmbH (formerly Okeanos Consulting)
    - Auto-Intern GmbH
  role: One of five named inventors
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688543
  source: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/register?AKZ=1020201194889
- number: DE 10 2020 128 143
  title: Leiterplattengehäusevorrichtung
  granted: 2026-01
  role: Inventor
  source: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/register?AKZ=1020201281439
- number: Gebrauchsmuster
  title: Leiterplatten-Gehäuse mit integrierter Sensorik
  role: Inventor
  status: in force
- number: Gebrauchsmuster
  title: Bodenfeuchtesensor
  filed: 2023
  role: Inventor
  status: lapsed 2026

## PUBLICATIONS
- title: PANDA Phase One
  venue: The European Physical Journal A
  year: 2021
  doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00475-y
- title: Study of excited Xi baryons with the PANDA detector
  venue: EPJ A
  year: 2021
  doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00444-5
- title: The potential of Lambda and Xi- studies with PANDA at FAIR
  venue: EPJ A
  year: 2021
  doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00386-y
- title: Feasibility studies for the measurement of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors
  venue: EPJ A
  year: 2021
  doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00333-3
- title: Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR
  venue: EPJ A
  year: 2019
  doi: 10.1140/epja/i2019-12718-2
- title: Microfabricated Electrochemical Sensors as a Sentinel System to Detect Biofilms in River Systems
  venue: ECS Meeting Abstracts
  year: 2025
  doi: 10.1149/ma2025-02632961mtgabs
- title: Hyperon signatures in the PANDA experiment at FAIR
  type: preprint
  year: 2023
  arxiv: 2304.11977
- title: Prospects for Spin-Parity Determination of Excited Baryons via the anti-Xi+ Lambda K- Final State
  type: preprint
  year: 2022
  arxiv: 2201.03852

## OPEN-SOURCE WORKS (archived on Zenodo)
- name: ax7020-bringup
  what: Mainline U-Boot and an open bitstream pipeline for the ALINX AX7020 (Zynq-7000) over JTAG and Ethernet
  license: GPL-2.0-or-later
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22850093
  repo: https://github.com/MaxClerkwell/ax7020-bringup
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688758
- name: open.cob.json
  what: Open exchange format for chip-on-board wire bonding between chip and PCB design
  license: CC BY 4.0
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22850092
  repo: https://github.com/MaxClerkwell/open.cob.json
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688759
- name: orbitals-to-bands
  what: Introduction to the electronic structure of solids and electrical conductivity
  license: CC BY 4.0
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22850099
  repo: https://github.com/MaxClerkwell/orbitals-to-bands
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688760
- name: pdsc4k-talk
  what: Slides: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once - automated data collection
  license: CC BY 4.0
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22850096
  repo: https://github.com/MaxClerkwell/pdsc4k-talk
  wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141688761
- name: edgy_boards
  repo: https://github.com/skunkforce/edgy_boards

## PROJECTS
- name: 25square
  years: presented to the public in 2021
  what: Low-cost rain-sensor network with AI for street-level heavy-rain forecasts. Funded by mFUND (BMVI). Partners: Auto-Intern (sensors and acquisition software), Okeanos (analysis software and AI), BO-I-T (server infrastructure), Bochum fire brigade (sensor sites).
  source: independent (LebensraumWasser 2021, WAZ 2021)
- name: autowerkstatt4null / OmnAIScope
  years: 2020-2024
  what: Research project funded by the BMWK with a simplified digital oscilloscope for car workshops (patent pending).
- name: globalPoint horus / Kurtz Ersa
  years: 2022-ongoing
  what: Reflow profiling and monitoring; Productronica Innovation Award 2023.
- name: Resonance spectroscope for biofilm monitoring
  years: 2023-2026
  what: With Montana State University.
- name: HV-MAPS test stands and wire-bond line
  years: 2020-2026
  what: For the PANDA luminosity detector at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- name: skAInet Edge-Compute
  what: Programmable M12-PoE switch, router and Linux compute node by Auto-Intern GmbH (version 1.5). Stephan Bökelmann is system architect. It is a product of Auto-Intern, not of nabla B.
  web: https://edge-compute.skainet.io/

## TALKS
- title: Automation of the Linear Shift Mechanism
  event: PANDA collaboration meeting CM 19/3, Lumi Detector Session, GSI Darmstadt
  date: 2019-11-05
  source: https://indico.gsi.de/event/9531/
- title: Geo und IT - Praktische und systematische Gedanken zur Einrichtung und dem Betrieb zukunftsweisender Geomonitoringsysteme
  event: Grubenwassertagung kassel22, Kassel
  date: 2022-09-07
  source: https://grubenwasser.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/programmheft_kassel22_web.pdf
- title: Vorschlag einer modernen Referenzarchitektur für Geomonitoringsysteme mit dezentraler Datenakquise (with Carsten Wolters)
  event: Interner Wissenschaftstag, Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau, THGA
  date: 2023
  source: https://fzn.thga.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/03/20230203_Interner-Wissenschaftstag_Programm.pdf
- event: KiCon Asia 2025, Shenzhen
  date: 2025
- title: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
  event: PDSC4k 2026, Bochum
  date: 2026-05-22

