Edward F. Crawley

Edward F. Crawley is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching and research focuses on Space Systems, Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering. He serves as the co-chair of NASA Exploration Technology Development Program Review Committee and formerly served as the Co-Director of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at MIT.
Since 2011 he is President of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Skolkovo innovation center.
Prof. Crawley earned his S.B. (1976) and an S.M. (1978) in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and an Sc.D. (1981) in Aerospace Structures from MIT. Prof. Crawley was the founding co-director of the MIT System Design and Management graduate program, CDIO.