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Stanley Tucker

‘Beat the Odds’: National Fellowship Class Headlined by Eagle Who Journeyed from Paralysis to Running a 5K

Five students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have been selected to receive 2023 Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, which guarantee them paid internships at industry-leading firms,…
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Embry-Riddle doctoral student Daniel Posada, Intuitive Machines President Steve Altemus and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student Daniel Lopez

Eagles Visit Intuitive Machines To Make Final Preparations on EagleCam CubeSat

Embry-Riddle doctoral student Daniel Posada, Intuitive Machines President Steve Altemus and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student Daniel Lopez pose at Intuitive Machines headquarters…
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Wildfire with drone overhead

Eagle Researchers Advance Drone Technology for Tracking Wildfires

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Patrick Hunter has his career sights set on remote piloting drones to utilize uncrewed aircraft systems in exciting, new ways. Already,…
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Taylor M. Yow holds the Embry-Riddle EagleCam

Intuitive Machines and Columbia Sportswear Launch New Scholarship Program at Embry-Riddle

Taylor M. Yow set her career path in high school. More than anything, she wanted to become an engineer, working on spacecraft and orbital calculations. She didn’t realize just…
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ERAU Blue Logo Background

Aerospace Engineering Professor Secures NSF Grant

How can we use fluid dynamic interactions for our benefit? What can nature teach us about these interactions? Dr. Ebenezer Gnanamanickam will explore these and other questions thanks…
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Andres Munevar

Award-Winning Senior Researcher Finds Inspiration in Struggle

Andres Munevar, a Civil Engineering senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, had a fairly ordinary childhood: grew up in a suburb, went to public school. But as a first-generation…
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Jessica Steinmann

Embry-Riddle’s Ph.D. Graduating Class Features Diverse and Inspiring Engineering Cohort

Doctoral programs continue to grow at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as 16 Ph.D. students celebrated graduation at this week’s fall 2022 commencement ceremony. The cohort…
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A robotic surface vessel created by students from Embry-Riddle

Eagles Take First in Maritime RobotX Challenge

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students beat contestants from five different continents in the recent Maritime RobotX Challenge in Sydney, Australia, walking off with the champion…
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A 10-story mass timber test building is being built on an earthquake-simulation device called the Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table

Eagle Undergrad Joins National Effort To Advance Sustainable Construction of Earthquake-Resilient Buildings

Megan Butcher was in her sophomore year at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in a solid mechanics class, when a professor asked her to join in research predicting the dynamic response…
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Dr. Daewon Kim, professor of Aerospace Engineering (middle), works with Nicholas Reed, Rishikesh Srinivasaraghavan Govindarajan and Taylor Stark in Embry-Riddle’s SMART Lab.

National Science Foundation Backs Eagle Research To Enable 'Smart' 3D Manufacturing

Three Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers, led by Dr. Daewon Kim, professor of Aerospace Engineering, have been awarded a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to…
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Doctor Ochoa and students

Embry-Riddle Awarded $1.5 Million to Bolster Engineering Workforce

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was selected to participate in a national effort to bolster the engineering workforce, receiving a grant of $1.5 million from the National Science…
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Members of the Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers and Developers team recently conducted a successful engine test for Project Prometheus, using manmade fuel in a solid rocket motor.

Liftoff! Student-Made Rocket Fuel Successfully Tested at Embry-Riddle

It was a moment 11 years in the making — back when the Project Prometheus initiative launched in 2011 with the goal of making functional solid rocket fuel at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
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Men stand in an ERAU Lab

Eagle-Designed Space Drones Target In-Orbit Construction

What if vehicles could be assembled in space without human supervision? What if autonomous spacecraft could conduct routine maintenance and inspections on satellites, while flying in…
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Graduate students Isabel Melendez and Casey Troxler work in Embry-Riddle’s Thermal Science Laboratory.

Two Eagles Selected for Support From Federal Energy Efficiency Program

Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate students have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the IBUILD Innovative Buildings Graduate Research Fellowship…
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Embry-Riddle students (from left to right) Jarred Jordan, Joseph Nicolich, Taylor Yow, Daniel Posada and Daniel Lopez recently visited SpaceX Headquarters.

Eagles Visit SpaceX in Development of New Camera System for Polaris Dawn Mission

Five Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students — who are developing a camera system to capture images and video of the first commercial spacewalk planned for the Polaris Dawn…
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Embry-Riddle’s Phantom 2 team placed second out of 19 teams in the 2022 RoboBoat international student competition.

Embry-Riddle Team Cruised to Second Place in 2022 RoboBoat International Competition

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Phantom 2 team recently won a silver medal in the 2022 RoboBoat international student competition held in Sarasota, Florida. “This…
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Dr. Kevin Adkins, associate professor of Aeronautical Science; Dr. Marc Compere, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering; and Ph.D. student Avinash Muthu Krishnan tweak uncrewed aircraft hardware in the Drone Lab at Embry-Riddle’s MicaPlex.

Eagles Partner With Alumna-Owned Improving Aviation To Fight Wildfires, Protect First Responders

As a student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rocio Frej Vitalle (’12) worked in the Eagle Flight Research Center, which helped land her first job modeling and simulating…
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The fusion energy team: Christopher Lamb, Connor Castleberry and Dr. Byonghoon Seo

New $670,000 Federal Grant To Help Eagle Researchers Take On Fusion Energy Generation

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers are working on technology that could make fusion power generation economically viable, thanks to a $670,000 grant from the U.S. Department…
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Recent alumna Grace Robertson works as a systems engineer on the Dream Chase spaceplane at Sierra Space.

Eagle Named to Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties Sends Message of Hope to Women in STEM

Grace Robertson has always been one of the few women in the room throughout her training to become a space industry worker — and that makes sense, considering that women represent…
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UAS Drone

New FAA Grant To Help Embry-Riddle Researchers Improve Drone Safety

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the detection systems of uncrewed aerial systems…
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Ph.D. Student John Zelina

Eagle Wins National ‘Full-Ride’ Scholarship and Career Boost

An Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University doctoral student conducting highly specialized aerospace engineering research, John Zelina tried to keep an open mind when it came to choosing…
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Embry-Riddle graduates Adrian Bates-Domino and Patrick Hunter

Turtle Trackers Fly Drones Out of Sight

In a first, an uncrewed aircraft system, or drone, operated by an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University team has begun searching for threatened and endangered sea turtles beyond visual…
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Luke Newcomb and Dr. Houbing Song

Undergrads To Push Drone Swarm Research Forward With Aid From Federal Funding

Twenty-four United States undergraduate students will soon have the chance to participate in National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research on the networking capabilities that enable…
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Boening Avionics Capstone Team

Game On: Boeing, Embry-Riddle Work To Enhance Cybersecurity in Capture the Flag Competition

Protecting aircraft against cyberattacks is serious business, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students are stepping up to the task by experimenting with avionics cybersecurity…
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Embry-Riddle students from the Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses recently competed at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Design, Build, Fly competition. Noah Pecor, Riley Cox-Gross, Joseph Ayd, Alexander Roy, Frederick Kennedy, all of the of the Daytona Beach Campus team (pictured here), cut their hair into mullets, representing their aircraft’s name, MULLET (Medical Unmanned Low-Level Electric Transport).

Eagles Make University History with Top Finish at AIAA DBF Aircraft-Design Competition

A team of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students recently made school history by placing second in this year’s Design, Build, Fly aircraft competition hosted by the American…
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