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Flexjet and Embry-Riddle’s Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety brought together more than 70 industry leaders, data scientists and safety officials to address a challenge: aviation data sources are abundant, but making sense of them and extracting actionable insights remains difficult, though such intelligence promises to prevent future safety issues.

A NASA project designed to enhance safety in advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft, such as air taxis and medical emergency drones, developed new layers of collaboration among NASA officials, project leaders, researchers and students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and other partnering institutions at a meeting marking the project’s first year.

Three Embry-Riddle students were selected for aviation safety-focused internships with the National Transportation Safety Board. A fourth student interned with the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Aviation, a congressional panel that has jurisdiction over civil aviation.

Eleven Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members have been recognized for their research accomplishments through the university’s Research Awards Program.

Thirteen students from the Prescott Campus participated in DEF CON 34, the world’s largest cybersecurity conference, held in Las Vegas this past August. At the conference, students networked with industry professionals, led capture-the-flag challenges and presented research.

A team of interns at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems (CARS) spent this summer improving several capabilities for the center’s Systems Integration Lab, including a new space satellite simulation tool. They presented the applications at DEF CON 34, the world’s largest cybersecurity conference.

In its annual review of the nation’s best colleges and universities, U.S. News & World Report awarded Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University eight separate top-five rankings, including for aerospace engineering, overall quality, innovation and academic programs for student veterans.

Three Embry-Riddle students – Adam Mouradi, Joshua Hendrickson and Saarang Sivakumar – were awarded highly competitive State Department scholarships that provide up to $5,000 to U.S. students looking to study or intern abroad.

More than 90 students presented 58 research projects at Embry-Riddle’s second annual Summer Research Symposium. Held at the Mori Hosseini Student Union, the event featured work by students who collaborated with faculty mentors on a broad range of advanced research.

A new video podcast from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, hosted by world-renowned safety expert Robert L. Sumwalt, is inviting listeners behind the scenes for candid conversations about the world of aviation and aerospace safety.

Two Embry-Riddle Faculty Members Earn Fulbright Awards for International Projects

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s residential campuses in Arizona and Florida produce the highest-paid graduates in their respective states, according to a Business Insider analysis of federal higher education data.