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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.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University faculty led students this summer in a new study abroad program to India that included a behind-the-scenes tour of the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center, the largest Boeing facility of its kind outside the U.S.

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.

On the first day of Dr. Robert Goehlich’s space tourism course, students are introduced to Max Mustermann, a generative AI assistant that can do everything from providing deadline updates to explaining complicated concepts and offering feedback.

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have designed and built a micro-scale brain, liver and gut system and exposed it to radiation to investigate the effects of one of the most dangerous health risks associated with space travel.

Dr. Terry Oswalt, professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, has been elected to represent the United States in the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organization often described as the “United Nations of Astronomy.”

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University post-doctoral researcher Dr. Marie Bals and her mentor, Dr. Alan Liu, spent more than 12 hours a day for a week installing a new high-powered laser at the Andes Lidar Observatory in Chile.

For the second consecutive year, four Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates have earned National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, matching the university’s record for the most recipients selected in a single year.

Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student teams have advanced to the finals of NASA's 2026 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC), earning national recognition for technologies designed to help sustain astronauts during future deep-space missions.

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.

A massive star locked in orbit with an unknown object became a source of fascination for Dr. Pragati Pradhan, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.