Experts

From aviation safety, aerospace physiology and astronomy, to cybersecurity, data analytics and management, Embry-Riddle’s 2,500 subject-matter experts are preparing the next generation of aviation and aerospace leaders. The faculty members listed here have indicated their willingness to speak with journalists and respond to media queries promptly. Reporters are asked to contact the Embry-Riddle Communications Team before reaching out to faculty.

AVIATION SAFETY – Please refer to the university-wide Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety as well as the Robertson Safety Institute. Experts affiliated with these entities are also listed here.

Select a topic below to view faculty members with expertise in that area. Categories of expertise are listed in alphabetical order. For reporters who may be looking for an expert in their coverage area, we have noted the faculty member’s campus location.

Accident Investigation

Brickhouse, Anthony T.
Accident investigation; former NTSB; aviation/aerospace safety
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Cutrer, Daniel A.
Retired Coast Guard aviator; aviation safety and homeland security
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Shappell, Scott A.
Human factors specialist with focus on behavioral stressors, pilot spatial disorientation, hijackers
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Waldock, William D
Aviation safety programs; aircraft crashworthiness and survivability
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Coimbra Mendonca, Flavio Antonio
Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science; Aviation Safety; Aircraft Accident Investigation; Safety Management of Wildlife Hazards to Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Aerospace Engineering

Anderson, Carolina L.
First woman to earn a Ph.D. in aviation; recovery maneuvers in flight; alternative fuels and UAV expert
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Gudmundsson, Snorri
Aerodynamics; award-winning aircraft design
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Hayashibara, Shigeo
Computational fluid dynamics
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Henderson, Troy
Spacecraft dynamics and control
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Huayamave, Victor A.
Biomechanics, with a focus on anatomical models derived from MRI and CT scan data
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Lanning Jr., David B.
Engineering; research
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Leishman, J. Gordon
Aerospace Engineering; aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Madler, Ron
Orbital debris
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Namilae, Sirish
Particle dynamics models applied to materials; pedestrians and traffic
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Perrell, Eric Royce
Spacecraft design; jet and rocket propulsion
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Sensmeier, Mark
Aerospace Engineering Department chair; space race
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Traub, Lance W
Aerodynamics expert; member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Gnanamanickam, Ebenezer P.
Specializes in wall turbulence; applied aerodynamics and measurement techniques
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Yeilaghi Tamijani, Ali
Topology; additive manufacturing and structural mechanics
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Bryner, Elliott B.
Commercial space; student rocket club
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Gregory, Jim
College of Engineering dean
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Aerospace Physiology

Carr, Ronald L
Former U.S. Air Force pilot of 21 years
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Divo, Eduardo A.
Bioengineering research; cardiovascular hemodynamics; biomechanics, fluid-structure interaction
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Huayamave, Victor A.
Biomechanics, with a focus on anatomical models derived from MRI and CT scan data
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Shappell, Scott A.
Human factors specialist with focus on behavioral stressors, pilot spatial disorientation, hijackers
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Westbrooks, Charles L.
Former National Guard; airline operations/navigation; pilot union issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Air Traffic Control

Lauth, Martin R.
Former FAA first line supervisor; air traffic control
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Waller, Todd
Air traffic control and the FAA’s NextGen Florida Test Bed
NextGen Test Bed 
Daytona Beach  

Perry, Jennah C.
Air traffic control operations
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

McCormick, Michael J.
Assistant Professor, Air Traffic Control
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Wilkerson, Kyle C.
FAA, Airspace, Aircraft “Near-Misses”
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

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Aircraft Design

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Gudmundsson, Snorri
Aerodynamics; award-winning aircraft design
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Airline Industry

