William A. Crossley

1995 - Uhrig & Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Degrees

B.S.E. University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, 1990
M. S. Arizona State University, Aerospace Engineering, 1992
Ph.D. Arizona State University, Aerospace Engineering, 1995

Contact

701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045

To schedule an appointment, please contact:
Audrey Sherwood, Lead Administrative Assistant
(765) 494-3006
asherwo@purdue.edu

Office Phone: 765-496-2872
Email: crossley@purdue.edu
Webpage: https://engineering.purdue.edu/~crossley/

Interests

Optimization and design methods for aerospace systems
Systems of systems
Design under uncertainty
Environmental impact of aviation

Awards and Major Appointments

Awards
Purdue Book of Great Teachers, 2013
AAE Elmer Bruhn Teaching Award, 2012
AAE Elmer Bruhn Teaching Award, 2009
Purdue University College of Engineering A.A. Potter Award, 2007
AAE Elmer Bruhn Teaching Award, 2006
AAE Elmer Bruhn Teaching Award, 2003

Memberships & Committees

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member, International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Member, International Council on Systems Engineering
NASA Inventions and Contributions Board recognition for "outstanding scientific or technical contributions that are significant to aeronautics and space activities," 2005
Lead facilitator for AFRL/VA in-house aircraft mission development mini-workshop, May 2004.
Participant in USAF Workshop on Robustness for Systems Engineering, sponsored by the Undersecretary for Acquisition. Invitation only workshop. Jun. 2004.
Lead facilitator at DARPA-AFRL Morphing Aircraft Structures (MAS) Mission Workshop, Jun. 2004.
Co-coordinator for Boeing / Academia / NASA workshop for System of Systems, St. Louis, MO, Jun. 2004.
Lead facilitator at AFSPC/DARPA Reconfigurable Morphing Space Systems Workshop, Oct. 2003.

Research Areas

Professor Crossley's current research interests are in the area of design methodologies and multidisciplinary design optimization, with emphasis for aerospace engineering systems design problems.

Publications

Crossley, W. A., Skillen, M. D., Frommer, J. B., and Roth, B. D., "Morphing Aircraft Sizing Using Design Optimization," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 48, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 2011, pp. 612-622.

DeLaurentis, D. A., Crossley, W. A., and Mane, M., "A Taxonomy to Guide Systems of Systems Decision-Making in Air Transportation Problems," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 48, No. 3, May-Jun. 2011, pp. 760-770.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W. A., "Concurrent Aircraft Design and Allocation for On-Demand Air Transportation with Uncertain Operations," Journal of Aircraft, to appear, 2012.

Howoong, N., Crossley, W.A., and Lyrintzis, A. S., "Morphing Airfoil Design for Minimum Drag and Actuation Energy Including Aerodynamic Work," Journal of Aircraft, to appear, 2012.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W. A., “Measuring the Importance of Aircraft Type and Operational Factors on Cost Feasibility of Air Taxi Service,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No.4, July-Aug. 2009, pp. 1222-1230.

Nusawardhana, Zak, S. H., and Crossley, W. A., "Discrete-Time Synergetic Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 1561-1574, Nov.-Dec. 2008.

Lamberson, S., and Crossley, W., "Design of Multifunctional Structure with Embedded Electronic Circuitry Using Composite Laminate Optimization Techniques," Engineering Optimization, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 937-953, Oct. 2008.

Raghavan, S., Imbrie, P. K., and Crossley, W. A., "The Spectral Analysis of R Lines and Vibronic Sidebands in the Emission Spectrum of Ruby Using Genetic Algorithms," Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 62, No. 7, pp. 759–765, July 2008.

Hassan, R. A., and Crossley, W. A., "Spacecraft Reliability-Based Design Optimization under Uncertainty Including Discrete Variables," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 2, March-April 2008, pp. 394-405.

Hassan, R. A., and Crossley, W. A., "Approach to Discrete Optimization Under Uncertainty: The Population-Based Sampling Genetic Algorithm," AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 11, 2007, pp. 2799-2809.

Namgoong, H., Crossley, W. A., Lyrintizis, A. S., "Aerodynamic Optimization of a Morphing Airfoil using Energy as an Objective," AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 9, 2007, pp. 2113-2124.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W. A., Nusawardhana, "System of Systems Inspired Aircraft Sizing and Airline Resource Allocation via Decomposition," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 4, July-Aug. 2007, pp. 1222-1235.

Nusawardhana, Zak, S. H., and Crossley, W. A., "Nonlinear Synergetic Optimal Controllers," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 4, July-Aug. 2007, pp. 1134-1147.

Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures

Tetzloff, I., and Crossley, W., "Evaluating Market and Environmental Impacts of an N+3 Supersonic Aircraft," AIAA-2011-0463, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 4-7, 2011.

