Research Park Innovation Facility Provides Powerful Student Opportunities
When Nolan Coulter was getting his master’s degree at Embry-Riddle, he worked in the Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory in the university’s John Mica Engineering and…
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New Technology Boosts Accident Investigation Studies at Embry-Riddle
Acquiring a state-of-the-art laser scanner known as the FARO Focus S70, the Daytona Beach Campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has opened up a whole new digital approach to…
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Eagles Collaborate in Unique High-Altitude Simulation Training
The first time senior Olivia Siu experienced hypoxia — a condition caused by lack of oxygen, sometimes suffered by pilots — she thought she was functioning fairly well.
She…
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Eagles Work to Reduce Collateral Damage in Air Force Study of Warhead Shrapnel
A professor and a graduate student from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are working on developing better methods to predict where fragments from a warhead strike will fly, reducing…
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New Data Science Tool Boosts First-Year Student Success
When Data Science graduate student Alex Hall heard that the educational support specialist in Embry-Riddle’s College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) was manually downloading data in order…
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Shape-Shifting Materials: Embry-Riddle Researchers Report Thermal Energy Breakthrough
Synthetic materials capable of shape-shifting from a solid to a liquid state – now under development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park – might…
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College of Arts & Sciences Expands Faculty, Molecular Research Capability
Working at NASA Ames Research Center as a researcher studying the immune and nervous system responses to spaceflight conditions, Dr. Amber Paul crossed paths with many engineers who…
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Low-Altitude Flight to Help Eagles Predict Monsoons
To better predict damaging, destructive thunderstorms associated with monsoons in Arizona, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers are deploying drones and a manned airplane,…
Posted In: Applied Science | Research | Unmanned Systems
To Better Understand Earthquakes — Look Up
New research by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Department of Physical Sciences and Center for Space and Atmospheric Research (CSAR), the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
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Human Factors Grad Promotes Campus Recycling in Award-Winning Research
A self-described environmentalist, recent graduate Emma Bucey noticed that students in her residence hall at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University struggled with how to deal with their…
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Six Eagles Earn Scholarships from the U.S. Department of Defense
When Kayann Coote, now entering her junior year in Aerospace Engineering, found out she had won a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) scholarship that would support her through her bachelor’s…
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Undergraduate Featured at National Research Showcase
Aerospace Physiology junior John Veracka recently gave tips to a freshman biology class for how to get started on a research project. “Reach out! Ask questions! Set up a meeting…
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Eagle Wins Top Research Prize for Device to Promote Cell Growth in Space
The International Space Station (ISS) is home to a variety of research projects meant to improve the quality of life back on Earth, but because of limited space aboard the facility,…
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Eagle Wins NASA Space Life Sciences Training Scholarship
Update, March 31: Since publishing this story, Aerospace Physiology junior Oliva Siu has also won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Of an estimated 5,000 total applicants, she was…
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Eagle Finds Family in African American Campus Community
Junior Jaacob Pledger always saw himself as an engineer. He thought like an engineer, started college at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the Aerospace Engineering program. But…
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