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Embry-Riddle student Logan Schierholz (pictured in back row, fourth from left) conducted solar research at California’s Big Bear Solar Observatory, home to one of the world’s largest solar telescopes.

NSF Research Experience Sparks Embry-Riddle Undergrad to Study Solar Flares at Big Bear Observatory
In 2024, F-35 pilot Capt. Ian Mehl (right) returned to Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, where he had once been a student and where his younger brother David was currently an Eagle. Capt. Mehl, pictured here with his brother (left), piloted one of two F-35s from Eglin Air Force Base that performed flyovers and conducted a static display, giving students an up-close look at the jets.

A Proud Tradition: Embry-Riddle Marks Decades of Supporting the Military and Shaping Future Leaders
Embry-Riddle Professor Earns Prestigious NSF Grant to Study Chaotic Motion in Space

Embry-Riddle Professor Earns Prestigious NSF Grant to Study Chaotic Motion in Space

A NASA diver tests an Embry-Riddle student team’s soft goods attachment tool as part of this summer’s NASA Micro-g NExT Competition at the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

Embry-Riddle Student Teams Test Tools in NASA’s Giant Pool

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Pioneering Global Connections: Embry-Riddle’s International Ambassador Program Transforms its Global Footprint Through Collaboration, Innovation and Academic Excellence

Five Embry-Riddle Mechanical Engineering students were chosen for nationally competitive internships conducting research at world-class U.S. Department of Energy laboratories. Here, internship recipients Olivia Wilson, Diego Prado (far right in the second and third rows, respectively) and Jacob Owen (in the blue NREL shirt with sunglasses) are pictured during a visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Five Embry-Riddle Eagles Head to National Labs to Conduct High-Tech Energy Research

Dr. Aroh Barjatya is leading Ph.D. candidate Nathan Graves and Physics Engineering seniors Skylar Wardlaw and Ian Hollander in a project that will send Langmuir probes to Mars to measure the planet's atmosphere. From left: Wardlaw, Graves, Barjatya and Hollander.

Instruments Built by Embry-Riddle Ready for Liftoff on NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars Mission

The NOAA Hurricane Hunter plane can be seen inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa in this radar tracking image. (Photo: Josh Wadler/Embry-Riddle)

Embry-Riddle Hurricane Researcher Hits Plane-Threatening Turbulence

The AURA AERO Integral R flies over Daytona Beach to mark the opening of the company’s new manufacturing site and U.S. headquarters. The new facility will produce an electric version of the Integral R and will expand later to include the manufacturing of the ERA, an electric-hybrid 19-seat ERA regional aircraft.

Electric Aircraft Pioneer AURA AERO Opens U.S. Headquarters, First Production Site at Embry-Riddle

Mechanical Engineering sophomore Gabriella Mayrend is studying policies to improve passenger vehicle safety and crash test dummy design, aiming to create anatomically representative female models to improve vehicle safety for all passengers.

Student Research at Embry-Riddle Calls for Female Crash Test Dummies in Safety Testing

Kenn and Pamela Ricci, Presdient Butler and Mori Hosseini sign an agreement.

Kenn and Pamela Ricci Family Establishes Two Endowed Chairs for Innovation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Sophomore Aerospace Engineering student Andrew Murphy was one of 32 Embry-Riddle students to earn a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) award. His research has potential lunar applications.

More Eagles Than Ever Secure University Funding for Summer Research

Dr. Rob Eicher and alumna Madison Croker review hurricane forecast graphics in Embry-Riddle’s Weather Broadcast Studio. The graphic to the left shows a new presentation of the cone of uncertainty with a brief chart listing various landfall locations and intensification potential at each.

Public Wants to Know Hurricanes' Intensification Potential, Embry-Riddle Study Shows

Top row (left to right): Dr. Eduardo Rojas, Dr. Yizhou Jiang, Dr. Sergey Drakunov, Dr. Noel Richardson and Dr. Omar Ochoa; Bottom row (left to right): Dr. Matthew Zettergren, Dr. Aroh Barjatya, Dr. Ryan Wallace and Daniel Diessner

Nine Embry-Riddle Faculty Earn 2025 ERAU Research and Innovation Awards

Drs. Sandra Boetcher and Mark Ricklick, standing in front of an aircraft turbine, received a $450,000 NSF grant to offer a student research collaboration with Brazilian colleagues on heat management of electric aircraft.

Embry-Riddle, Brazilian Researchers to Tackle Challenge of Keeping Electric Aircraft Cool