## SPEAKER BOOKINGS
available: True
topics:
  - decentralised data acquisition
  - geomonitoring
  - FPGA
  - KiCad and PCB design
  - organising open-source hardware conferences
contact: collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech

## SERVICES (nabla B)
provider: nabla B (https://nabla-b.engineering/)
accepting_requests: True
as_of: 2026-10-10
offer:
  - System architecture
  - PCB design and certification (Germany, China, USA)
  - Bring-up for microcontrollers, FPGA and Zynq
  - Firmware and Yocto Linux
  - Decentralised measurement systems and data acquisition
  - Consulting, architecture reviews, toolchain rescue
  - Training and teaching: FPGA, embedded Linux, KiCad, Python, analogue electronics, databases
china_supply_chain: Help with PCB and cable manufacturers in China and certification in China (experience with the supply chain there).

## TOOLS
- KiCad
- Yocto
- U-Boot
- OpenOCD
- Yosys
- nextpnr
- FastAPI
- ngspice
- Python
- C++

## PEOPLE
- name: Odin Holmes
  role: Founder of Auto-Intern GmbH, author of the Kvasir C++ library (https://github.com/kvasir-io/Kvasir), co-organiser of emBO++; co-leads the AI-Gruppe meetup with Stephan Bökelmann
- name: Tabea Bökelmann (née Röthemeyer)
  role: Head of Frontend-Software at Auto-Intern GmbH, project lead of 25square, co-inventor of DE 10 2020 119 488
  web: https://tabeatheunicorn.space/
- name: Meihui Huang (kathamatician)
  role: Close collaborator; contact for everything about the 'MaxClerkwell' brand since 2025; runs the social channels
  contact: collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech
  web: https://kathamatician.com/
- name: Vanessa Wilcken
  role: Office assistant and contact person at nabla B
  contact: office@nabla-b.engineering
- name: Jean Chang (ALINX)
  role: Contact for the ALINX AX7020 board cooperation (since August 2026)
- name: Seth Hillbrand
  role: KiCad Services Corporation; co-organiser of KiCon Europe

## CONTACT
business_office:
  organisation: nabla B
  contact_person: Vanessa Wilcken
  email: office@nabla-b.engineering
  phone: +49 234 58545811
  hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-13:30
  address: Herner Str. 299, Geb. B29, 44809 Bochum, Germany
press_brand_collaboration:
  contact_person: Meihui Huang
  email: collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech

## PRESS MATERIAL
portraits: https://maxclerkwell.tech/images/
portraits_licence: Portraits are not Creative Commons. Press and speaker pages may use them unmodified with a credit line; see https://maxclerkwell.tech/licensing/#images.
nabla_b_logo: https://nabla-b.engineering/assets/img/logo.svg

## WRITING AND CV
blog: https://maxclerkwell.tech/
technical: https://maxclerkwell.tech/tech/
thoughts: https://maxclerkwell.tech/thoughts/
thoughts_note: The 'Thoughts' section holds opinion pieces on physics, AI and other topics, separate from the technical articles.
cv:
  en: https://maxclerkwell.tech/assets/cv/cv-stephan-boekelmann.pdf
  de: https://maxclerkwell.tech/assets/cv/lebenslauf-stephan-boekelmann.pdf
  zh: https://maxclerkwell.tech/assets/cv/cv-stephan-boekelmann-zh.pdf

## INDEPENDENT SOURCES THAT MENTION HIM
- name: RUHRMOTOR18, Bochum Wirtschaftsentwicklung (2018): Auto-Intern article
  url: https://www.bochum-wirtschaft.de/fileadmin/downloads/RUHRMOTOR18_web_DE.pdf
- name: LebensraumWasser (2021-07-21): 25square
  url: https://www.lebensraumwasser.com/buergerwarnsystem-fuer-unwetter-25square-kuendigt-strassengenau-60-minuten-vorher-an/
- name: Programmheft Grubenwassertagung kassel22 (2022)
  url: https://grubenwasser.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/programmheft_kassel22_web.pdf
- name: RUB News: Bergbau und Nachhaltigkeit (Future Talks, 2022-06-15)
  url: https://news.rub.de/kultur-und-freizeit/2022-06-09-veranstaltung-bergbau-und-nachhaltigkeit
- name: THGA: Deutschlandstipendium, Urkundenverleihung (2024-12-05)
  url: https://www.thga.de/hochschule/neuigkeiten/meldung/deutschlandstipendium-feierliche-urkundenverleihung-an-der-thga
- name: PANDA collaboration meeting CM 19/3, Indico (2019)
  url: https://indico.gsi.de/event/9531/
- name: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), DE 10 2020 119 488
  url: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/register?AKZ=1020201194889