Moolchandani, K. A., Agusdinata, D. B., Mane, M., Crossley, W. A., and DeLaurentis, D. A., "Impact of Development Rates of Future Aircraft Technologies on Fleet-Wide Environmental Emissions," AIAA-2011-6843, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 20-22, 2011.

Davendralingham, N., and Crossley, W. A., "Robust Optimization of Aircraft Design and Airline Network Design Incorporating Economic Trends," AIAA-2011-6927, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 20-22, 2011.

van Seeters, P., and Crossley, W., "Revisiting the Boeing B-47 and AVRO Vulcan Configuration Comparison with Observations Relevant to New Aircraft Concepts ??? Part 2," AIAA-2011-6934, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 20-22, 2011.

Roy, S., and Crossley, W., "Hybrid Approach for Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization in Search of Greener Aircraft," AIAA-2011-6961, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 20-22, 2011.

Kolencherry, N., and Crossley, W., "Multi-Fidelity Optimization Strategies Using Genetic Algorithms and Sequential Kriging Surrogates," AIAA-2012-0152, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 9-12, 2012

Crossley, W., “Evaluating Future Environmental Impact of US Aviation via System Dynamics and Resource Allocation,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov. 7-10, 2010. (abstract only)

Mane, M., Crossley, W., and DeLaurentis, D., “Revenue-based Allocation Model for Fleet-level Environmental Impacts of Airline Operations,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov. 7-10, 2010. (abstract only)

Tetzloff, I., and Crossley, W., “Decomposition Approach for Aircraft Allocation under Environmental Considerations,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov. 7-10, 2010. (abstract only)

Mane, M., Agusdinata, D., Crossley, W., and DeLaurentis, D., “Fleet-Wide Environmental Impacts of Future Aircraft Technologies,” AIAA-2010-9207, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 13-15, 2010.

Haderlie, J., and Crossley, W., “Multiobjective Optimization of a Supersonic-Inlet Bypass-Duct Splitter via Surrogate Modeling,” AIAA-2010-9170, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 13-15, 2010.

Davendralingham, N., Crossley, W., and Nusawardhana, “An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Aircraft Allocation Incorporating Passenger Demand Models,” AIAA-2010-9203, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 13-15, 2010.

Tetzloff, I., and Crossley, W., “Impact of Future Generation Aircraft on Fleet-Level Environmental Metrics,” AIAA-2010-9205, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 13-15, 2010.

Lehner, S., Lurati, L., Bower, G., Cramer, E., Crossley, W., Engelsen, F., Kroo, I., Smith, S., Willcox, K., “Advanced Multidisciplinary Optimization Techniques for Efficient Subsonic Aircraft Design,” AIAA-2010-1321, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 4-7, 2010.

Zhao, J., Tetzloff, I. J., Tyagi, A., Dikshit, P., Mane, M., Agusdinata, D., Crossley, W. A., and DeLaurentis, D., “Assessing New Aircraft and Technology Impacts on Fleet-Wide Environmental Metrics including Future Scenarios,” AIAA-2010-0282, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 4-7, 2010.

Dikshit, P. and Crossley, W., “Single-Valued Noise Metric Suitable for Fleet-Wide Studies,” AIAA-2009-6937, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Haderlie, J. and Crossley, W., “A Parametric Approach to Supercritical Airfoil Design Optimization,” AIAA-2009-6950, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Tyagi, A. and Crossley, W., “Investigating Long- Range Aircraft Staging for Environment, Economic and Travel Time Impacts,” AIAA-2009-6956, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Davendralingam, N. and Crossley, W., “Concurrent Aircraft Design and Airline Network Design Incorporating Passenger Demand Models,” AIAA-2009-6971, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Nusawardhana and Crossley, W., “Concurrent Aircraft Design and Variable Resource Allocation in Large Scale Fleet Networks,” AIAA-2009-6977, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Tetzloff, I. and Crossley, W., “An Allocation Approach to Investigate New Aircraft Concepts and Technologies on Fleet-Level Metrics,” AIAA-2009-6979, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

van Seeters, P. and Crossley, W., “Revisiting the Boeing B- 47 and AVRO Vulcan Configuration Comparison with Observations Relevant to New Aircraft Concepts,” AIAA-2009-6998, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Mane, M. and Crossley, W., “Concurrent Aircraft Design and Resource Allocation for On- Demand Air Transportation with Uncertain Trip Demand,” AIAA-2009-7007, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Lenz, A. and Crossley, W., “Simple Uncertainty Propagation for Early Design Phase Aircraft Sizing,” AIAA-2009-7027, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Lehner, S., and Crossley, W., “Hybrid Optimization for a Combinatorial Aircraft Design Problem,” AIAA-2009-7116, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), Sep. 21-23, 2009.

