University News

An all-women team from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus in Singapore won the Creativity Prize in a nationwide competition by designing an autonomous food delivery system involving robots, cameras, pulsed laser LiDAR sensing and a geospatial navigation and positioning system.

In a first, an uncrewed aircraft system, or drone, operated by an Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University team has begun searching for threatened and endangered sea turtles beyond visual sight lines.

Protecting aircraft against cyberattacks is serious business, and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students are stepping up to the task by experimenting with avionics cybersecurity using capture-the-flag scenarios.

Beginning in May, pilots in Arizona can use an app newly developed by Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students for the Arizona Pilots Association to keep track of pilots' visits to airports and aviation sites around the state.

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.

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.

Freshman Colton Salek never thought of video game racing as anything more than a simple hobby, but when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and he couldn't get out to the track as often, he started to see his hobby differently.

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.

This Aviation Week explores how virtual and augmented reality can advance flight and safety training. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., describes innovative ways faculty are using virtual reality, but he cautions that rigorous research still needs to be done to understand the limitations of these platforms for training purposes.

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University helped bring the goal of widespread drone delivery service and air taxis closer to fruition, by flying small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) along simulated delivery routes in Florida.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus has launched a new division focused on the advancement of future-ready educational practices: the Division of Academic Innovation, led by Dr. Dean Goon.