Abdelghany, Ahmed F.
Airline operations; author of book on airline network planning, scheduling
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Bazargan, Massoud
Associate dean for research; airline operations and management
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Carr, Ronald L
Former U.S. Air Force pilot of 21 years
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Dedmon, Stephen V.
Aviation and commercial space law; member of Supreme Court Bar and Florida Bar
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Friedenzohn, Daniel
Government policies on aviation; airline passenger protections; mergers and acquisitions
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Guzhva, Vitaly S.
Airline/airport finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Halleran, Michele
Director of Diversity Initiatives; high-tech aircraft flight instruction; Women in Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Vasigh, Bijan
Airline economics and finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Waguespack Jr., Blaise P.
Marketing; regional airlines
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Westbrooks, Charles L.
Former National Guard; airline operations/navigation; pilot union issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Zahornacky, Gregory Alan
Airline crew resource management; flight scheduling
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Grant, Cary
Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science; Former U.S. Air Force pilot of over 20 years; FAA National Safety Team Representative of the Year; aviation safety; flight operations; airline industry
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Bender, Alan R.
Professor Emeritus at Worldwide; Specialty is airline and airport management; current airport commissioner
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Walton, Bob O
Associate Professor, College of Business
College of Business 
Worldwide  

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Airports

Bazargan, Massoud
Associate dean for research; airline operations and management
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Clark, Patti J
Former U.S. Air Force jet engine mechanic; commercial airport manager
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Dedmon, Stephen V.
Aviation and commercial space law; member of Supreme Court Bar and Florida Bar
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Guzhva, Vitaly S.
Airline/airport finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Vasigh, Bijan
Airline economics and finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Waguespack Jr., Blaise P.
Marketing; regional airlines
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Williams, David S.
Former U.S. Air Force pilot; regional airport executive
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Yu, Chunyan
Economics of transportation and logistics industries; supply chain infrastructure
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Azadian, Farshid
Freight transportation; logistics and global supply chain
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Bender, Alan R.
Professor Emeritus at Worldwide; Specialty is airline and airport management; current airport commissioner
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

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Astronomy

Aufdenberg, Jason P
Astronomy and astrophysics; fundamental properties of stars
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Mierkiewicz, Edwin J.
Auroral and atmospheric physics
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Oswalt, Terry D.
Chair of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

von Hippel, Ted A.
Embry-Riddle Observatory director
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Gillam, Stephen D.
Physical sciences and astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Rachford, Brian L
Astrophysics and astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

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Aviation Business

Abdelghany, Ahmed F.
Airline operations; author of book on airline network planning, scheduling
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Arnaud, Anke U.
Leadership, social responsibility and ethical management
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Bazargan, Massoud
Associate dean for research; airline operations and management
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Clark, Patti J
Former U.S. Air Force jet engine mechanic; commercial airport manager
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Ferrand, Jorge N.
Director of Advanced Programs at the FAA’s NextGen Florida Test Bed
NextGen Test Bed 
Daytona Beach  

Friedenzohn, Daniel
Government policies on aviation; airline passenger protections; mergers and acquisitions
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Guzhva, Vitaly S.
Airline/airport finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Hampton, Steven
Executive Director of the FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Longshore, John M.
Project management; operations and supply chain
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Tacker, Thomas L.
Economics chair; regulatory and privatization issues
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Vasigh, Bijan
Airline economics and finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Waguespack Jr., Blaise P.
Marketing; regional airlines
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Waller, Todd
Air traffic control and the FAA’s NextGen Florida Test Bed
NextGen Test Bed 
Daytona Beach  

Williams, Michael J.
Aviation management and safety
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Zarb, Bert
Accounting; economics and finance
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Tinoco, Janet K.
Management; marketing and operations
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Sharma, Maneesh K.
Dean of the College of Business
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Ambrose, Scott C.
Commercial airlines; professional sell
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Azadian, Farshid
Freight transportation; logistics and global supply chain
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Raghavan, Vedapuri S.
Mathematics Department chair
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Cheatham, Angela L.
Operations management; marketing; homeland security leadership
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Drape, Thomas
School of Business director; graduate and MBA chair; Air Force veteran; bilingual: English and Spanish
College of Business 
Prescott  

Gibson, Shanan
Dean of the David B. O’Maley College of Business
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Bender, Alan R.
Professor Emeritus at Worldwide; Specialty is airline and airport management; current airport commissioner
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Gibson, Phillip T
Aviation Finance and Financial Impacts to the Industry; Aviation Business; Aviation Safety and Human Factors; Aviation Regulatory Compliance
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Walton, Bob O
Associate Professor, College of Business
College of Business 
Worldwide  

