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William Crossley

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1969
Air Traffic Management and OptimizationAdvanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesAviation Industry Analysis and TrendsAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsTransportation Planning and Optimization

Publications

93

Citations

834

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

58

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
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William Crossley's research focuses on aircraft and air transportation system design, including how new technologies like electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft, supersonic passenger planes, and urban air mobility (small aircraft for short urban trips) might affect airline fleets, operations, and carbon emissions. He also works on optimization methods used to make design decisions under uncertainty, such as choosing among discrete design options with unpredictable factors. His work often models entire fleets of aircraft to estimate system-wide impacts rather than looking at single vehicles alone.

Aircraft and fleet design optimizationUrban air mobility systemsEnvironmental impact and CO2 emissions of aviationEmerging aircraft propulsion (electric, hydrogen, supersonic)Design under uncertainty and optimization algorithms

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with a peak around 2021 and a slower, more modest pace in recent years, averaging under 3 papers per year over the last 5 years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 8 publications8212022: 6 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM×7
  • AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum×5
  • 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference×2
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences×1
  • Journal of Arid Land×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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