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More than 300 leading researchers, policymakers and aviation innovators gathered at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University for the first-ever Florida Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Symposium, featuring two days of talks and advanced demonstrations on this revolutionary class of aircraft poised to transform how people and cargo are moved through the skies and the emerging sector’s potential economic impact.

Dr. Saman Farhangdoust, assistant professor of Aerospace Engineering, has received a $500,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop a novel technology that integrates batteries into the structural components of next-generation electric aircraft, such as those involved in advanced air mobility (AAM), to increase range and enhance safety.

Zoey Hart, who just earned her bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, has been selected for a Fulbright Study/Research Award to attend the University of Southampton in England, where she will pursue a one-year master’s program in space systems engineering.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University welcomed military leaders and government officials on Wednesday, May 6, for the groundbreaking of a new ROTC complex at the university’s Daytona Beach Campus.

Kenn Ricci, an Embry‑Riddle Board of Trustees member and a world-renowned aviation entrepreneur whose companies include private aviation leader Flexjet, told graduates of the world’s leading aviation and aerospace institution that aviators have a special bond.

At the commencement ceremony for Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, campus, more than 500 graduates crossed the stage to receive their degrees.

Michael Manazir, retired two-star rear admiral and author of “Learn How to Lead to Win,” recently encouraged Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students to embrace their potential as leaders and to reframe mistakes as learning opportunities.

Aerospace leaders, cybersecurity experts and students gathered at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to address a pressing aerospace challenge: securing increasingly interconnected, AI-enabled flight and space systems.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University senior Lucas Cohen has already completed top internships at Collins Aerospace and founded his own successful business.

Nearly 200 university researchers and representatives of the space industry gathered at the Kennedy Space Center to launch the next phase of the Florida Space Research Consortium (FSRC), a statewide partnership designed to align Florida’s universities around space research, innovation and workforce development.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student researchers set a record in the number of projects presented at the university’s spring research forums and also showcased their work on a national stage.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Michael Boehm had attempted the National Security Agency’s Codebreaker Challenge every year since his freshman year.