Faculty
Bruce Hajek
Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Chair in Engineering
Professor
105 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-3605
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, December 1979
Research Interests:
- Communication networks
- Stochastic analysis
- Wireless communication
- Optimization
- Game theory and mechanism design
- Mathematical biology (ion channels)
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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- Member, UIUC Center for Advanced Study, appointed August 2005
- IEEE Kojo Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award, 2003
- Member, National Academy of Engineering, elected 1999
- Longer Term Visitor, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Winter 1994
- By-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge University, England, Fall 1993
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1992
- Fellow, IEEE, 1989
- Participant, US National Academy of Sciences Interacademy Exchange Program, November-December 1986
- Visiting Fellow, Christs College, Cambridge University, England, September-October 1986
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching
- UIUC Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent for Fall 1989, Fall 1999, Spring 2002, Fall 2004, Spring 2005
- College of Engineering Advisors List, 1995-96, 1996-97
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1992
- COMCON-3 Award for Contributions to the Theory of Communications, 1991
- IEEE Fellow, 1989
- UIUC University Scholar Award, 1986
- IEEE Control Systems Society Outstanding Paper Award, 1985
- NSF Presidential Young Investigators Award, 1984
- Eckman Award of the American Automatic Control Council for Outstanding researcher in control under the age of 30 at the time of the award, 1982
- Xerox sponsored award for best research by an assistant professor in the UIUC College of Engineering during the year 1980-81
- Member Phi Kappa Phi
- USA Math Olympiad Winner 1973, NSF Graduate Fellow 1976 to 1979
- University of Illinois Math Contest Winner, 1975 and 1976
- Bennet Award for Outstanding Senior in Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1976
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Public Service
- Third Millennium Medal of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2000