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Mark W. Spong Dean, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering Excellence in Education Chair 972-883-2974 | mspong@utdallas.edu | http://www.utdallas.edu/~mspong/ Click here for Dean Spong’s Resume: PDF ) 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 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 Named 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 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