Petrescu, Maria
Associate Dean of Innovation and Associate Professor of Marketing
College of Business 
Worldwide  

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Aviation Data Analytics

Johnson, Christopher
Assistant Professor of School of Graduate Studies; ​Artificial Intelligence; Unmanned Vehicle Systems; Modeling and Simulation; and Human Factors
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holder, Barbara
Associate Professor of School of Graduate Studies; ​Aviation Safety; Flight Operations; Procedures, Aviation Data Analytics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Adkins, Kevin A.
Director of the Unmanned Vehicle and Atmospheric Investigation Lab (UNVAIL), unmanned/uncrewed aircraft applications, drones, advanced air mobility, urban air mobility, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Petrescu, Maria
Associate Dean of Innovation and Associate Professor of Marketing
College of Business 
Worldwide  

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Aviation History

Craft, Stephen G.
Aviation history; aviation law; university history
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Hampton, Steven
Executive Director of the FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Macchiarella, Nickolas D.
Flight training; unmanned systems; aviation history
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Westbrooks, Charles L.
Former National Guard; airline operations/navigation; pilot union issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Murphy, Leo F.
Aviation history author, member of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) speaker’s bureau
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Aviation Law

Craft, Stephen G.
Aviation history; aviation law; university history
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Dedmon, Stephen V.
Aviation and commercial space law; member of Supreme Court Bar and Florida Bar
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Friedenzohn, Daniel
Government policies on aviation; airline passenger protections; mergers and acquisitions
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Langston, Sara M.
International law; aerospace law; bioethics; space, science and technology ethics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Aviation Maintenance

Horning, Charles E.
Fleet maintenance and education; avionics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Aviation Safety

Anderson, Carolina L.
First woman to earn a Ph.D. in aviation; recovery maneuvers in flight; alternative fuels and UAV expert
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Brickhouse, Anthony T.
Accident investigation; former NTSB; aviation/aerospace safety
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Byrnes, Kenneth P.
Flight Department chair; fleet/safety management; simulators
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Cutrer, Daniel A.
Retired Coast Guard aviator; aviation safety and homeland security
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Merkt, Juan
Safety education; flight training; human factors/psychology; international issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Shappell, Scott A.
Human factors specialist with focus on behavioral stressors, pilot spatial disorientation, hijackers
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Stolzer, Alan J
College of Aviation dean; authored two books on safety management systems
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Terwilliger, Brent A.
Unmanned systems; robotics; author of several books on UAS
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Waldock, William D
Aviation safety programs; aircraft crashworthiness and survivability
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Williams, David S.
Former U.S. Air Force pilot; regional airport executive
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Witcher, Kenneth L
Prescott Campus Interim Chancellor; Flight training; aviation safety; unmanned systems; former U.S. Air Force
None 
Prescott  

Kiernan, Kristy M.
Aviation safety; unmanned systems; law enforcement; search and rescue; Associate Director, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Coimbra Mendonca, Flavio Antonio
Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science; Aviation Safety; Aircraft Accident Investigation; Safety Management of Wildlife Hazards to Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holder, Barbara
Associate Professor of School of Graduate Studies; ​Aviation Safety; Flight Operations; Procedures, Aviation Data Analytics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Roggow, Brian J
Chair of the Department of Safety Science, College of Aviation, Prescott Campus
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Sumwalt, Robert L
Executive Director, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
College of Aviation 
UA  

McCormick, Michael J.
Assistant Professor, Air Traffic Control
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Thomas, Robert L
Flight training, instruction and simulation; laser strikes and spatial disorientation; Designated Pilot Examiner; former PBS meteorologist
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Lutte, Becky
Aviation workforce, women and underrepresented groups in aviation, aviation safety, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Grant, Cary
Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science; Former U.S. Air Force pilot of over 20 years; FAA National Safety Team Representative of the Year; aviation safety; flight operations; airline industry
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Mathews, Elizabeth
Aviation Safety, Aviation English, Language as Human Factor
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Roberts, Jennifer L.
Aviation Safety, Language/Aviation English Training
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Joslin, Robert E.
Human Factors, Certification Flight Test, Design Airworthiness Certification, Flight Test Risk Management, FAA Aircraft/Aircraft Systems Regulations and Guidance
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

