Joseph Wujek
Engineer, systems engineering consultant, educator
Born U.S.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in electrical engineering), University of California, Berkeley, 1960; Master of Science (M.S.) (in electrical engineering), San Jose State University (CA), 1967; University of California, Davis, 1971-72.
Career: engineer, General Electric Company (GE), Hanford (WA), Phoenix (AZ), 1960-63; project engineer (experiments on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spacecraft), University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 1963-74; manager, System Engineering Group, Bechtel, Inc., San Francisco (CA), 1974-80; senior engineer, Andersen Jacobson, Inc., San Jose, 1980-82; principal engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino (CA), 1982-89; lecturer, University of California, Berkeley Extension, 1985 -, San Jose University, 1990-92, University of California, Berkeley, 1992 -; reliability consultant to: Silicon Valley Group, Inc., San Jose, Bay Area Transit Consultants, Oakland (CA), West Virginia University College of Engineering, Morgantown, Tandem Computers, Cupertino, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Andersen Jacobson, Inc., Rolm Corporation.
Author: over 25 publications in electronics, reliability, aerospace, energy, and transportation.
Member of: senior member, Ethics Committee member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); associate, American Astronomical Society; advisory board member, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff (AZ); board directors member, Chabot Observatory and Science Center, Oakland (CA); Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Engineering Alumni Society, University of California; Eastbay Astronomical Society; The Nature Conservancy.
Honors: Outstanding Achievement award for teaching, 1985, Asteroid 3987, 1989.
Language: English.
Home: 440 Laguna Court, Livermore, CA 94550.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.