University News

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this week joined a national effort to build aviation and aerospace cybersecurity after being selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to receive $3,875,000 that will be awarded in scholarships to students.

At Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University during the period Jan. 14-20, 179 people tested positive for Covid-19. That case count included 117 at our Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, 57 at our Prescott, Arizona, campus, and five at our Worldwide Headquarters campus.

In keeping with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's role as a thought leader in the area of aviation safety, faculty member Dr. Eduardo Rojas-Nastrucci has been contributing to public discourse about 5G networks.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University junior Marina Lindbergh believes there is no career more romantic than being a pilot. “Flying because you love it and always building your skills,” she said — “that’s the goal.”

Dr. Jim Gregory, dean of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Engineering (COE), received the prestigious Frank G. Brewer Trophy for significant contributions to aerospace education from the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) at an event in December.

World View Enterprises CEO Ryan Hartman (’09) recalls visiting Embry‑Riddle’s Prescott, Arizona campus in high school and falling in love with the campus.

Researchers from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University will advance testing and development of a device designed to help patients born with only one functioning heart ventricle, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Children’s Heart Foundation, which brings the funding the project has received since the researchers began work in 2015 to $700,000.

Sarah Ketchersid, an Aerospace Engineering student at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University – Daytona Beach, was recently awarded the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Distinguished Undergraduate Award.

Dr. Barbara Holder, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s most recent Presidential Fellow, studies how pilots think in order to develop aviation systems and procedures that are as safe, efficient and easy-to-understand as possible.

Following a nationwide search, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has announced Dr. Thomas Drape as the new dean of the Prescott Campus’ College of Business, Security and Intelligence (CBSI), the first of its kind in the nation. Drape has been serving as interim dean since August of 2021.

To help keep everyone at Embry‑Riddle as safe as possible, we expect all students and employees to take personal responsibility by following these three steps:

The Embry‑Riddle student from Port Orange, Florida, who had just gotten his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) license the previous summer, jumped into action.