Healthcare to Mid-Air: Eagle Finds Her Calling on the Flight Deck
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…
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How Do Pilots Think? New Presidential Research Fellow Seeks Answers
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…
Eagle Project to Vault Air Traffic Control into Next Generation Wins Innovation Award
The way America monitors the National Airspace System (NAS) will soon transition to a new platform to improve efficiency and predictability of air travel. To aid in that initiative,…
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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Growing Trend Shows Demand for Maintenance Students at Commercial Space Firms
Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) students have been drawing attention in recent years from a new suitor: commercial space companies. With at least 16 students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
Eagles Flight Team Dominates Regional Competition
In its first in-person competition since 2019, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Eagles Flight Team won first place overall in the SAFECON Regional Championship, with a sweeping…
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How Has the Pandemic Impacted Pilot Skill? New Research Finds ‘Rust’
When it comes to flying airplanes, the “use it or lose it” rule applies to keeping pilot skills sharp. There has been no greater time in recent history, however, when pilots…
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…
Posted In: Applied Science | Aviation | Human Factors
New Drone-Safety Initiative Could be Key to Unlocking the National Airspace
Research currently being conducted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Aviation could play a major role in expanding restrictions on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems…
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From Construction to the Flight Deck: ‘I Asked Myself If This Was What I Really Wanted’
Douglas Niemela was grinding concrete at midnight, on a school night, when he decided to change his life.
“I grew up in a blue-collar family and always expected that I would be…
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Facing Record Enrollments, Embry-Riddle Enhances Flight Training through Virtual Reality
With 2,500 students currently enrolled in Aeronautical Science programs between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s two residential campuses — marking the highest figure…
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Former NTSB Chair to Spearhead New Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
The Honorable Robert L. Sumwalt III, a highly distinguished aviator and former chair of the world’s premier transportation safety board, is teaming up with his alma mater, Embry-Riddle…
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Boeing Exec: For a Dream Career, Follow These Tips
The Presidential Speaker Series at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University hosted its first event of the season last week, with alumnus Tom Conard (’85), the vice president for missile…
Gaming Students Develop Augmented-Reality Flight Training Tool
A team of Simulation Science, Games and Animation (SSGA) students got to work this summer developing augmented-reality (AR) holograms that will eventually play a part in training the…
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