Michael Stanek's Homepage

So you have found my personal homepage.

Congratulations and Welcome!

The transporter log indicates that you are life-form number to beam aboard this page.

My name is Michael Stanek. I am a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), where I am also employed as a research assistant with the High Voltage Technology Group.

Originally, I conducted my studies at the Vienna University of Technology until April 1997, when my professor/boss accepted a call to teach here in Switzerland, and took me with him. If you are interested in my work you may visit my official homepage in English or German. I won't repeat it here.

This page is about myself. Below you have the chance to get to know me a little bit.

Some Personal Information

I am a fully grown male exemplar of the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Presently about 180 cm tall and slim (68 kg).
I was born in February, 1965 in Vienna, Austria, Europe, Terra, Solar System, Milky Way. (I assume you know which universe that is.)
Most of my life I have been spending in this place, too. Right now, of course, I am living in Zurich.
A couple of years ago I graduated from Electrical Engineering / Telecommunications Engineering ("Elektrotechnik / Nachrichtentechnik" -- Can you believe this? A German expression is actually shorter than the corresponding English one!) by receiving my Dipl.-Ing. (M.S.) degree.
You might appreciate that I neither drink nor smoke. I've never used alcohol or tobacco all my life, and I'm not going to, either!

Hobbies

Sports (Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming).
Dancing (I mean the REAL stuff, i.e. ballroom dancing: Waltz, Tango, Rhumba, etc.). I even passed the "Gold-Star" dancing test with A+ ("ausgezeichnet").
Singing, playing music (keyboards, E-bass) or listening to music.
Going for a walk or hike.
Hacking my PC, Inter-Netting.

With my fiancee, Ilse, I have been engaged since July, 1998.

Have a look at my Gallery of Computer Graphics!

Religion

I am an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (so you could also call me a Mormon). Actually I have been all my life. Activity in the Church has been an important part of my life for many years; that's why I am mentioning it here separately.

For those of you who are familiar with these terms:
I went all the way through Primary, Young Men and Aaronic Priesthood, Melchizedek Priesthood, Full-time Mission (England London South Mission). Presently, I am a member of the Altstetten Zürich Ward, which is part of the Zürich Switzerland Stake. Here I am serving as second counselor in the bishopric.

If you want to learn a little bit about this Church you may visit my Church homepage for Austria. It comes in both English and German.

I enjoy laughing. Therefore, I compiled this list of

Humorous links

My personal favourites from rec.humor.funny, alt.humor.best-of-usenet, and other Usenet newsgroups:
A few animated GIF images
My collection of funny signatures (or excerpts from such)
One huge signature (Don't you try to duplicate it!)

And finally, the answer to the big question,

Why all this bother with a homepage?

This image holds the answer!

What, you still haven't had enough? Well, in this case you might want to visit some other people:

My best friend, Robert (he's married, though! ;-)
Some students at the Vienna University of Technology
Some students of Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Now, if you are still here, I can't help you any further. Except...

You may email me at [email protected], in German or English.

Last updated on 11 May 1998