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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, dating to 1925, is an independent, nonsectarian, not-for-profit, coeducational university serving more than 31,000 students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, at more than 125 Worldwide campuses and through online programs.

Embry-Riddle leads the world in aviation and aerospace higher education, and is rapidly accelerating its research enterprise across areas ranging from unmanned and autonomous systems and robotics, to green aviation, cyber security, space and atmospheric physics, aviation business management, astronomy and astrophysics, commercial space operations, aerospace materials, and more.

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, Embry-Riddle is led by President P. Barry Butler.

Embry-Riddle is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s and doctorate levels.

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National Training Aircraft Symposium Tackles Pilot Shortage and Critical Aviation Industry Issues

A worldwide pilot shortage and new, innovative ways to enhance aviation training are key discussions this week in Daytona Beach, Fla. at the 2018 National Training Aircraft Symposium: The Changing Role of the Pilot, hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The conference features presentations and keynotes speakers from NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, Delta Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Piedmont Airlines, the Aviation Technician Education Council, the Air Line Pilots Association and the U.S. Air Force, among others.

Research Assesses Carbon Dioxide Levels and Pilot Performance

Embry-Riddle Worldwide Professor Deborah Donnelly-McLay, a United Parcel Service 767 pilot, co-authored a peer-reviewed study, with Harvard University researchers, showing how pilot performance is affected by specific carbon dioxide levels on the flight deck.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Team Assists with Tracking Shoreline Erosion

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.

UAS Research Supports Puerto Rican Coffee Growers

When Hurricane Irma grazed Puerto Rico’s northern coast on September 6, 2017, the island lost $45 million in crop yields to the Category 5 storm. Two weeks later, Hurricane Maria tore directly across Puerto Rico, claiming more than 4,600 lives and $780 million in agricultural losses.

Hybrid Aircraft Earns Embry-Riddle’s First-Ever European Patent

Detailed plans for an eco-friendly hybrid aircraft capable of switching back and forth between an electric motor and a traditional internal combustion engine has earned Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University its first-ever patent from the European Patent Office (EPO).

CIO Magazine: Virtual Crash Lab Takes Flight

CIO magazine has published an informative article by Thor Olavsrud on how Embry–Riddle’s Vice President and CIO Becky Vasquez and her IT team of digital engineers worked with Worldwide’s College of Aeronautics leadership and faculty to design and build a virtual crash lab and aerial robotics virtual lab. The university group worked closely with business partners Pinnacle Solutions and Unity Technologies to, in effect, integrate the gamification of education into the university’s online curriculum.

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