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 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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Eagles Work to Boost Aviation Cybersecurity, Supported by $1 Million Federal Grant
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have received a $1 million federal grant to improve cybersecurity related to the systems that identify where aircraft are flying…
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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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Embry-Riddle Study Assesses Medical Helicopter Risks
To transport injured patients, helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) pilots must fly at night, at low altitudes, over rough terrain and in bad weather. Sadly, compared with all…
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National Science Foundation to Support Eagle Research of Mysterious Stars
Thanks to a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate and undergraduate students will have the opportunity to investigate…
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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Student Researcher Works Toward Greater Retention of Women in Aviation
Despite the growing prevalence of diversity and inclusion movements nationwide, the population of minority women in aviation remains underrepresented. Recent Aeronautical Science graduate…
Understanding Human Movement Key to Guiding Public Health Strategies
Backed by a new $395,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researcher Sirish Namilae will model human movement and interaction…
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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,…
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Eagles Advance Aviation Cybersecurity, Backed by $1 Million Federal Grant
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are delivering on a $1,070,000 federally funded project to improve the cybersecurity of…
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FAA Awards Nearly $2 Million to Embry-Riddle Drone Safety Project
As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) develops policies to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, into the National Airspace System (NAS), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
3D Printed Models to Benefit Babies Born with Skeletal Condition
Mechanical Engineering students are impacting the field of healthcare with newly designed 3D-printed models that may help babies with hip dysplasia, a condition where the hip socket…
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