About Billie F. Spencer, Jr.

BSME 1981, UMR
MSTAM 1983, UIUC
PhDTAM 1985, UIUC

Upon graduating from UMR magna cum laude, Bill continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.  He then spent 17 years teaching at the University of Notre Dame before returning to Illinois in 2002. The focus of his research and teaching activities is structural dynamics. His greatest sense of professional accomplishment is found in the successes of his students.

Bill and his wife Xiangyi live in Mahomet, Illinois, which is about 10 miles from the University.  Xiangyi is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Finance at Illinois.  They have a blended family with a total of 5 children.

Bill is an avid radio control airplane pilot, currently serving as the president of the Champaign County Radio Control Club.  His favorite planes are warbirds, particularly his giant-scale P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51D Mustang.