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MIT Professor: Humankind’s Future Inextricably Tied to Aerospace
In order to achieve the same level of impact in the 21st century as engineers achieved in the 20th — think clean running water, electric power grids, air and space travel, etc.…
Preventing Autonomous Vehicle Crashes: Eagle Researchers Search for Solutions
Embry-Riddle researchers are working on a solution to a significant safety problem involving semi-autonomous vehicles after crashes occurred when the vehicles did not detect firetrucks…
It’s Electric! Four Years of Work Culminates in Aircraft Milestone
After nearly four years of perseverance, the Eagle Flight Research Center (EFRC) team at Embry-Riddle is celebrating a milestone in its electric propulsion research: its Diamond HK-36…
Embry-Riddle to Demonstrate Dust Shield on Lunar Surface
As part of the EagleCam project, Embry-Riddle has teamed with the NASA Kennedy Space Center to demonstrate an electrodynamic dust shield (EDS). Dr. Troy Henderson, Associate Professor…
Robotics Students Show Off Latest Autonomous Boat at Drone Demonstration
In lieu of attending the biennial Maritime RobotX Challenge, which was set to take place in Honolulu this past December but was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Engineering students…
Embry-Riddle Researchers Collaborate to Save Lives of Children with Heart Defects
In a collaboration with the University of Central Florida and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Eduardo…
Eagles Win Fellowships to Make Evacuations Safer, Faster
In the summer of 2018, Embry-Riddle undergraduate Fanny Kristiansson watched as wildfires threatening her native city of Stockholm burned as far north as the Arctic Circle. It wasn’t…
Students' Jet Engine Designed to Fly 3 Times the Speed of Sound
Aerospace Engineering students recently designed a supersonic business jet engine that has the capability of producing maximum flight speeds of Mach 3 — three times the speed…
Researchers Work to Build Stronger Aircraft Parts, Student Pathway to STEM
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is leading an initiative to improve the performance and manufacturing capability of materials used to produce aircraft and other aerospace equipment,…
Eagles to Land First Student Project on Moon to Snap Selfie of Lunar Landing
Embry-Riddle is partnering with NASA commercial payload provider Intuitive Machines to send a camera to space that will capture the first-ever selfie of a spacecraft touching down on…
Eagle Named Most Promising Engineer, Spearheads Student Space Projects
Dr. Eduardo Rojas, assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been honored with a Great Minds in STEM Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. — Education award,…
National Science Foundation Funds Development of First-of-Its-Kind Drone Cybersecurity Curriculum at Embry-Riddle
With the support of a $320,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University assistant professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Houbing…
College of Engineering Earns Funding for Research to Maximize Bridge, Highway Safety
Assistant Professor Dan Su inspects a pre-stressed concrete beam connected to distributed optical fiber sensors at a FDOT facility. The Department of Civil Engineering at Embry-Riddle…
Topology Data Improves Spacecraft Lunar Landing, According to Student’s Award-Winning Research
A student’s research on how to use topology data to improve the lunar landing of a spacecraft has earned him a first place award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and…
Random Boarding May Help Airlines Reduce Covid-19 Risks
To reduce the spread of illness, some airlines have been keeping middle seats open, which is effective in reducing infection risk. Preliminary research based on computer simulations,…
Eagle Research of Strategies to Prevent Spread of Covid-19, Other Viruses, Lands National Funding
Dr. Sirish Namilae, Aerospace Engineering associate professor, is refining research he began about four years ago that explores how pedestrians move in crowds, amplifying it with new…
Air Force Research Leads Software Engineering Student to Department of Defense Scholarship
After working on projects for the U.S. Air Force Research Lab, software engineering student Timothy Elvira recently won a Department of Defense (DoD) scholarship that will support his…
Aerospace Engineering Professor Receives Fulbright Award for Wind Energy Research
The Department of Aerospace Engineering is pleased to announce Dr. Vladimir Golubev’s selection for the Fulbright U.S. Scholarship award. The grant will support the aerospace…
Embry-Riddle Engineers Design Solution for Possible Ventilator Shortage
With many hospitals struggling to accommodate an influx of patients due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University engineers have come up with a simple, high-quality…
Research on Innovative Cooling Technology Nets Ph.D. Student National Fellowship
When Melissa Messenger began looking for a Ph.D. program close to home to continue studying thermal sciences – which includes the study of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat…
Prof. Eduardo Rojas Wins NSF Early Career Award to Develop Smaller, More Versatile Antennas
For his efforts to create efficient, lightweight, reconfigurable antennas, Dr. Eduardo Rojas of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF)…
Alumna Uses 3-D Printing to Help Guide, Control ‘Asteroid Jumping’ Spacecraft
Poking around under the hood is in Yomary Betancur Vesga’s comfort zone. As an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student, she handled all of her own car maintenance…
Graduate Student's Work Advances Space Communication Systems
When Noemí Miguélez Gómez came to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University two years ago, she found the best of all worlds.
She’s been able to work toward her…
Embry-Riddle Team Wins $2 Million NSF Grant to Turn More Students into Engineers
The U.S. engineering field, which currently provides some 1.6 million jobs, will add 135,000 more positions by 2026, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has reported.…
Prof. Ali Tamijani Wins Coveted NSF Early Career Award for Pioneering Research
Research that could lead to more lightweight, efficient aircraft wings, orthopedic implants, and a host of other consumer technologies, spearheaded by Dr. Ali Tamijani of Embry-Riddle…