Dr. William Crossley
Aircraft, Design, Optimization, and Systems –
Themes for 20-plus Years of Teaching and Research
Event Date: | April 28, 2016 |
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Hosted By: | Dean of Engineering |
Time: | 3:00 p.m. |
Location: | ARMS 1109 |
Contact Name: | Marsha Freeland |
Contact Phone: | 765-494-5341 |
Contact Email: | mjfreeland@purdue.edu |
Open To: | ALL |
Priority: | No |
School or Program: | College of Engineering |
Abstract
Since joining the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics faculty in 1995, Prof. Crossley has been able to pursue teaching and research interests that have involved one or more of the themes of: aircraft, design, optimization and systems. Based upon his experiences at McDonnell Douglas Helicopter, Prof. Crossley developed an interest in engineering design problems as mixed discrete non-linear programming (MDNLP) problems. At Purdue, Prof. Crossley has introduced graduate-level courses in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and in Design Methods, revamping the sophomore-level Introduction to Aerospace Design course, and involving industry review panelists in the senior capstone Aircraft Design course. Prof. Crossley was instrumental in making “Design” an undergraduate area of concentration within Aeronautics and Astronautics and, subsequently, in establishing the Aerospace Systems area within Aero and Astro.
His efforts that started the “System of Systems” signature area in 2004 began the process that led to the recently announced Purdue Systems Collaboratory. Currently, Prof. Crossley is the director for the Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS), the Federal Aviation Administration’s Center of Excellence for General Aviation, where he coordinates researchers from six core and nearly 20 affiliate universities to provide general aviation-related research for the FAA. In Prof. Crossley’s opinion, his research highlights are in the areas of morphing aircraft design, hybrid and multi-objective MDNLP approaches for identifying technology tradeoffs in design problems, and system-of-systems inspired work to consider airline- or fleet-level impacts of new aircraft concepts and technologies.
Biography
Prof. William Crossley earned his BSE (Aero) in 1990 from the University of Michigan. As a participant in the Arizona State University Industrial Fellows program with McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, Bill was a member of the Advanced Concept Development Group responsible for conceptual design studies of advanced helicopters and rotorcraft. Through this program, Bill worked as a member of the MDHS engineering staff part time (20 hours) during the academic year and full time during the summers while also earning his MS (1992) and PhD (1995) degrees in Aerospace Engineering.
Prof. Crossley is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and recently finished his term as the chair of the Aircraft Design Technical Committee. He is an Executive Committee member for the Council of Engineering Systems Universities, and he currently serves as the co-Chair of this organization. Prof. Crossley has interacted with industry in many roles, including several consulting arrangements, summer visits and research collaborations. He was a Boeing Welliver Faculty Summer Fellow in 2002. In recognition of his teaching efforts, Bill has received the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Elmer Bruhn and W.A. Gustafson teaching awards five and three times, respectively; the Engineering Professional Education Distance Teaching Award in 2008; and the College of Engineering’s A.A. Potter Engineering Teaching Award in 2007. Purdue University inducted Bill into the Book of Great Teachers in 2013.
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