Mark W. Spong

Mark W. Spong, DSc, is Professor of Systems Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, USA, where he also holds the Excellence in Education Chair. Professor Spong received his doctorate in systems science and mathematics in 1981 from Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of IFAC. Among the numerous notable awards he has received are the 2011 Pioneer in Robotics Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, the 2020 Rufus Oldenburger Medal from the ASME, the 2018 Bode Lecture Prize from the IEEE Control Systems Society, the 2016 Nyquist Lecture Prize from the ASME, and the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award.