University News

Jenna Korentsides never expected to land her dream job, working as a Human Factors engineer at Apple right after graduation.

Embry‑Riddle seniors Amanda Wills and Kailea Danielson attend different campuses and don’t share the same major, but they became fast friends when they both landed competitive Department of Defense summer internships on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.

Featuring speakers and researchers from the Daytona Beach, Worldwide and Prescott campuses, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s two-day AI Summit highlighted the growing role of artificial intelligence in higher education and the aerospace industry.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has established a new tradition of international engagement through its International Ambassador Program, which connects students, faculty and industry partners around the world and is quickly becoming a key part of the university’s commitment to global collaboration, innovation, research and academic excellence.

A collaboration between Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University and the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation was announced during a private reception at the Western Heritage Center prior to the Foundation’s Boots on the Row fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 27.

For the past three years, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Celso Ferreira de Moura has juggled his studies with on- and off-campus jobs to cover his expenses.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has been awarded a $1.85 million Cyber Service Academy grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop the next generation of cyber defenders over the next five years.

Dr. Rahul Razdan of Embry-Riddle's Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems has been named a Fulbright Specialist, a designation that will support his work verifying the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicle systems through international collaboration.

Embry-Riddle students from both the Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses competed in a Capture-the-Flag cybersecurity event at the second annual ERAU-NSF-NASA Aerospace Cybersecurity Workshop, with Daytona Beach students earning first and third place.

Three Embry-Riddle undergraduates earned a first-place IEEE award for developing a machine-learning cybersecurity system that autonomously adapts to new threats - a capability that goes beyond traditional signature-based defenses.

Embry-Riddle's Rosa Szurgot, an assistant professor in Cyber Intelligence and Security, was selected to attend an elite international seminar on space cybersecurity held at a German castle, where she presented research on how quantum networks could secure deep-space communications.