Background
Spearing, Simon Mark was born on December 17, 1964 in Brentwood, Essex, England. Son of Simon Alan and Alison Jean Spearing.
educator aeronautical engineer
Spearing, Simon Mark was born on December 17, 1964 in Brentwood, Essex, England. Son of Simon Alan and Alison Jean Spearing.
Bachelor in Engineering, Cambridge University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1989.
Graduate student Cambridge University, England, 1986—1989. Research engineer University California, Santa Barbara, 1990—1992. Engineering specialist BP Research, Carborundum, Cleveland, Ohio, 1992—1994.
Professor, aeronautics and astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994—2004. Professor engineering materials University Southampton, England, since 2004. Visiting professor of aeronautics and astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2004.
Department editor Acta Materialia, 1996—2003. Chairman American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Materials Technology Committee, 1997—1999. Editor Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, since 2003.
2nd lieutenant Royal Artillery, 1983-1983, Munster, Germany.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate. Chairman materials technical committee 1997-1999). Member: Materials Research Society, American Ceramic Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Married Elnor Lucy Clare Allhusen, September 7, 2002.