Dr. Mark W. Spong
Professor
Excellence in Education Chair
Department of Systems Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas
972-883-3909
mspong@utdallas.edu
Office – ECS 3.212
Mailstop – EC39
Brief Biosketch
Education
- D.Sc. in systems science and mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1981
- M.S. in systems science and mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1979
- M.S. in mathematics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1977
- B.S. in mathematics and physics, Hiram college, Hiram, OH, 1975
Employment
- [2008 to present] University of Texas at Dallas
- Dean, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
- Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering
- Excellence in Education Chair
- [1996-2005] Mechatronic Systems, Incorporated. Founder and President.
- [1984-2008] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Research Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory
- Research Professor, Information Trust Institute
- Director, Center for Autonomous Engineering Systems and Robotics
- [1982-1984] Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering
- [1981-1982] Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Awards
- ASME DSCC Nyquist Lecturer Prize, 2016
- IFAC Fellow, 2014
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Pioneer Award, 2011
- Excellence in Education Chair, UT Dallas, 2009
- IROS Fumio Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies, 2007
- Achievement Hall of Fame, Champion High School, Warren, OH, 2007
- John R. Ragazzini Award, American Automatic Control Council, 2004
- Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, University of Illinois 2003
- O. Hugo Schuck Award, American Automatic Control Council, 2002 and 2009
- Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2002
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior U.S. Scientist Research Award, 1999
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
- Fellow of the IEEE, 1996
- NSF Research Initiation Award, 1982
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1975
IEEE Activities
- President, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2005
- Vice President for Publication Activities, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2000-2002
- Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1994-2002 and 2004-2007
- Executive Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1997-2002 and 2004-2007
- Nominating Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006-2008
- General Chair, 2010 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
- General Chair, 2001 IEEE Conference on Control Applications
Books
- Takeshi Hatanaka, Nikhil Chopra, Masayuki Fujita, Mark W. Spong, Passivity-Based Control and Estimation in Networked Robotics, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015.
- Block, D.J., Astrom, K.J., and Spong, M.W., The Reaction Wheel Pendulum, Morgan and Claypool, 2007
- Spong, M.W., Hutchinson, S., and Vidyasagar, M., Robot Modeling and Control, John Wiley and Sons, 2006
- Spong, M.W., Lewis, F., and Abdallah, C., eds. Robot Control Theory, IEEE Press, 1992
- Spong, M.W., and Vidyasagar, M., Robot Dynamics and Control, John Wiley and Sons, 1989
