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Current major area of teaching and research is in the design and development of intelligent and actively controlled structures, including structural designs, dynamics and modeling, particularly with application to spacecraft. A second major area of interest is in architecture of large engineering systems.
Dr. Crawley received an SB (1976) and an SM (1978) in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and an ScD (1980) in Structural Dynamics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently Professor and Department Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. Dr. Crawley's current research interests include: the design of spacecraft and space systems; the development of intelligent structures with embedded actuators, sensors and processors; the architecture of large engineering systems. He is the author of over 50 journal publications in the AIAA Journal, the ASME Journal, the Journal of Composite Materials, and Acta Astronautica. Dr. Crawley has served as the Chairman of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), Structures and Dynamics Technical Committee, and serves as Chairman of the Soaring Society of America (SSA) Structures and Materials Panel. He is a Fellow of the AIAA. In 1987, Dr. Crawley was an advisor to the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Space Station, and in 1993 was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Space Station Redesign. He is also a member of the NASA Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee (TCAC). He is conversant in Russian, and has spent time as a visitor at the Moscow Aviation Institute and the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was a finalist in the NASA Astronaut selection in 1980, is an active pilot, and was the 1990 and 1995 Northeast Regional Soaring champion.
Listed below are a few of Dr. Crawley's Journal Papers:
1) Lazarus, K.B., Crawley, E.F., "Multivariable High - Authority Control of Plate-like Active Structures," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 6, pages 1357-1363, November-December, 1996.
2) Lin, C.Y., Crawley, E.F., Heeg, J., "Open- and Closed-Loop Results of a Strain-Actuated Active Aeroelastic Wing", Paper No. 95-1386, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 33, No. 5, pages 987-994, September-October, 1996.
3) Campbell, M.E., Crawley, E.F., "Classically Rationalized Low Order Robust Structural Controllers", presented at the 35th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Hilton Head, SC, April 18-21, 1994, submitted to the Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, on November 1, 1994.
4) van Schoor, M.C., Crawley, E.F., "Nonlinear Forced Response Characteristics of Contained Fluids in Microgravity", AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 32, Number 3, pages 521-532, May-June, 1995.
5) Crawley, E.F., Barlow, M.S., van Schoor, M.C., Masters, B., Bicos, A.S., "Measurement of the Modal Parameters of a Space Structure in Zero Gravity, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pages 385-394, May-June, 1995.
6) Masters, B.P., Crawley, E.F., van Schoor, M.C., "Global Structure Modeling Using Force-State Component Identification", Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 1, pages 198-206, Jan./Feb., 1996.
7) Crawley, E.F., "Intelligent Structures for Aerospace: A Technology Overview and Assessment, AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, Number 8, pages 1689-1699, August, 1994.
8) Crawley, E.F., Greitzer, E.M., Widnall, S.E., Hall, S.R., et. al., "Reform of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Curriculum at MIT", ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 1, pages 47-56, January, 1994.
9) Crawley, E.F., Rymarcsuk, J., "US-Soviet Cooperation in Space: Benefits, Obstacles and Opportunities, Space Policy, pages 29-38, February, 1992.
10) Crawley, E.F., Ducharme, E.H., "Parametric Trends in the Flutter of Advanced Turboprops", Transactions ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, pages 741-750, October, 1990.