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Preparing pilots to fly zero-emission, eco-friendly aircraft of the future is the goal of a newly inked partnership that will also create high-paying, high-quality jobs, Aura Aero and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University announced at the 2023 Paris Air Show.

Devanshi Shinde, an entrepreneur with a passion for aviation, was running two companies and contemplating her next step when a pilot friend suggested she look into Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

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.

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.

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.

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.