University News

Just as the ocean’s surface can be calm and glassy or churning big waves, a moody portion of space called the ionosphere can smoothly reflect communication signals or bounce them into oblivion.

To help jump-start a thriving innovation corridor offering high-quality, high-paying job opportunities in Volusia County, Florida, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has partnered with StarterStudio to relaunch its successful business accelerator program.

Researchers at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University recently received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the detection systems of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to improve the safety of their operation.

An Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University doctoral student conducting highly specialized aerospace engineering research, John Zelina tried to keep an open mind when it came to choosing his future career field.

In a first, an uncrewed aircraft system, or drone, operated by an Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University team has begun searching for threatened and endangered sea turtles beyond visual sight lines.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Entrepreneurship Tech Talk series, developed by Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Acting Director Ramy Rahimi, recently hosted a panel of industry experts from NASA and the University of Oxford, who spoke to students about developing innovative ideas into real-world companies.

Following a formal RFP process, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has partnered with Affinity Licensing to manage the university’s trademark licensing program. This agreement includes Embry‑Riddle’s residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as its Worldwide Campus.

Peter M. Hoffmann, professor and chair of physics and astronomy at Wayne State University (WSU), has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. He will begin his new role in time for the start of the fall 2022 semester.

Protecting aircraft against cyberattacks is serious business, and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students are stepping up to the task by experimenting with avionics cybersecurity using capture-the-flag scenarios.

In his latest Aviation Week essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler points out that “cultivating a diversity of perspectives is particularly important now, as the aviation industry faces opportunities and challenges, including a shortage of pilots and technicians.”

A team of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students recently made school history by placing second in this year’s Design, Build, Fly aircraft competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Tyler Grinnell (’08) worked at Kennedy Space Center while he was still an Aerospace Engineering student at Embry‑Riddle, juggling a full load of classes.