West of Africa’s vast Saharan desert, a bomb explosion on the island of Gran Canaria caused air traffic to be diverted to Tenerife North Airport on neighboring island Tenerife on March 27, 1977.
Jets quickly clogged the airport’s only taxiway. KLM Flight 4805 surged for takeoff as Pan Am Flight 1736, obscured by heavy fog, remained on the runway, having missed a turn onto the taxiway.
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A high-tech effort to help students feel connected with Embry-Riddle and persist with their studies this week earned a top award for excellence in higher education.
The Embry-Riddle Worldwide Retention, Affinity and Persistence initiative was honored by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies – known as WCET.
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TREP Expo is coming Nov. 15, 2018. All students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to submit their best venture concepts.
You might have a lot of questions about what to expect and what to prepare. It is important not only to have an innovative idea, but also to have a strong foundation for your venture. So, in this article, we’d like to share some tips that can help you to excel at the TREP Expo.
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Starting a business starts with pitching your business idea. Your business idea doesn’t develop itself or find customers unless you share your idea. Especially, when you are looking for investors, pitching takes a major role. In order to perfect your pitch, you need to have a strong foundation. Here is five ways to perfect your pitch.
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Across the country, public safety agencies are utilizing sUAS to reduce time and costs while keeping their communities safe. In Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has worked with the Daytona Beach Police Department’s Aviation Unit on a number of fronts to assess hurricane damage, catch criminal suspects and support firefighting efforts. On the West Coast, agencies have used drones to assist in efforts during the recent California wildfires.
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Under an unprecedented and far-reaching partnership agreement with Airbus, Embry-Riddle will offer its award-winning educational programs at Flight Works Alabama – a major new aviation experience center designed to build workforce capacity across the aviation and aerospace fields.
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What will the aviation and aerospace industry look like in 2030? This question was the focus of Singapore-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Asia first-ever professional conference, AviAsian 2018, which brought together leaders from academia, industry, government and other sectors.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s undergraduate engineering programs at the school’s residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., have once again received superior marks in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges guidebook, an annual listing of more than 1,800 accredited four-year schools in the United States.
“It’s great to see the continued high marks these outstanding engineering programs are receiving, given the excellent public and private institutions across the country that offer these degrees. We are proud of our students, faculty and staff for making these programs among the best in the world,” said Dr. P. Barry Butler, president of Embry–Riddle.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University today announced it is opening the participant pool for its annual student business-pitch competition to hundreds more future business leaders across Florida. Boeing HorizonX, the first official presenting sponsor, alongside platinum sponsor International Speedway Corporation (ISC), will support the newly expanded “Launch Your Venture” competition.
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International airline pilot, author and doctoral student Karlene Petitt will serve as commencement speaker for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide’s Seattle Campus next month.
The commencement ceremony, which will include 65 undergraduate and graduate degree candidates, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Museum of Flight, 9404 E Marginal Way South, Seattle. Representing more than 20 states, the graduating class consists of 3 active/reserve service members and 6 veterans of the United States armed forces.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus is pleased to announce Dr. Thomas Drape as the new Director of the School of Business, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences.
The School of Business, among the newest departmental additions to the Prescott campus after its official unveiling ceremony last February, emphasizes several programs unique to Embry-Riddle that distinguish it from other business programs in the south west, such as aviation business, global business, and supply chain management.
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Along the shorelines of Menard-May Park in Edgewater, Florida this week, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, flew high above the water capturing high-resolution images and video of this area of Mosquito Lagoon, which is part of the Indian River Lagoon system.
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