University News

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.

Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. student Nicholas Zhu, who is researching experimental aerodynamics in Embry-Riddle's subsonic wind tunnel, was awarded a Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship.

Dr. Paul Bevilaqua, who, as the chief engineer of Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, helped invent the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in 2001, recently visited Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University and shared advice with aspiring engineers as he recounted the story of how the aircraft system was developed.

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.

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.

For the third year, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students participated in the Invent for the Planet 48-Hour Engineering Design Contest, bringing four teams to compete with students from 24 other participating colleges from around the world. Their directive: Innovate to solve the most pressing real-world problems.

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.

Graduate students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University gained valuable real-world experience last semester, working closely with upper-level employees at Textron Aviation, the manufacturer of Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University sophomore Lillian Sudkamp has been selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants worldwide for the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2022, an honor that includes an internship at a leading aerospace firm.

Dr. Riccardo Bevilacqua, Aerospace Engineering professor at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, is on a mission. His goal: enable flexible spacecraft, equipped with either mounting appendages or large membranes, to autonomously control their motion, in-orbit.

Two Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members on Feb. 1 were named Fellows of the elite American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). They were among only 28 new AIAA Fellows nationwide to earn the distinction this year.

Exemplifying Black excellence in aerospace, six Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students won 2022 Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, selections that set each of them up with paid summer internships at respected space companies.