About Me

Last updated on April 2, 2010.

Hello, this page is a short introduction of myself;

my name is Egon Geerardyn, I live in Vilvoorde (Belgium), which is a town situated North from Brussels. I study engineering (Ingenieurswetenschappen / Burgerlijk Ingenieur) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.

Currently I don't practice any sports, but I enjoy windsurfing, although Belgian weather isn't as hot as I would like to surf all year through; so windsurfing is practically limited to summer and mostly in foreign countries.

Education

After spending a few moments on this site, one might ask where and which teachers tried to keep me on the right track, well, here you might find a clue:

Kindergarten ('Kleuterklas'): 1991 - 1994

At Van Asbroeck in Jette (Northern part of Brussels, Belgium). I used to go there because my grand-parents live at about 100 meters from that school.

Primary School ('Lagere school'): 1994 - 2000

As we moved to Vilvoorde in 1992, it seemed obvious to go to school in Vilvoorde. I did 6 years at the Basisschool van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs in the Ledeganckstraat. Most people of Vilvoorde will now this school by its nickname "de paviljoentjes" ("the pavilions") because of its many green spots. Those green spots are now built on unfortunately, because the school had to expand to ensure all of its pupils to have a place to stay dry in during the not so uncommon Belgian shower. Today its official name is "Klim-Op" (meaning both Climb-Up and the Ivy plant) which somebody 'cleverly' copied from a fictional school that was mentioned in our math books.

Junior High School ('Middelbaar'/'Secundair'): 2000 - 2002

During my first two years of Secondary Education (so this includes both Junior High School and regular High School!), I went back to my educational roots in Brussels, as I went to the Sint-Pieterscollege in Jette, which was about a kilometer away from my grand-parents, with whom I passed a lot of time after school. At the Sint-Pieterscollege I attended the first two years of Latin (actually, the first year was Latin, the second year was Ancient Greek and Latin).

In 2003 my father's work was going to move to another location in Brussels, so it was a choice between having to travel more than 3 hours a day to get to Jette or change schools.

High School ('Middelbaar'/'Secundair'): 2002 - 2006

As the solution to this problem was obvious I changed schools, my last four years of Secondary Education I went to the Koninklijk Atheneum in Vilvoorde (nowadays "Het Atheneum", which has always been the name people used), which was only about one kilometer from home and most of my former friends from Primary School went there. Here I continued studying Latin (with extra mathematics and sciences) for 2 more years, which I really hated doing. After those years I could change to the full-blown education in sciences and mathematics as those subjects interested me more than anything else.

University ('Universiteit'): 2006 - future

Currently I'm doing my fourth year of Ingenieurswetenschappen (engineering) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, what the future will bring is also a question for me...

Education: summary

School year
School (Location) Curriculum
1991 Van Asbroeck (Jette)  
1991 1992 Van Asbroeck (Jette)  
1992 1993 Van Asbroeck (Jette)  
1993 1994 Van Asbroeck (Jette)  
1994 1995 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
1995 1996 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
1996 1997 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
1997 1998 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
1998 1999 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
1999 2000 Basisschool Ledeganckstraat (Vilvoorde)  
2000 2001 Sint-Pieterscollege (Jette) Latijn
2001 2002 Sint-Pieterscollege (Jette) Latijn(-Grieks)
2002 2003 Koninklijk Atheneum (Vilvoorde) Latijn-Wiskunde(5)
2003 2004 Koninklijk Atheneum (Vilvoorde) Latijn-Wiskunde(5)
2004 2005 Koninklijk Atheneum (Vilvoorde) Wetenschappen-Wiskunde(7)
2005 2006 Koninklijk Atheneum (Vilvoorde) Wetenschappen-Wiskunde(7)
2006 2007 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) 1e bachelor Ingenieurswetenschappen
2007 2008 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) 2e bachelor Ingenieurswetenschappen
2008 2009 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) 3e bachelor Ingenieurswetenschappen (EIT)
2009 2010 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) 1e master Ingenieurswetenschappen (EIT)
2009 2010 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) 1e master Ingenieurswetenschappen (EIT)