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Biology

Eaton, Hillary L.
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Biology, Bioremediation, Chemistry, Forensic Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology & Molecular Genetics
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

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Civil Engineering

Brown, Jeff R.
Civil infrastructure; evaluation of composites; infrared thermography; service learning
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Computer & Software Engineering

Towhidnejad, Massood
Applied research; software engineering and testing; unmanned systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Constitutional Law

Phillips, Ann M.
Attorney with a focus on constitutional and criminal law, and on the 4th and 5th Amendments
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

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Cybersecurity

Haass, Jon C.
Security, intelligence and terrorism; research; data security
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Saquella, Alan
Instructor of Global Security and Intelligence
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Grzegorzewski, Mark G.
Nation-state cyberspace operations; irregular warfare; artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Ehrenkaufer, Tim
UAS, cybersecurity, digital forensics and public safety
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Embry-Riddle History

Ayers Jr., Frank H.
Former principal investigator for the FAA Industry Training Standards research program; former Prescott Campus chancellor; former U.S. Air Force
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Craft, Stephen G.
Aviation history; aviation law; university history
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

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Emergency Services

Chang, Ray H.
Disaster response, disaster preparedness, and fire service administration
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

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Engineering

Gregory, Jim
College of Engineering dean
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Rojas, Eduardo
Wireless systems, electronics, avionics, additive manufacturing, optical communications, hardware security, antennas, wireless sensing, space hardware
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Environment

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Currier, Patrick N.
Robotics; drones; environment; Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Grillot, Justin M.
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Murray, E.H. H.
Environmental and gender security; terrorism; genocide; nationalism
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Wadler, Joshua
Assistant Professor
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Flight Training

Anderson, Carolina L.
First woman to earn a Ph.D. in aviation; recovery maneuvers in flight; alternative fuels and UAV expert
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Ayers Jr., Frank H.
Former principal investigator for the FAA Industry Training Standards research program; former Prescott Campus chancellor; former U.S. Air Force
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Byrnes, Kenneth P.
Flight Department chair; fleet/safety management; simulators
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Carr, Ronald L
Former U.S. Air Force pilot of 21 years
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Esser, David A.
Altimeters; instrument landing systems; flight operations; flight data monitoring
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Garner, Richard B.
Flight training manager
College of Aviation 
 

Grau, Ivan J.
Chief flight Instructor
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Halleran, Michele
Director of Diversity Initiatives; high-tech aircraft flight instruction; Women in Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Lazzara, Elizabeth H.
Human factors/psychology; simulation-based training; healthcare
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Macchiarella, Nickolas D.
Flight training; unmanned systems; aviation history
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Merkt, Juan
Safety education; flight training; human factors/psychology; international issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Westbrooks, Charles L.
Former National Guard; airline operations/navigation; pilot union issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Wiggins, Michael E
Aeronautical Science chair; FAA rules for flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Witcher, Kenneth L
Prescott Campus Interim Chancellor; Flight training; aviation safety; unmanned systems; former U.S. Air Force
None 
Prescott  

Zahornacky, Gregory Alan
Airline crew resource management; flight scheduling
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Kiernan, Kristy M.
Aviation safety; unmanned systems; law enforcement; search and rescue; Associate Director, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Northrup, Parker W.
Department Chair of Flight, Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Grant, Cary
Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science; Former U.S. Air Force pilot of over 20 years; FAA National Safety Team Representative of the Year; aviation safety; flight operations; airline industry
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

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Helicopters

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Groh, Dawn
Helicopter operations
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Macchiarella, Nickolas D.
Flight training; unmanned systems; aviation history
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Human Factors/Psychology

