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S. Mark Spearing
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B.A., 1986, Cambridge
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Ph.D., 1990, Cambridge University
Mark Spearing is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, where he has been since 1994. He was born in the United Kingdom and educated at Sherborne School, and then Girton College, Cambridge. He received his Ph.D from Cambridge University Engineering Department in 1990.
He worked as a research engineer at UC Santa Barbara from 1990-92 where he developed models for the failure of high temperature ceramic materials. From 1992-94 he was an engineering specialist at BP Research and subsequently a research engineer for Carborundum Microelectronics, where he was a member of the electronic packaging technology development team.
Professor Spearing's research focuses on developing mechanism-based models and design approaches for the failure of advanced engineered materials. His research activities involve advanced composites, layered materials and materials and structures for high-power density microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). His educational activities focus on integrating the teaching of materials and structures in the undergraduate and graduate curricula.
Professor Spearing is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was chairman of that organization's Materials Technical Committee from 1997-1999. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Engineering Education and the American Society for Composites. He is deputy editor of Acta Materialia and has published over 100 papers in conference proceedings and journals. Professor Spearing has twice won the MIT Aero/Astro Department's award for outstanding teaching in 1995 and 1997, and its award for student advising in 1999 and 2000