University News

For recent Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University graduate Hannah Hodge, scholarship funding is a game-changer.

Researchers at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University recently received $450,000 to participate in an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research project with ControlX Engineering. The goal: Optimize and test a space vehicle with a robotic arm capable of performing in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) on spacecraft.

The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) has granted initial accreditation to Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Gaetz Aerospace Institute, which offers STEM-related college programs to high school students throughout the nation, making it the first program of its kind in the state to earn this recognition.

Many members of the Eta Iota Chapter of Sigma Chi have distinguished themselves since the fraternity was established on Embry‑Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus in 1972.

Research designed to improve the prevention and treatment of such infant joint disorders as hip dysplasia, led by Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Dr. Victor Huayamave, has received a prestigious, five-year award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early CAREER Development Program in the amount of $577,000.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University junior Ryann Jones won two first-place honors at a recent awards event for the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists in the categories of Climate/Environmental Reporting and Weathercaster.

After more than 25 days of cross-country flying and competition, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Golden Eagles Flight Team returned home to Prescott, Arizona — elated and victorious.

Researchers in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab (SAIL) have been selected to receive a combined $2.25 million across two NASA grants.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has named alumnus Dr. Kelly M. Austin (’04) — a nationally recognized champion for students’ academic success — to serve as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

Every summer, thunderstorms crop up with startling intensity across Northern Arizona’s rugged terrain, bringing driving rain, high winds, flooding and lightning. It’s all part of the North American monsoon, a seasonal increase in summer precipitation that occurs between June 15 and Sept. 30 each year.

More than 100 students from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University gathered recently to present research to the campus community and compete for grant funding. Their topics of focus varied greatly, with the top two winning projects each focusing on very different areas of aviation.

Aviation cybersecurity raises unique challenges in an ecosystem of competing stakeholders. Awareness, training and education of the current and future workforce are urgently needed. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University is the sole National Science Foundation CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service institution in the nation tasked with addressing aviation cybersecurity.