Edward F. Crawley

Ford Professor of Engineering
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-411
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
crawley@mit.edu

(617) 253-7510

B.S., 1976, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., 1978, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sc.D., 1980, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Specialization and Research Interests

Architecture of Technical Systems, Space Systems, Dynamics and Control, Structures, Intelligent Structures

Teaching Interests

Systems Architecture, Structures, Space Systems Design

Positions Held at MIT

Executive Director, Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, 2007-present; Executive Director, Cambridge MIT Institute, 2003-2006; Professor of Engineering Systems, 2000–present; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990-present; Department Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996-2003; Co-Director, Systems Design and Management Program, 1993-1996; MacVicar Faculty Fellow, 1992-2002; Director, Space Engineering Research Center, 1986-1996; Assistant Professor, 1980-1984
Associate Professor, 1984-1990

Honors and Awards

Fellow, AIAA; Member, National Academy of Engineering; NASA Astronaut Finalist,1980; Regional Soaring Champion,1991 and 1995

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Soaring Society of America