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Embry-Riddle XDLab Team wins third annual capture-the-satellite competition at AIAA SciTech Forum 2026. (Photo: Courtesy of Aerospace America/David Becker))

Embry-Riddle Student Team Earns First Place in Capture-the-Satellite Competition
Brazilian Air Force air traffic controller Brad Marim (far left, first row) was one of the five students chosen from his English for Air Traffic Controllers course to visit the Daytona Beach Campus for two weeks in November 2024.

Brazilian Air Traffic Controllers Build English Skills, Connections Through Embry-Riddle Conversation Partner Program

Sagar Sarkar, a Ph.D. student studying Mechanical Engineering, tinkers with MiniMinion, which was built by Embry-Riddle students to compete at the 2025 RoboBoat competition in Sarasota, Florida.

Embry-Riddle Faculty Awarded Office of Naval Research Grant to Develop Autonomous Boat Curricula

Safety Science graduate Elizabeth Okine collaborated with Embry-Riddle faculty members Dr. Esmaeil Zarei and Professor Brian Roggow on a published research paper analyzing nearly a century of aviation safety and human factors research.

Embry-Riddle Study Finds Out What Aviation Has Learned From 100 Years of Data Collection, Research on Safety

Jacob Pritchard, the first Worldwide Campus student to earn a Research Scholar transcript notation, stands before a vintage Embry-Riddle plane.

First Embry-Riddle Worldwide Research Scholar Highlights Academic, Career Opportunities

Concorde Pilot Jean Pinet pictured early in his career in front of the aircraft (left) and more recently (right).

A Supersonic Career: A Conversation With Jean Pinet, Concorde Test Pilot

Mechanical engineering exchange student Katharina Pflüger takes a day trip to Sedona, Arizona, while undertaking studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus during her Fulbright study abroad from her home in Bremen, Germany.

Fulbright Programs Link Embry-Riddle, Germany Through Student and Staff Exchanges

Embry-Riddle students Daniella Bezuidenhout, Emanuele Bossi, Natalie Brattain, Skylar Butler, Grace Gratton, and Spoorti Nanjamma were named to the Aviation Week Network 20 Twenties Class of 2026.

Six Embry-Riddle Students Honored in Aviation Week’s Prestigious 20 Twenties List

Embry-Riddle’s Dr. Morad Nazari, graduate student Sahasra Boyapati and Dr. Daewon Kim (from right to left) display prototype components of their space debris removal system.

Cleaning Up the Final Frontier: Embry-Riddle Researchers Develop Net Mechanism to Catch Space Debris

Students walk along a shaded path outside Embry-Riddle’s Aerospace Experimentation and Fabrication Building on the Prescott Campus, surrounded by bright yellow fall foliage and afternoon sunlight.

‘One University’: Jack Hunt’s Vision Continues to Shape the Future of Embry-Riddle’s Western Campus

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Air Force ROTC Cadet Alec Bessonny is recognized as a national ROTC All-American Student of the Year.

Embry-Riddle Cadet Named Air Force ROTC All-American Student of the Year

Embry-Riddle alumni who are crew members of the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 stand in front of the plane, the last Douglas DC-8 registered in the United States.

Delivering Aid and Hope: Embry-Riddle Bids Farewell to Last U.S. DC-8

Dr. Aroh Barjatya led an Embry-Riddle and NASA team in a project to launch sounding rockets during solar eclipses. He was recently awarded NASA’s prestigious Outstanding Public Leadership Medal for his leadership of the mission.

Embry-Riddle Professor Awarded NASA's Outstanding Public Leadership Medal

Astronaut and alumnus Jared Isaacman gives the keynote address at Embry-Riddle’s Fall 2024 undergraduate commencement ceremony

Embry-Riddle Alumnus Jared Isaacman Brings Space, Aviation Expertise as Next Head of NASA

Space Physics undergraduate Dario Walter-Cardona and Dr. Quentin Bailey have worked on an alternate theory of gravity relating to black holes.

Embry-Riddle Research Team Publishes Variation on Theory of Relativity