Speedway Project Promises Insights Into Heart Disease, Space Travel, More
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, killing an estimated 17.9 million people each year. To combat this trend, researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
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Machine Learning of Binary ‘Yes/No’ Systems May Improve Medical Diagnoses, Financial Risk Analysis, More
Similar to a mouse racing through a maze, making “yes” or “no” decisions at every intersection, researchers have developed a way for machines to swiftly learn…
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Hurricane Hunter Hopes To Improve Storm Forecasting
As Hurricane Ian churned toward Florida’s southwestern coast, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University meteorologist Josh Wadler joined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
Posted In: Applied Science | Uncrewed Systems
New $670,000 Federal Grant To Help Eagle Researchers Take On Fusion Energy Generation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers are working on technology that could make fusion power generation economically viable, thanks to a $670,000 grant from the U.S. Department…
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Eagle Named to Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties Sends Message of Hope to Women in STEM
Grace Robertson has always been one of the few women in the room throughout her training to become a space industry worker — and that makes sense, considering that women represent…
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Concussion-Detecting Helmets, 3D Printing Software Among Innovations Presented at Eagle Startup Showcase
The first commercially available suborbital balloon technology, sensors embedded in sports helmets that can detect concussions in real time and design/simulation software for 3D printing…
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Eagle Undergrad’s Research on ‘Space Mice’ Tops National Conference
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Olivia Siu won first place in the undergraduate Brain and Behavior category of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s…
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How Does Air Travel Affect Your Emotions? Eagle Researcher Seeks Answers
Engaged in research that monitors the emotional reactions of airline passengers to their travel experience, Dr. Stathis Kefallonitis, associate professor in the College of Business,…
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NSF-Funded Research Sheds Light on Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy
Nineteen firefighters who lost their lives in Arizona’s 2013 Yarnell Hill fire were likely victims of the same meteorological event that caused a deadly 1985 airplane crash, Embry-Riddle…
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Eagles Use Drones to Track Invasive Pythons in the Everglades
An unknown number of invasive Burmese pythons, some measuring up to 18 feet long, slither throughout Florida’s Everglades, eluding wildlife workers who seek to manage their population.…
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Student Research Symposium Teaches Real-World Skills
While preparing for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s 2021 Student Research Symposium, Aerospace Physiology senior Erik Larsen learned that bacteria grow better in microgravity.…
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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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