University News

During the time frame Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University identified 49 new cases of Covid-19. That case count marked a decrease from the 127 positive cases reported last week, and it included 33 at our Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, 12 at our Prescott, Arizona, campus, and four at our Worldwide Headquarters campus.

Graduate students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University gained valuable real-world experience last semester, working closely with upper-level employees at Textron Aviation, the manufacturer of Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft.

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) has awarded Dr. Jason Ruckert, vice president for Enrollment Management at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, the 2022 Dorothy Durkin Award for Strategic Innovation in Marketing and/or Enrollment Management.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has been selected as the one university to recruit and train the next-generation workforce in aviation and aerospace cybersecurity under the National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University sophomore Lillian Sudkamp has been selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants worldwide for the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2022, an honor that includes an internship at a leading aerospace firm.

Dr. Riccardo Bevilacqua, Aerospace Engineering professor at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, is on a mission. His goal: enable flexible spacecraft, equipped with either mounting appendages or large membranes, to autonomously control their motion, in-orbit.

When double alumnus and graduate student Benjamin Jones Jr. (’18, ’20, ’22) decided to expand his business focus beyond aviation, he set his sights on earning an M.S. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

When longtime Embry‑Riddle Prescott Campus flight instructor Richard E. “Dick” Samuels taught his students something, they rarely forgot it. Samuels, who retired in 2001, taught generations of flight students with his unconventional and direct style to ensure they always made it home.

During the time frame Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University identified 127 new cases of Covid-19. That case count included 93 at our Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, 28 at our Prescott, Arizona, campus, and six at our Worldwide Headquarters campus.

Two Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members on Feb. 1 were named Fellows of the elite American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). They were among only 28 new AIAA Fellows nationwide to earn the distinction this year.

Exemplifying Black excellence in aerospace, six Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students won 2022 Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, selections that set each of them up with paid summer internships at respected space companies.

Featuring alumni who are battling wildfires and launching space tourism companies, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s latest edition of Lift magazine also marks a seismic shift toward a more environmentally friendly, “digital first” publication strategy.