University News

From working as a military and commercial airline pilot to heading up safety programs at airlines in Australia and Canada, Billy Nolen ('07) has had a varied and eventful career in aviation.

Entrepreneur, Polaris Dawn Commander and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumnus Jared Isaacman ('11), who last year led the first-ever all-civilian space mission, visited Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach Campus to meet the next generation of aviators.

In an industry where only 2.5% of all aviation maintenance technicians in the U.S. are women and 4.6% are Airline Transport Pilots, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University welcomed five trailblazing alumnae who are role models for women in aviation.

Embry-Riddle officials joined Brazilian aviation leaders for an April 1 graduation ceremony celebrating 40 students completing the Aviation Management Program from cohorts of 2020 and 2021.

Taylor Schaffer, academic advisor for Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, has always known master’s degree candidate Deng Pour was a great student. Extremely motivated, Pour has been working a full-time course load in order to finish this fall, while also serving as a master sergeant in the Air Force and raising a family.

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are investigating the use of drones in active shooter scenarios, to help law enforcement more quickly identify assailants and their weapons.

Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Flight students were flying near Palatka, Florida, when they heard an emergency call over the radio that an 81-year-old pilot nearby had experienced engine failure at 800 feet.

GE Digital and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University initiated a partnership in 2020 when the university adopted GE Digital’s Safety Insight® software, which includes Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) technology to enhance flight safety operations on their flight line and create dynamic learning experiences with their data analytics curriculum.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University will host a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) focusing on reshaping the aerospace and aviation industry, titled “Leadership for Women in Aerospace and Aviation.”

Nineteen firefighters who lost their lives in Arizona's 2013 Yarnell Hill fire were likely victims of the same type of meteorological event that caused a deadly 1985 airplane crash, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have reported.

An unknown number of invasive Burmese pythons, some measuring up to 18 feet long, slither throughout Florida's Everglades, eluding wildlife workers who seek to manage their population.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has selected Helicopter Institute Inc. (HI) as the sole provider of the Helicopter Flight Training Program to students at the university’s Prescott, Arizona, campus.