University News

On April 16, all eyes in the launch bunker were on Deneb, a rocket built and designed by nine undergraduate students from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Ryan Kinzie, an Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University doctoral student, has been selected as a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow, a recognition that comes paired with an $84,000 grant, which can be renewed for up to four years, plus a yearly stipend.

Challenged in a global competition to design, build and test an uncrewed aerial vehicle to combat electronic warfare, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students ranked third place among more than 80 teams from around the world.

High noise levels during flight have long been a barrier to the advancement of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, or “air taxis.”

Accomplished academic leader Dr. Dietmar Rempfer this week accepted the position of dean of the College of Engineering at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, campus.

A team of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students finished in fourth place at this year’s International RoboBoat Competition, where a record number of 23 teams from nine countries competed.

When Bethune-Cookman University student Israel Oyekan joined the intercollegiate EcoCAR EV Challenge team with Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, he figured it was an opportunity to learn something new and work with students who shared his love for engineering.

Aerospace Engineering student Spencer John has translated his lifelong love of space into a significant accomplishment: publishing a paper in an academic journal as an undergraduate student.

Aerospace Engineering students Alex Clay and Samir Ahmed have spent the past four years at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University manufacturing complex liquid-propellant rocket engines. Now, as they near graduation, there is one last thing they’d like to do: Prepare for ignition.

Watching your payload shatter as it hits the ground at 50 mph would be disheartening to most, but to the members of a unique Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University club, failure is just an opportunity to improve.

Two students from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Space Technologies Laboratory recently visited Intuitive Machines (IM) in Houston to put the finishing touches on the EagleCam CubeSat, which is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s online bachelor’s programs ranked No. 2 in the nation, tied with the University of Illinois Chicago, according to the 2023 issue of the U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs ranking. The university has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in this category every year since 2016.