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From steam-powered propulsion systems for spacecraft to unmanned, autonomous systems for navigating extreme environments, Embry-Riddle engineers solve real-world problems and push the boundaries of innovation for the future.
Embry-Riddle Researchers Collaborate to Save Lives of Children with Heart Defects
In a collaboration with the University of Central Florida and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Eduardo…
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Master’s Students Leverage Big Data, Optical Fiber Sensors to Enhance Transportation Safety
Keeping roads and bridges safe while spending taxpayer money wisely is a complicated balancing act that two Civil Engineering graduate students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
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Eagles Win Fellowships to Make Evacuations Safer, Faster
In the summer of 2018, Embry-Riddle undergraduate Fanny Kristiansson watched as wildfires threatening her native city of Stockholm burned as far north as the Arctic Circle. It wasn’t…
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Embry-Riddle Rocketeers Appear on Discovery’s ‘Rocket Around the Xmas Tree’
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering students Max Kauker and Alex Moreno recently appeared in front of a national audience on Discovery’s “Rocket Around the…
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Students Collaborate on Inventions that Support Industry, Hands-On Learning
As the world marvels at systems that allow self-driving cars to detect obstacles, lane markings and traffic signals, the researchers designing such technology are engaged in an ongoing…
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VerdeGo Aero, Embry-Riddle Team Up to Mitigate Electric Aircraft Noise
A team comprised of researchers from Embry-Riddle and hybrid-electric aerospace powertrain firm VerdeGo Aero is working to make electric aircraft quieter — without sacrificing…
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Eagle Alumna Wins NASA Trailblazer Award for Work on Manned Rocket Mission
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Nathalie Quintero ('15) was one of two early-career systems engineers at The Boeing Company to earn NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Trailblazer…
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Naval Program Leverages Unmanned Systems to Set Eagles Up for Success
Research funded by the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) to provide technology in coordinating aerial, surface and underwater unmanned systems for the U.S. Navy is helping…
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Eagles Partner Across the Globe to Plan Mission to Asteroid Belt
As part of a NASA design competition, students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University completed in March a nine-month campaign to design a conceptual mission to Mars, including building…
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Researchers Work to Build Stronger Aircraft Parts, Student Pathway to STEM
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is leading an initiative to improve the performance and manufacturing capability of materials used to produce aircraft and other aerospace equipment,…
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Eagles to Land First Student Project on Moon to Snap Selfie of Lunar Landing
Embry-Riddle is partnering with NASA commercial payload provider Intuitive Machines to send a camera to space that will capture the first-ever selfie of a spacecraft touching down on…
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Eagle Named Most Promising Engineer, Spearheads Student Space Projects
Dr. Eduardo Rojas, assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been honored with a Great Minds in STEM Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. — Education award,…
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Drone Integration the Goal of FAA-Funded Research at Embry-Riddle
As unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, become more and more common in uses such as package delivery and aerial taxi services, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University received two…
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National Science Foundation Funds Development of First-of-Its-Kind Drone Cybersecurity Curriculum at Embry-Riddle
With the support of a $320,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University assistant professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Houbing…
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2021 U.S. News & World Report Rankings – Embry-Riddle Claims Top Spot among Nation’s Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Programs
For the fourth year in a row, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona Campus has claimed the nation’s No. 1 spot in U.S. News & World Report’s…
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