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Dr. David Thirtyacre is an assistant professor in the College of Aviation and the chair of the Flight Department at Embry‑Riddle's Worldwide Campus.

In his latest “Aviation Week”essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., notes that meeting the need for more aviation maintenance technicians “requires applying all available resources — from industry, government and aviation education.”

For Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Mitchell James, spending eight weeks this summer in Jordan, immersed in another language and culture, was life-changing.

Dr. Becky Lutte is an associate professor and chair of the Graduate Studies Department. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, a Master of Public Administration with an Aviation minor from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Ph.D. in Public Administration with a specialization in Aviation Policy from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Although he was born in Sicily and raised in Spain, David Hughes (’21, ’24) has never been very far from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Daniel Stinelli, an accomplished avionics technician, boasts a remarkable 15-year tenure at Embry-Riddle.

A group of students from across Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s three campuses was recently chosen as one of only 15 teams from around the world to present space innovations at NASA’s annual Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.

Rudy R. Miller, chairman, president and CEO of The Miller Group of entities, has been invited to join two influential boards at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.

One of the first female African American captains to fly for American Airlines, Mika Tang spent nearly 20 years as a cargo and passenger airline pilot.

Researchers have developed a new way to accurately count and objectively analyze close encounters between drones and airplanes — without depending solely on pilot sightings.

Community leaders and elected officials on July 11 joined Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Dr. Anette Karlsson, chancellor of the Prescott, Arizona campus, in breaking ground for an advanced learning complex designed to prepare future innovation leaders.

Annaelise Swanson, a rising senior at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, is training ChatGPT, the scary-smart new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, to answer questions about aircraft, safety standards, services and more.