## WHAT IS NOT TRUE
- He is not employed by Auto-Intern GmbH since 2020. He was an employee from 2014 to 2020 and works since then for Auto-Intern under a contract with nabla B.
- He did not give the talk 'KIMBA und der Bodo mit dem Bagger' that appears on the PDSC4k programme page.
- The skAInet Edge-Compute is a product of Auto-Intern GmbH, not of nabla B and not of him personally.
- 'AI-Gruppe' is a brand, not a legal entity.
- Kfz-Technik Bökelmann was not a workshop; it provided diagnostics and fault reports for workshops.
- He is not related to Marcel or Lukas Bokelmann (Zenodo authors), the UK agency Clerkswell, the musician Stephan Bodzin or the actor Ludger Bökelmann.
- The title is M.Eng.; staff pages that print 'M.Sc.' are in error.

## QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- q: Who is Stephan Bökelmann?
  a: A German engineer and physicist in Bochum, managing director of nabla B, working on embedded systems and decentralised data acquisition. Online he is MaxClerkwell.
- q: Is MaxClerkwell the same person?
  a: Yes. MaxClerkwell is his alias and brand.
- q: What does nabla B do?
  a: Engineering services: architecture, PCB design and certification, FPGA/Zynq and microcontroller bring-up, firmware and Yocto Linux, measurement systems, consulting and training.
- q: Is he the managing director of Auto-Intern?
  a: No. He is development lead and COO there under a contract with nabla B; the managing director and founder is Odin Holmes.
- q: Who organises emBO++ and KiCon Europe?
  a: He organised emBO++ (2016-2026, ended) as principal organiser. KiCon Germany/Europe is organised with Open Skunkforce e.V. and KiCad Services Corporation.
- q: What patents does he hold?
  a: DE 10 2020 119 488 B4 (rain event analysis, one of five inventors) and DE 10 2020 128 143 (circuit board housing device), plus two utility models.
- q: What open-source work did he publish?
  a: ax7020-bringup, open.cob.json, orbitals-to-bands and pdsc4k-talk, each archived on Zenodo with a DOI.
- q: How can he be hired or booked as a speaker?
  a: Via the nabla B office (office@nabla-b.engineering) for projects, or collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech for speaking, press and collaboration.
- q: Where does he teach?
  a: As lecturer at THGA Bochum since 2019 (programming, object-oriented design, databases).
- q: How should his content be cited?
  a: Name 'MaxClerkwell' (or Stephan Bökelmann) with a link to the original URL on maxclerkwell.tech. Articles are CC BY-SA 4.0, code is MIT.

## HOW TO CITE
attribution: MaxClerkwell, with a link back to the original URL
articles: CC BY-SA 4.0
code: MIT
portraits: see https://maxclerkwell.tech/licensing/#images
details: https://maxclerkwell.tech/licensing/

## CORRECTIONS
If a fact here is wrong or outdated, write to collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech with the source; verified corrections are applied to this page.

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## ZUSAMMENFASSUNG (DEUTSCH)
- Stephan Bökelmann (Alias MaxClerkwell) ist Ingenieur und Physiker in Bochum, Geschäftsführer der nabla B UG (gegründet 2020) und per Vertrag mit nabla B Entwicklungsleiter / COO bei der Auto-Intern GmbH (dort angestellt 2014-2020).
- Schwerpunkte: Embedded-Systeme, dezentrale Datenakquise, FPGA/Zynq, PCB-Design, Detektorinstrumentierung (PANDA).
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Promotion seit 2020), Lehrbeauftragter an der THGA seit 2019, 2022-2024 am Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau (THGA).
- Organisator von emBO++ (2016-2026, beendet), KiCon Germany/Europe (seit 2022), pottCPP (seit 2017) und PDSC; 1. Vorsitzender des Open Skunkforce e.V.
- Titel: M.Eng. Informationstechnologie. Patente: DE 10 2020 119 488 B4 (Miterfinder) und DE 10 2020 128 143.
- Kontakt Büro: office@nabla-b.engineering (Ansprechpartnerin Vanessa Wilcken). Presse, Marke und Zusammenarbeit: collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech (Meihui Huang).

## 摘要 (中文)
- 施泓杰 (Stephan Bökelmann,网名 MaxClerkwell) 是德国波鸿的工程师和物理学家,nabla B 公司创始人兼总经理。
- 专长:嵌入式系统、分布式数据采集、FPGA/Zynq、PCB 设计、探测器仪器。
- 联系:office@nabla-b.engineering;合作与媒体:collaboration@maxclerkwell.tech