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Embry-Riddle Earns Eight Top-Five U.S. News Rankings, Including in Best Overall
In its annual review of the nation’s best colleges and universities, U.S. News & World Report awarded Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University eight separate top-five rankings, including for aerospace engineering, overall quality, innovation and academic programs for student veterans.
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Meet the 2026 Class of Boeing Scholars at Embry-Riddle
The 2026 Boeing Scholars class includes 10 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University first-year students pursuing degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Science and Aviation Business Administration at the university’s Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses.
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Aviation Week Op-Ed: Collaborations Critical to U.S. Leading in AAM, Embry-Riddle President Writes
In his latest Aviation Week essay, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., highlights how coordination between the public and private sectors — as well as academia — is crucial to safely launching and integrating advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft into the nation’s airspace.
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Embry-Riddle Study of Coordinated Movement in Nature Could Provide Engineering Insights
In newly published research in the journal Scientific Reports, Dr. Subhradeep Roy, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and graduate Ian McKinney introduced a new, easy-to-apply computational method for analyzing collective behavior in biological systems — a method that could also be used for designing coordinated swarms of drones, robots and other systems.
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