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Doherty, Shawn M
Automation; human-computer interaction; gaming, social media and simulation technologies
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Friend, Mark A.
Aviation management; Board of Certified Safety Professionals
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Keebler, Joseph R.
Behavioral neurobiology; safety and human performance; medical systems; simulation-/game-based training
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Lazzara, Elizabeth H.
Human factors/psychology; simulation-based training; healthcare
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Merkt, Juan
Safety education; flight training; human factors/psychology; international issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Shappell, Scott A.
Human factors specialist with focus on behavioral stressors, pilot spatial disorientation, hijackers
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Westbrooks, Charles L.
Former National Guard; airline operations/navigation; pilot union issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Billings, Joel M.
Firefighter health and safety, sleep science, shift schedules, sleep-wake cycles, alerting systems’ impact on health and performance
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Frederick, Christina M.
Human motivation, psychology of sport and exercise, vitality and wellbeing, Psychology of leaders and leadership
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Moran, Kat A.
Former Trauma Epidemiologist, specializing in human factors (ergonomics, cognition, physiology), survivability, accident investigation
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Roberts, Donna
Psychology: personality, aviation psychology, addiction, media psychology, mental health and the intersection between psychology and the arts
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Irish, Andrea L.
Industrial and organizational psychology; aviation psychology; psychology of gaming; psychology of leadership; human factors; organizational law; discrimination; hiring processes and selection; crew resource management
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Crockett, Kelly
Forensic science; forensic psychology; criminal investigation
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

Gazica, Michele W.
Human factors, psychology; industrial/organizational psychology; occupational health
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

Joslin, Robert E.
Human Factors, Certification Flight Test, Design Airworthiness Certification, Flight Test Risk Management, FAA Aircraft/Aircraft Systems Regulations and Guidance
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

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Literature and Pop Culture

Higgins, David
Science fiction; science and popular culture; literary editor for Los Angeles Review of Books
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

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Mathematics

Reed, Zackery
Mathematics education (student thinking and learning)
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Hamidi-Ismert, Lara M.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

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Mechanical Engineering

Coyle, Eric
Robotics, machine learning; autonomous systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Currier, Patrick N.
Robotics; drones; environment; Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Divo, Eduardo A.
Bioengineering research; cardiovascular hemodynamics; biomechanics, fluid-structure interaction
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Sensmeier, Mark
Aerospace Engineering Department chair; space race
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Compere, Marc D
Physical systems modeling and dynamics; sensors; sustainable design
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Tang, Yan
Cognitive load theory; deliberate practice; problem solving
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Gregory, Jim
College of Engineering dean
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Meteorology

Barry, Randell J.
Hurricanes; severe weather threats
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Guinn, Thomas A.
Former U.S. Air Force; aviation meteorology and tropical storm dynamics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Milrad, Shawn M.
Applied meteorology
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Schaum, Debbie
Retired Air Force major and meteorologist
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Sinclair, Mark
Former weather forecaster and research scientist; Antarctica; climatology
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Eicher, Rob W.
Weather forecasting and broadcast communication
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Halperin, Daniel J.
Aviation weather and data analysis
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

James, Curtis N
Professor of Meteorology
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Thomas, Robert L
Flight training, instruction and simulation; laser strikes and spatial disorientation; Designated Pilot Examiner; former PBS meteorologist
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Hanamean Jr., J.R. R.
Retired USAF weather officer; meteorology; aviation weather impacts
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Wadler, Joshua
Assistant Professor
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Military/Veterans

Ayers Jr., Frank H.
Former principal investigator for the FAA Industry Training Standards research program; former Prescott Campus chancellor; former U.S. Air Force
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Balog, Clint R.
Flight test engineering, flight operations (corporate, helicopters); human factors
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Carr, Ronald L
Former U.S. Air Force pilot of 21 years
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Craft, Stephen G.
Aviation history; aviation law; university history
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Cutrer, Daniel A.
Retired Coast Guard aviator; aviation safety and homeland security
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Groh, Tyrone
Irregular warfare; military air operations, tactics, and strategy
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Guinn, Thomas A.
Former U.S. Air Force; aviation meteorology and tropical storm dynamics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Schaum, Debbie
Retired Air Force major and meteorologist
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Williams, David S.
Former U.S. Air Force pilot; regional airport executive
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Witcher, Kenneth L
Prescott Campus Interim Chancellor; Flight training; aviation safety; unmanned systems; former U.S. Air Force
None 
Prescott  

