Matthew Spenko
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
- Role
- Interim Department Chair - Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute Of Technology
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matthew Spenko
Matthew Spenko is a Professor in the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Department at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Prof. Spenko earned the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He was an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Scholar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University from 2005 to 2007. His research is in the general area of robotics with specific attention to designing for, understanding, and exploiting the dynamics of mobile systems in the context of challenging environments. He focuses on biologically-inspired locomotion, novel vehicle designs, and robot-terrain interaction. He is a senior member of and a finalist in the XPRIZE Rainforest Competition. Specialties: robotics, modeling, mechanical design, mechatronics, adhesives
Experience
Interim Department Chair - Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering
Illinois Institute Of Technology
Aug 2025 — Present
Education
Northwestern University
B.S. cum laude, Mechanical Engineering
1994 — 1998
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering
2001 — 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Research
- Mechanical Engineering
- Simulations
- R&D
- Matlab
- Higher Education
- Robotics
- Teaching
- Mechatronics
- Modeling
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