University News

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Barbara Holder, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s most recent Presidential Fellow, studies how pilots think in order to develop aviation systems and procedures that are as safe, efficient and easy-to-understand as possible.

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.

Two Embry‑Riddle students, Zoe Brand and Katrina “Kat” Ternus, have been awarded prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowships, joining 42 other talented undergraduates who were selected from among more than 800 applicants.

In a collaboration with the University of Central Florida and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Eduardo Divo and Ph.D. student Arka Das are conducting research aimed at saving the lives of children born with only one functioning heart ventricle, a condition that deprives them of crucial blood oxygenation. Without surgery, those suffering from this condition have no chance of survival.