University News

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Patrick Hunter has his career sights set on remote piloting drones to utilize uncrewed aircraft systems in exciting, new ways. Already, as a student in the Master of Science in Unmanned Systems program, he has been involved in a project using drones to track endangered turtles.

Former Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University professor Kenneth Rowe died on Dec. 26, 2022, at age 90, but his courageous actions as a 21-year-old pilot will forever be a part of U.S. history.

Taylor M. Yow set her career path in high school. More than anything, she wanted to become an engineer, working on spacecraft and orbital calculations. She didn’t realize just how quickly she would become a part of science history after arriving at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Embry‑Riddle Men's Tennis alumnus Juan Ortiz Couder has been named an NCAA Today's Top 10 Award winner and is set to be honored in person Jan. 11 at the NCAA Convention in San Antonio.

Army ROTC at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, has been named the top program in the Southeast, as well as among eight winners nationally of the 2022 Douglas MacArthur Award.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students are designing a rocket that can soar through the Earth’s atmosphere and reach outer space, only to be recovered through a parachute system for reuse. The project’s aim is to make spaceflight more affordable to researchers — especially student researchers and those working in higher education.

Aviation executives Dent Thompson and William Lovett (’91) were never interested in the status quo. Instead, they sought a career with global impact — one that relies on innovation and where each day is different.

For Michelle Tabor, it feels like mere months ago that she barely knew a thing about airplanes. But now, the 17-year-old Dual Enrollment student, who is on track to earn her associate’s degree from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus before the end of the year, has 125 hours of flight time and just recently earned her private pilot’s license. Her passion for flying has made the time flash by.

The Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical Universityannounced the winning airports for the 2022 ATRS Global Airport Efficiency Awards during the 24th ATRS World Conference hosted by the University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School on Aug. 24-27, 2022.

From coast to coast, flight teams from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University set the bar at the recent 2022 National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) SAFECON regional competitions, winning first place in each of their respective regions.

Debilitating nerve and joint pain from a severe back injury have been part of life for Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University junior Keri Weaver for years now, but she has never lost sight of her goal to complete her degree.

In spite of around-the-clock news coverage that communicated updated forecasts from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the intensity of Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole, both of which tore through Florida recently, causing severe property damage and flooding throughout the state, was underestimated by many residents before the storms made landfall.