Education
New Mexico State University. Washington University in Saint Louis.
New Mexico State University. Washington University in Saint Louis.
He is currently the dean of Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science and the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). 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. Spong is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Spong received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics from Hiram College in 1975, a Master of Surgery in Mathematics from New Mexico State University in 1977, and a Master of Surgery and Doctor of Science in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1979 and 1981, respectively.
Publications 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.