CAPACG and AvConnect have completed the first-ever detailed analysis of Garmin G1000 flight data for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). The study is associated with an FAA-funded research project — the General Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing Research Project — through the Center for General Aviation Research. The ultimate goal is to improve the safety […]
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New chair of aerospace engineering Named at Embry-Riddle
As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University prepares to offer its first Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering, the school has appointed Anastasios (Tasos) Lyrintzis as professor and chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Daytona Beach campus, starting spring semester 2012. Lyrintzis comes to Embry-Riddle from Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he was a […]
Embry-Riddle joins research consortium
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has joined Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of 99 Ph.D.-granting research institutions that advance science and education by partnering with national laboratories, government agencies, and private industry. In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 139 Embry-Riddle faculty members were engaged in 180 sponsored projects, with the three research areas of NextGen, Green […]
Sign ups begin for summer academy
Sign ups have begun for the Summer Academy operated by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at its Daytona Beach campus. The Summer Academy offers several camps, some of which may be taken for college credit, including Aerospace I, Aerospace II, Aviation Career Exploration, Aviation Discovery for Women, Flight Exploration, Aviation Voyage, Generations, and SunFlight. The Summer Academy […]
Extreme training at 30,000 feet
Caroline Brozovich’s fingers and lips have turned blue-grey, her movements are sluggish, and her eyes half-shut, as though she’s peering through a fog. The oxygen around her is now as thin as the air at 30,000 feet, the cruising altitude for jet aircraft. If Brozovich were piloting an airliner, she and her passengers would be […]
Flight training device using virtual air traffic voice commands to debut
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Frasca International will unveil the first integrated flight training device (FTD) with virtual air traffic control commands designed to give student pilots more realistic training. Designed specifically for general aviation pilot training, the product called SAFTE (Synthetic Automated Flight Training Environment) with Virtual Air Traffic (VAT) will make its debut at […]
Mentoring program for female engineering students debuts
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has begun a peer mentoring program to help young women aspiring to become engineers transition from high school through the first year of college. The program, called FIRST (Female Initiatives: Reaching Success Together), is funded by a grant from Boeing. It provides tutoring in math and physics, special activities, and mentoring to […]
National Training Aircraft Symposium slated
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will convene the 2009 National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS 2009) March 16-19 on its Daytona Beach campus. The theme of the annual event is “Preparing Students for the Future: Safety Management Systems and NextGen Performance-based Operations.” The first day of the symposium will show exhibits by manufacturers of training airplanes, flight training […]
New book chronicles Embry-Riddle’s role in WWII flight training
In a new book, “Embry-Riddle at War: Aviation Training During WWII,” Dr. Stephen Craft tells the story of the Embry-Riddle Co., a small Miami-based operation established in 1939 by pilot and businessman John Paul Riddle that developed into one of the nation’s largest aviation training centers for the U.S. military, its allies, and civilians. In […]