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Combating Racism in STEM: Newly Tenured Professor Walks the Walk
Before anyone can fully understand Dr. Leroy Long III, newly tenured associate professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, it’s helpful to hear…
Eagle Wins Top Research Prize for Device to Promote Cell Growth in Space
The International Space Station (ISS) is home to a variety of research projects meant to improve the quality of life back on Earth, but because of limited space aboard the facility,…
Civil Engineering Professor Researches Air Pollution and Microplastics in New Lab
When she was a child, Marwa El-Sayed, Ph.D., remembers feeling frustrated when seeing smog in the air over her home in Cairo, Egypt, or plastic trash strewn on the beach at the Red…
L3Harris Technologies, Eagles Send 3D Printed Devices to the International Space Station
When Northrop Grumman's Cygnus-15 vehicle rocketed skyward on Feb. 20, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), its 8,000 pounds of cargo included a 3D printed electronics experiment…
Machine Capable of 3D Printing Nanoscale Objects to Revolutionize Embry-Riddle Research
Fabricating objects from their smallest components up is the work of nanoscale 3D printers, traditionally rare devices for scientists to acquire given their cost and sophistication.…
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…
Eagle Researchers Receive FAA Grants to Assure Drone Safety
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers received four Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants this month to assess risks and help develop safety protocols for unmanned…
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…
Traffic as Viral Outbreak Predictor: Eagle Researchers Set Sights on New Metric
Embry-Riddle researchers are taking a novel approach to predicting outbreaks of the Covid-19 virus: developing models of traffic volume compared to viral activity in different regions…
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…
Master’s Students Leverage Big Data, Optical Fiber Sensors to Enhance Transportation Safety
Keeping roads and bridges safe while spending taxpayer money wisely is a complicated balancing act that two Civil Engineering graduate students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
Virtual Research Symposium Showcases Student Innovation, Resiliency amid Pandemic
For the first time ever, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Student Research Symposium, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research, took place virtually this year due…
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…
VerdeGo Aero, Embry-Riddle Team Up to Mitigate Electric Aircraft Noise
A team comprised of researchers from Embry-Riddle and hybrid-electric aerospace powertrain firm VerdeGo Aero is working to make electric aircraft quieter — without sacrificing…
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…
Eagles Partner Across the Globe to Plan Mission to Asteroid Belt
As part of a NASA design competition, students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University completed in March a nine-month campaign to design a conceptual mission to Mars, including building…
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…