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BRUCE A. VOJAK

Career Highlights

Bruce Vojak is an Associate Dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to this administrative role, he is an Adjunct Professor in both the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of General Engineering. Dr. Vojak currently teaches and conducts research in the general field of strategic technology management – focusing in particular on technology planning in the upstream environment of the value chain (materials, components and subsystems levels). Complementing these academic interests, he has considerable experience as a practitioner in the field. Prior to joining the university in 1999 he was Director of Advanced Technology for Motorola’s frequency generation products business. Dr. Vojak served as Conference Chair of the Third International Conference on Superlattices, Microstructures and Microdevices, and, most recently, as a Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 2005 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference. Having authored of co-authored over 60 peer reviewed publications on either technical or management issues, Dr. Vojak holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Research Areas

Professor Vojak's current research interests are in the field of advanced technology management. He is currently studying the planning and roadmapping of potentially disruptive technologies in material, component, and subsystem level industries. His technical interests have concentrated on the upstream portion of the electronics industry value chain (materials, components and subsystems), having made technical contributions in the areas of semiconductor optoelectronic materials and components, high-speed transistors, piezoelectric devices and subsystems, and ceramic microdischarges devices.

Selected Publications

• B.A. Vojak and C.A. Suarez, “Sources of Information Used in Technology Planning in the Upstream Environment of the Electronics Industry,” (under review by the International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 2005)
• B.A. Vojak and C.A. Suarez, “Product Attribute Bullwhip in the Technology Planning Process and a Methodology to Reduce It,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 51, 288-299 (2004)
• N.P. Ostrom, B.A. Vojak, J.G. Eden, "Radio frequency (10-23 MHz)-assisted excitation of a microdischarge with a piezoelectric transformer," Plasma Sources Science and Technology 13 (2): 278-281 (2004)
• B.A. Vojak and F.A. Chambers, “Roadmapping Disruptive Technical Threats and Opportunities in Complex, Technology- based Sub-systems: The SAILS Methodology,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 71, 121-139 (2004)
• J.G. Eden, S.J. Park, N.P. Ostrom, S.T. McCain, C.J. Wagner, B.A. Vojak, J. Chen, C. Liu, P. von Allmen, F. Zenhausern, D.J. Sadler, C. Jensen, D.L. Wilcox, J.J. Ewing, "Microplasma devices fabricated in silicon, ceramic, and metal/polymer structures: arrays, emitters and photodetectors," Journal of Applied Physics D 36 (23): 2869-2877 (2003)
• P. von Allmen, D.J. Sadler, C. Jensen, N.P. Ostrom, S.T. McCain, B.A. Vojak, J.G. Eden, "Linear, segmented microdischarge array with an active length of similar to 1 cm: cw and pulsed operation in the rare gases and evidence of gain on the 460.30 nm transition of Xe+," Applied Physics Letters 82 (25): 4447-4449 (2003)
• B.A. Vojak and N. Cihan, “The Propensity for Christensen-type Disruptive Innovation in the Electron Device Industry,” (during proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference held in Albany, NY)
• P. von Allmen, S.T. McCain, N.P. Ostrom, B.A. Vojak, J.G. Eden, F. Zenhausern, C. Jensen, M. Oliver, "Ceramic microdischarge arrays with individually ballasted pixels," Applied Physics Letters 82 (16): 2562-2564 (2003)
• “Multistage, Monolithic Ceramic Microdischarge Device Having and Active length of ~0.27 mm”, B. A. Vojak, S.-J. Park, C. J. Wagner, J. G. Eden, R. Koripella, J. Burdon, F. Zenhausern, and D. L. Wilcox, Applied Physics Letters 78, 1340 (2001)
• B.A. Vojak, N. Holonyak, "Gain-Loss Model For the Dependance of the Stimulated-Emission Transition in AlGaAs-GaAs Quantum Well Heterostructures on Photoexitation Geometry," Applied Physics Letters 54 (25): 2518-2520 (1989)

Professional Appointments

1999-Present		Associate Dean, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adjunct Professor of General Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1995-1999		Laboratory Manager, Director of Advanced Technology; Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
1984-1994		Staff Research Engineer, Senior Research Engineer, Business Development Manager, Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL
1981-1984		Research Staff Member, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

Professional Preparation

University of Chicago		Marketing and Finance		M.B.A. 1990
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Electrical Engineering		Ph.D. 1981
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Electrical Engineering		M.S. 1978
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Electrical Engineering		B.S. 1977