University News

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.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Olivia Siu won first place in the undergraduate Brain and Behavior category of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) annual poster session.

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.

As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering Physics senior Josh Milford works toward a career in space science, he is already gaining specialized hands-on experience building and calibrating instruments that will fly aboard satellites.

Civic leaders Cici and Hyatt Brown, shown March 24, 2022 with an illustration of the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology, have donated $25 million to Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to promote economic progress in Volusia County.

Engaged in research that monitors the emotional reactions of airline passengers to their travel experience, Dr. Stathis Kefallonitis, associate professor in the College of Business, Security and Intelligence, was recently named a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and is providing hands-on industry experience to Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students.

A three-student team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has been selected to participate in a national undergraduate research showcase known as Posters on the Hill, in April, on the topic of space debris mitigation.

Sensatek Propulsion Technologies founder and CEO Reamonn Soto, an Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University graduate and Research Park success story, recently claimed the top $25,000 prize in the PenFed Foundation Black History Month Ignition Challenge.

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's Research Park generated $137 million of total economic impact in Florida last year, a 50% increase from numbers reported in 2019, according to an independent study.

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.