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Eagle Undergraduates to Showcase Space Debris Research on National Stage
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.
March 23, 2022
Eagle Entrepreneur Takes Top Prize — Again
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.
March 17, 2022
NSF-Funded Research Sheds Light on Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy
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.
March 11, 2022
Eagles Use Drones to Track Invasive Pythons in the Everglades
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.
March 7, 2022
Embry-Riddle's Research Park Boasts Big Returns in New Economic Impact Study
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.
March 1, 2022
Engineers Week: Students Focus on Sustainability Innovations in Design Challenge
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.
February 28, 2022
Chasing Air Taxis: Eagles Simulate Drone Routes to Advance NASA Research
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.
February 14, 2022
Aerospace Engineering Sophomore Lands Brooke Owens Fellowship
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.
February 7, 2022
Eagle Professor Wins Air Force Grant to Control Flexible Satellites
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.
February 4, 2022
Flexible degree program opens door to unexpected opportunity
When double alumnus and graduate student Benjamin Jones Jr. (’18, ’20, ’22) decided to expand his business focus beyond aviation, he set his sights on earning an M.S. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
February 4, 2022
Award-Winning Embry-Riddle Engineer Shares Thought Leadership on How 5G Impacts Aviation
In keeping with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's role as a thought leader in the area of aviation safety, faculty member Dr. Eduardo Rojas-Nastrucci has been contributing to public discourse about 5G networks.
January 19, 2022
Embry-Riddle Heart Defect Research Reaches $700,000 in Funding
Researchers from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University will advance testing and development of a device designed to help patients born with only one functioning heart ventricle, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Children’s Heart Foundation, which brings the funding the project has received since the researchers began work in 2015 to $700,000.
January 12, 2022