Embry-Riddle Professor Leads $7.2 Million Space Weather Research Project
Severe weather, such as hurricanes and thunderstorms, can send atmospheric waves blasting upward, where they roil and ripple a layer of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere. These…
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Two Aviation Cybersecurity Leaders Honored at Embry-Riddle Symposium
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has honored Siobvan Nyikos and Marty Reynolds for their achievements in strengthening cyber resilience in the aviation and aerospace sectors.
Nyikos…
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Florida Legislature Recognizes Embry-Riddle for 100 Years of Aviation and Aerospace Excellence
Legislators in Tallahassee have honored Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Centennial by adopting a resolution recognizing the university’s outstanding contributions…
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Embry-Riddle Undergrad Publishes Research on How Stars Shed Their Disks
Before she even finishes her undergraduate degree — a semester ahead of schedule — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Astronomy student Sola Nova has led a research project…
Embry-Riddle’s Record Four NSF Graduate Research Fellows Continue to Find Success
Four Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates selected in the last round of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships are thriving in graduate school…
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Embry-Riddle Researchers Collaborate on NASA’s Northern Lights Rocket Launch
A NASA dual-rocket launch scheduled this month will explore the northern lights, whose sky-spanning colors have recently made a stunningly extensive appearance. Researchers from Embry-Riddle…
Embry-Riddle Student Team Earns First Place in Capture-the-Satellite Competition
A team of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students has taken the top spot in a national, months-long capture-the-satellite competition, a game that teaches how to control a spacecraft…
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Six Embry-Riddle Students Honored in Aviation Week’s Prestigious 20 Twenties List
A record six Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students have been named to the Aviation Week Network 20 Twenties Class of 2026, which recognizes outstanding aerospace-focused university…
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Cleaning Up the Final Frontier: Embry-Riddle Researchers Develop Net Mechanism to Catch Space Debris
With damaging strikes by accumulating space debris a serious threat to space missions and exploration, Embry-Riddle researchers are developing a mechanism that can snag the debris with…
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Embry-Riddle Alumnus Jared Isaacman Brings Space, Aviation Expertise as Next Head of NASA
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumnus Jared Isaacman — an entrepreneur, pilot and commercial astronaut — has been confirmed as NASA’s 15th administrator.
Isaacman,…
Embry-Riddle Research Team Publishes Variation on Theory of Relativity
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have developed a possible alternative to Einstein’s general theory of relativity as it relates to black holes, joining a movement…
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Embry-Riddle Sees Record Student Participation at Fall 2025 Research Symposium
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University set a record for student research engagement at the Fall 2025 Student Research Symposium, which featured more than 240 posters and 600 student presenters…
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Beet Juice and Breath Training: Embry-Riddle Researchers Investigate Ways to Improve Breathing Efficiency in Patients, Pilots
Embry-Riddle researchers are conducting a clinical trial on two promising non-invasive methods to improve the exercise capacity of people with impaired breathing due to disease or because,…
Embry‑Riddle Students Help Sharpen Humanity’s 'Cosmic Hearing' Through Supermirror Research
Undergraduates at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are helping to improve mirrors that could allow scientists to listen for fainter, more distant cosmic collisions — such…
NSF Research Experience Sparks Embry-Riddle Undergrad to Study Solar Flares at Big Bear Observatory
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Logan Schierholz was thrilled when he found out he was selected for a paid research internship studying space weather at the New Jersey…
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