Embry-Riddle Team Receives Federal Grant to Train First Responders in Drone Operations for Disaster Response
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to participate in an effort to train first responders to more…
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Embry-Riddle Student Team Creates a Life-Saving Aircraft for Emergency Response
When Giol Vinyals i Roca was a child growing up in Catalonia, his parents gave him a remote-controlled toy helicopter with a red cross on it. The challenge of figuring out how it worked…
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Embry-Riddle Team Contributes to Design of NASA Rotorcraft Destined for Saturn’s Moon Titan
Research at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will help design the aerodynamics of a rotorcraft that will land on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, as part of NASA’s Dragonfly…
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Embry-Riddle Team to Lead $6.7 Million NASA Project to Advance Safety of Next-Generation Air Mobility
NASA has selected Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to lead a $6.7 million research project that aims to equip advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft with the capability to respond…
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Aviation Week Op-Ed: Embry-Riddle President Addresses Air Safety in Age of Drones
In his latest Aviation Week essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., explores how researchers, including faculty members at Embry-Riddle, are investigating…
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Eagle Team Brings Home Multiple Awards From Maritime RobotX Challenge
Adam Lachguar, an Embry-Riddle senior in Electrical Engineering who first participated in the Maritime RobotX Challenge as a freshman, said being involved in the international robotic…
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Charting a Data Flightpath for Uncrewed Aerial Systems: Eagle Researchers Receive Nearly $4 Million From Two FAA Funding Streams to Track and Integrate Nationwide Drone Activity
From firefighters and law enforcement to inspectors and environmentalists, safety professionals use uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) — or drones — to provide important visuals…
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‘Game-Changer’: Drones Can Reduce Wildlife Strikes at Airports, According to Award-Winning Eagle Research
To avoid dangerous and costly collisions between wildlife and aircraft, airport biologists are constantly monitoring nearby animal populations and attempting to reduce features that…
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Above the Flooding, High-Tech Drones Capture Storm Damage and Data
After interning and then getting hired at Censys Technologies Corporation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Matthew Davis knew the power and effectiveness of drones in disaster…
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Braving the Storm: Embry-Riddle Professor Flies Into Hurricane Milton to Conduct Research
As Florida residents braced for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Embry-Riddle meteorology researcher Dr. Josh Wadler was flying directly into the massive and powerful storm aboard a…
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Eagles Use Drones to Support STEM Education, Wildlife, Our Environment
For the past six years, Dr. Nickolas “Dan” Macchiarella has often been found at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida. A professor at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach…
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NSF-Funded Program Empowers Online Student Researchers
When she was an online undergraduate student, Nazish Chunara, an accomplished Los Angeles-based artist who explores the psychological impacts of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones,…
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Student Research Symposium Features Microbiology, AI and Innovative Design Projects
The winning projects at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Student Research Symposium explored everything from using microbiology and biologically inspired design in engineering,…
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Student Research on Drone Swarm Mapping Selected to Compete at NASA Challenge
A team of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students is conducting research using swarm microdrones that could change the way 3D mapping is done, especially in complex, hard-to-reach…
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New Method to Measure Wind Speed Could Unlock Drones’ Potential, Say Eagle Researchers
Traditionally, remotely piloted aircraft systems, or drones, have used onboard flow sensors to measure wind effects, producing in-flight metrics on which operators rely. Leveraging…
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