Mark W Spong

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Education

• D.Sc. Systems Science & Mathematics Washington University 1981

Research Statement

My research is focused on nonlinear control theory with particular emphasis on applications in robotics. We are currently investigating passivity-based control intelerobotics, synchronization and coordination of networked robotic agents, and bipedal locomotion.

Research Interests

• Mechatronics
• Teleoperation
• Robust and adaptive control
• Nonlinear control
• Robotics

Teaching Honors

• UIUC Outstanding Advisor Award, 1999, 2005
• IFAC Triennial Control Engineering Textbook Award, Finalist, 1996
• Lincoln Arc Welding Silver Award, 1994
• Lincoln Arc Welding Gold Award, 1993
• Incomplete list of teachers rated excellent by their students, Spring 1989, Spring 2000, Spring 2006
• John R. Ragazzini Award, American Automatic Control Council, June, 2004

Research Honors

• IROS Fumio Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies, 2007
• Plenary Address, IEEE Multiconference on Systems and Control, Singapore, October, 2007
• Plenary Address, 4th IEEE International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO'07), Angers, France, May, 2007
• Plenary address, IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Systems, Nagoya, Japan, 2006
• Keynote address, 8th IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Montreal, CA, 2006
• Plenary Address, International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Mexico City, September, 2005
• Plenary Address, 2005 Chinese Automatic Control Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, November, 2005
• Semi-Plenary at the NOLCOS (Nonlinear Control Symposium), Stuttgart, Germany, September, 2004
• Plenary Address at the 2004 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control, Nanjing China, August, 2004
• Plenary Address at the 2004 Chinese Control Conference, Wuxi, China, August, 2004
• O. Hugo Schuck Award, American Automatic Control Council, 2002
• Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2002
• Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series Distinguised Speaker, 2001
• IEEE Third Millenium Medal, 2000
• Senior Scientist Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 1999
• Plenary Address at the International Symposium on Robotics and Automation (ISRA'98), Saltillo, Mexico, December, 1998
• Best Video Prize, IEEE Int’l Conference of Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, May 1998
• Fellow of the IEEE, 1996
• RIST International Forum, featured speaker, Kumamoto, Japan, 1995
• Opening Plenary Address at The First International Conference on Mechatronics, Mexico City, January, 1994
• Opening Plenary Address at The Workshop on Nonlinear and Adaptive Control, Grenoble, France, November, 1990
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, Dec. 1988
• Best Paper Award, 1987 Robotics and Expert Systems Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1987
• NSF Research Initiation Award, 1982
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1975