Mark W. Spong

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Mark W. Spong (born November 5, 1952, in Warren, Ohio) is an American roboticist. He is a professor of systems engineering and electrical and computer engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He served as dean of the Jonsson School and the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering from 2008 to 2017. Before he joined UTD, he was the Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, professor of electrical engineering, research professor of Coordinated Science Laboratory and Information Trust Institute, and director of Center for Autonomous Engineering Systems and Robotics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mark W. Spong
Born (1952-11-05) November 5, 1952 (age 71)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
New Mexico State University
Hiram College
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
Control theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Dallas
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral advisorT.J. Tarn

Spong is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including

Spong received his B.A. in mathematics and physics from Hiram College in 1975, a M.S. in mathematics from New Mexico State University in 1977, and a M.S. and D.Sc. in systems science and mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis in 1979 and 1981, respectively.

Publications

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  • 2015, Passivity-Based Control in Networked Robotics, with Takeshi Hatanaka, Nikhil Chopra, and Masayuki Fujita
  • 2007. The Reaction Wheel Pendulum, with D. J. Block and K. J. Astrom
  • 2006. Robot modeling and control. with S. Hutchinson and M. Vidyasagar
  • 1993. Robot control : dynamics, motion planning, and analysis with F.L. Lewis and C.T. Abdallah (ed.)
  • 1989. Robot dynamics and control. with M. Vidyasagar
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