Spong, the Excellence in Education Chair and professor of systems engineering and electrical and computer engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, will be recognized at the 2020 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference in October. Spong is a world leader in robotics and control research and education. He joined the Jonsson School in 2008 as its fourth dean and served in that role until 2017. 1 is to try your best to do excellent technical work, then focus on motivating and helping others.’ It will all come together.”Before joining the Jonsson School faculty in 2004, Thuraisingham worked in industry and government. She also chaired the 2016 Women in Cybersecurity conference and delivered a featured address at Stanford University’s 2018 Women in Data Science conference.