Mane, M., *Tetzloff, I., and Crossley, W., “Assessing Market and Environmental Impacts of an N+3 Supersonic Aircraft,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 11-14, 2009. (abstract only)

Mane, M., and Crossley, W., “Environmental Impact of Technology Improvements of Aircraft and Operational Changes of Airlines,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 11-14, 2009. (abstract only)

Crossley, W. A., “System-of-Systems Inspired Optimization Problems: Experiments in Formulation and Solution – part III,” Research Consortium for Multidisciplinary System Design: Fourth Annual Workshop, Stanford, CA, June 12, 2009.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W., "Concurrent Aircraft Design and Allocation for On-demand Air Transportation via Decomposition," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct. 12-15, 2008.

Frommer, J., and Crossley, W., "Aircraft Sizing and Allocation as a System-Of-Systems Problem via Surrogates and Multiobjective Design," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Nov. 4-7, 2007. (abstract only)

Mane, M., and Crossley, W., "Aircraft Sizing and Allocation as a System-Of-Systems Problem via Surrogates and Multiobjective Design," INFORMS Annual meeting, Seattle, WA, Nov. 4-7, 2007 (abstract only)

Raghavan, S., Imbrie, P. K., and Crossley, W. A., "Analysis of Photo-Stimulated Luminescence Spectra Using Genetic Algorithms for Stress Measurements in Chromium-Doped Alumina," Society of Engineering Science 45th Annual Technical Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oct. 12-15, 2008 [http://ses2008.mechse.uiuc.edu/media/pdfs/SES_Abstracts_08.pdf] (abstract only)

Tetzloff, I., and Crossley, W., "Assessing Impacts on Airline Fleet Emissions and Direct Operating Costs through Aircraft Allocations," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct. 12-15, 2008 (abstract only)

Dikshit, P., and Crossley, W., "Impact of Airport Noise Regulations and Noise-reduction Technology on Fleet Allocation," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct 12-15, 2008 (abstract only)

Lehner, S., and Crossley, W., "Combinatorial Optimization to include Greener Technologies in a Short- to Medium-Range Commercial Aircraft," ICAS 2008-4.10.2, ICAS 2008 Congress including the 8th AIAA 2008 ATIO Conference, Anchorage, AK, Sep. 15-18, 2008.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W., "Concurrent Aircraft Design and Resource Allocation under Uncertainty," ICAS 2008-10.6.1, ICAS 2008 Congress including the 8th AIAA 2008 ATIO Conference, Anchorage, AK, Sep. 15-18, 2008.

Mane, M., and Crossley, W., "Bases of Operation Concept for On-Demand Operations," ICAS 2008-8.6.4, ICAS 2008 Congress including the 8th AIAA 2008 ATIO Conference, Anchorage, AK, Sep. 15-18, 2008.

Chepko, A., de Weck, O., Crossley, W., Santiago-Maldonado, E., Linne, D., "A Modeling Framework for Applying Discrete Optimization to System Architecture Selection," AIAA-2008-6058, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, BC, Sep. 10-12, 2008.

Iqbal, L., Crossley, W., Weisshaar, T. and Sullivan, J., "Higher Level Design Methods Applied to the Conceptual Design of an MALE UAV," AIAA-2008-5908, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, BC, Sep. 10-12, 2008.

Chepko, A., de Weck, O., Linne, D., Santiago-Maldonado, E., Crossley, W., "Architecture Modeling of In- Situ Oxygen Production and its Impacts on Lunar Campaigns," AIAA-2008-7823, AIAA SPACE 2008 Conference & Exposition, San Diego, CA, Sep. 9-11, 2008.

Skillen, M. and Crossley, W., "A Matlab-Based Object-Oriented Process Architecture for Rapid Generation of Unconventional Wing Finite Element Models," AIAA-2008-2160, 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, IL, Apr. 7-10, 2008.

Skillen, M. and Crossley, W., "Implementation of Structural Sizing Strategies for Morphing Wing Structures Using Common Toolsets," AIAA-2008-2048, 16th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, Schaumburg, IL, Apr. 7-10, 2008.

Crossley, W. A., "System-of-Systems Inspired Optimization Problems: Experiments in Formulation and Solution," Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, March 24, 2008.

Skillen, M. and Crossley, W., "Conceptual Morphing Aircraft Sizing Using a Multi-Level Optimization Strategy," AIAA-2008-0166, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 7-10, 2008.

Mane, M. and Crossley, W., "An Approach to Predict Impact of Demand Acceptance on Air Taxi Operations," AIAA-2007-7787, 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Sep. 18-20, 2007.

Mane, M. and Crossley, W., "Probabilistic Approach for Selection of Maintenance Facilities for Air Taxi Operations," AIAA-2007-7786, 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Sep. 18-20, 2007.

Nusawardhana, and Crossley, W., "A Theoretical Framework of Vehicle Design for Multi-Modal Dynamic System-of-Systems," AIAA-2007- 2944, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2007 Conference and Exhibit, Rohnert Park, CA, May 7-10, 2007.