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Online Education

Ruckert, Jason M
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing
None 
UA  

Watret, John Robert
Worldwide Campus chancellor
None 
UA  

Chamberlain, Darryl
Educational Data Science; Mathematics Education; Educational Technology; Quantitative Reasoning; Learning Analytics
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Faulconer, Emily K.
Online STEM education
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

Reed, Zackery
Mathematics education (student thinking and learning)
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

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Pilot Shortage

Byrnes, Kenneth P.
Flight Department chair; fleet/safety management; simulators
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Merkt, Juan
Safety education; flight training; human factors/psychology; international issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Stolzer, Alan J
College of Aviation dean; authored two books on safety management systems
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Wiggins, Michael E
Aeronautical Science chair; FAA rules for flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Witcher, Kenneth L
Prescott Campus Interim Chancellor; Flight training; aviation safety; unmanned systems; former U.S. Air Force
None 
Prescott  

Northrup, Parker W.
Department Chair of Flight, Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

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Robotics

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Coyle, Eric
Robotics, machine learning; autonomous systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Currier, Patrick N.
Robotics; drones; environment; Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Garfield, Keith A.
Robotics’ artificial intelligence; space technology
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Stansbury, Richard S.
Unmanned systems and regulatory issues; aviation safety; robotics
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Terwilliger, Brent A.
Unmanned systems; robotics; author of several books on UAS
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Butka, Brian K.
FAA; safety-critical airborne hardware and software
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

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Security/Intelligence

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Bonner, Chris C.
Former FBI; homeland security; counter-terrorism; international issues
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Cutrer, Daniel A.
Retired Coast Guard aviator; aviation safety and homeland security
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Foley, Tom E.
Security and intelligence; active shooter events
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Groh, Tyrone
Irregular warfare; military air operations, tactics, and strategy
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Haass, Jon C.
Security, intelligence and terrorism; research; data security
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Zorri, Diane M.
Security studies; retired U.S. Air Force
College of Security and Intelligence 
Daytona Beach  

Murray, E.H. H.
Environmental and gender security; terrorism; genocide; nationalism
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Hooper, Steven R.
Counterintelligence and national security
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Saquella, Alan
Instructor of Global Security and Intelligence
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Ogbozor, Ernest
Conflict, development and peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Brodeen, Harry
National Defense, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Homeland Security, Maritime Security, Exercise Design and Simulation
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Gressang IV, Daniel S.
Retired NSA; terrorism and counter-terrorism; intelligence collection and production; intelligence analysis
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Hoban, Iuliia
International security, human security, Russia-Ukraine war, children and youth in armed conflict and peace-building settings
College of Arts and Sciences 
Worldwide  

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Space Law

Dedmon, Stephen V.
Aviation and commercial space law; member of Supreme Court Bar and Florida Bar
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Howard, Diane
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Langston, Sara M.
International law; aerospace law; bioethics; space, science and technology ethics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

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Space Physics

Barjatya, Aroh
Space technology; physics; engineering
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Mierkiewicz, Edwin J.
Auroral and atmospheric physics
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Smith, Darrel W.
Physics; space technology
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

von Hippel, Ted A.
Embry-Riddle Observatory director
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Zanolin, Michele
Physics; research; LIGO/supernova projects
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

Rachford, Brian L
Astrophysics and astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences 
Prescott  

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Space Tourism

Robert Goehlich
Adjunct Assistant Professor, creator of the world’s first Space Tourism master’s and Ph.D. courses
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

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Spaceflight Operations

Garfield, Keith A.
Robotics’ artificial intelligence; space technology
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Howard, Diane
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Llanos, Pedro J.
Satellite and spacecraft systems; space navigation; payloads and integration
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

Madler, Ron
Orbital debris
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

Perrell, Eric Royce
Spacecraft design; jet and rocket propulsion
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Seedhouse, Erik L.
Author, 20-plus books on commercial space; space technology
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Langston, Sara M.
International law; aerospace law; bioethics; space, science and technology ethics
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Laskey, Lana
Aerospace; Spaceflight Operations program coordinator
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Bryner, Elliott B.
Commercial space; student rocket club
College of Engineering 
Prescott  

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STEM

Anderson, Carolina L.
First woman to earn a Ph.D. in aviation; recovery maneuvers in flight; alternative fuels and UAV expert
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Blomstrom, Sally
STEM literacy and service-learning
College of Arts and Sciences 
Daytona Beach  

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Supply Chain Management

Longshore, John M.
Project management; operations and supply chain
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Yu, Chunyan
Economics of transportation and logistics industries; supply chain infrastructure
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Azadian, Farshid
Freight transportation; logistics and global supply chain
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Cheatham, Angela L.
Operations management; marketing; homeland security leadership
College of Business 
Daytona Beach  

Drape, Thomas
School of Business director; graduate and MBA chair; Air Force veteran; bilingual: English and Spanish
College of Business 
Prescott  

Walton, Bob O
Associate Professor, College of Business
College of Business 
Worldwide  

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Uncrewed Aerial Systems/Drones

Anderson, Richard P.
Eagle Flight Research Center director; urban air mobility; hybrid-electric propulsion systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Cerreta, Joe S.
Former Department of Defense UAS expert; government and robotics
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Currier, Patrick N.
Robotics; drones; environment; Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Galante, Anthony T.
Daytona Beach Police sUAS Division director; SWAT tactics; hostage rescue
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Groh, Tyrone
Irregular warfare; military air operations, tactics, and strategy
College of Security and Intelligence 
Prescott  

Holt, Timothy B.
Flight training; pilot shortage
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Macchiarella, Nickolas D.
Flight training; unmanned systems; aviation history
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Robbins, John Michael
UAS robotics, engineering and safety
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Stansbury, Richard S.
Unmanned systems and regulatory issues; aviation safety; robotics
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Terwilliger, Brent A.
Unmanned systems; robotics; author of several books on UAS
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Towhidnejad, Massood
Applied research; software engineering and testing; unmanned systems
College of Engineering 
Daytona Beach  

Witcher, Kenneth L
Prescott Campus Interim Chancellor; Flight training; aviation safety; unmanned systems; former U.S. Air Force
None 
Prescott  

Wren, Dennis A.
Retired U.S. Air Force colonel; Air National Guard; drones
College of Aviation 
Prescott  

Kiernan, Kristy M.
Aviation safety; unmanned systems; law enforcement; search and rescue; Associate Director, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Wallace, Ryan J
Unmanned systems security, mapping and research
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Thirtyacre, David L
Unmanned systems performance, robotics and safety
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Adkins, Kevin A.
Director of the Unmanned Vehicle and Atmospheric Investigation Lab (UNVAIL), unmanned/uncrewed aircraft applications, drones, advanced air mobility, urban air mobility, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Ehrenkaufer, Tim
UAS, cybersecurity, digital forensics and public safety
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Wadler, Joshua
Assistant Professor
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Sherman, Patrick J.
Assistant Professor of the Practice, author, certified thermographer, private pilot
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

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Women in Aviation

Anderson, Carolina L.
First woman to earn a Ph.D. in aviation; recovery maneuvers in flight; alternative fuels and UAV expert
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Halleran, Michele
Director of Diversity Initiatives; high-tech aircraft flight instruction; Women in Aviation
College of Aviation 
Daytona Beach  

Kiernan, Kristy M.
Aviation safety; unmanned systems; law enforcement; search and rescue; Associate Director, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

Lutte, Becky
Aviation workforce, women and underrepresented groups in aviation, aviation safety, Boeing Center for Aviation & Aerospace Safety
College of Aviation 
Worldwide  

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Media Contacts

Sarah Barczyk
Vice President, Communications
barczyks@erau.edu
386-226-4811

Seth Robbins
Executive Director of Media Communications, Administration & Planning
robbins1@erau.edu
386-241-6060

Keaton Ziem
Senior Communications Officer, Prescott Campus
ziemk@erau.edu
928-777-6633

Melanie Azam
Senior Communications Officer, Daytona Beach Campus
azamm@erau.edu
386-323-5092