Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University ( ERAU ) is a private university system that offers undergraduate, undergraduate, masters and PhD programs in the arts and sciences, aviation, business, engineering, computer programming , cyber security and security and intelligence. It is the largest, fully accredited university system specializing in aviation and aerospace, and has campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona, and other locations.
Video Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
History
On December 17, 1925 Talton Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle founded the Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the spring of 1926, the company opened the Embry-Riddle Flight School. After merging with Aviation Corporation (AVCO), the Embry-Riddle aviation school closed in 1930.
In 1939, Riddle, John Graham McKay, and his wife Isabel set up a school in Miami, Florida. Maintaining the name, they partnered with the University of Miami to provide flight training under the Civil Pilot Training Program, increasing the number of pilots immediately before World War II. After a rapid expansion, the school moved to the former Fritz Hotel.
Preventing the closure of the recently announced Tamiami Airport named Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute was conducting its flight operations, the school was transferred to Daytona Beach in April 1965. Embry-Riddle was awarded university status in 1968 and renamed to the name of the day in 1970 Embry-Riddle started its worldwide program in the same year and opened its second residential campus in Prescott, Arizona, in 1978.
Although it started as a regional school for aircraft pilots and mechanics, the university enrolled nearly 32,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Maps Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Certification
The university is accredited as a VI-level institution by the Association of Colleges and South Schools to grant degrees at associate, bachelor, master and doctoral levels. University programs in aviation maintenance, air traffic management, applied meteorology, aviation, aerospace and occupational safety, aviation operations, and airport management are accredited by the International Aviation Accreditation Board (AABI). The undergraduate and masters programs in business are accredited by the Association of Business Schools and Collegiate Programs (ACBSP). All engineering programs are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)
Programs in aeronautics, air traffic management, applied meteorology, and aerospace studies are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In July 2014, the university also became the first FAA-approved training provider for student airline certification.
The Embry-Riddle Athletic Administration announced in July 2014 is accepted in the NCAA Division II membership process. The transition to full membership of NCAA Division II was completed in July 2017.
Daytona Beach, Florida campus
The oldest housing campus is Embry-Riddle (185-acre (0.75 km 2 )) and its academic headquarters have been in Daytona Beach, Florida since moving from Miami in 1965. Built adjacent to Daytona International Airport Beach, the campus is connected to the university's plane for flight training. The main campus consists of a flight complex, academic quadrant and dormitory around the student center and Jack R. Hunt Aviator Park. The campus has seven dormitories and one off-campus housing complex. Athletic facilities, Brigadier General William W. Spruance ROTC Center and ICI Center are at the eastern end of campus.
The university's eastern campus serves approximately 5,700 students and 600 graduate students from over 100 countries. All the first year students live on campus with students, junior, and seniors. 47 majors are currently offered at this location. The engineering physics program on the Daytona Beach campus is currently the largest undergraduate engineering physics program in the country and the only one that specializes in the aerospace field.
The Daytona Beach campus has a fleet of 42 Cessna Skyhawks, 6 Piper Arrows, 10 Diamond DA42 IV, and Super Decathlon. Two ERAU Flying Club teams (2) Cessna 172s and two Cessna 150 from the Eagle Flight Team were also parked on a hill. A total of 67 aircraft in its fleet is the second in the country just behind the total fleet fleet of John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota, more than 100 aircraft.
Daytona Beach Campus Embry-Riddle has one of the most extensive Trainer Training (ROTC) courses in the United States and the country's largest Air Force ROTC program. The ROTC program often won national competitions.
Prescott, Arizona Campus
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott opened in 1978. The University Campus in Prescott, Arizona is 100 miles north of Phoenix. The high desert climate offers nearly 300 days of sunshine each year. The campus has approximately 2,000 students enrolled and includes 539 acres of western terrain.
Flight training center is near Ernest A. Love Field. Facilities at the Prescott Campus include Aerospace Experiments and Building Fabrication, a wind tunnel lab with one supersonic and four subsonic wind tunnels, a flight safety center with accident investigation laboratories, a library, a 48,000 square foot academic complex, central engineering and technology, a chapel, a dining room, student union, and residence hall. The Prescott Campus has four academic academies and offers 19 undergraduate and two masters degrees, as well as educational programs for youth, students and working professionals.
Prescott Campus offers the only Global Security and Intelligence Studies program in the US.
The First Year Experience program is designed to help students transition to college at the academic, social, and educational levels. Students in FYE housing are grouped together by major, when possible, and stay with specially trained staff to deal with the first year's transition problems. All first-year students under 21 years, without a permanent residency in Yavapai County and with less than 28 credit hours received, are required to stay in the University housing for their first academic year. All FYE students live in the Mingus Mountain Complex and are asked to participate in the Eating Services meal program.
Two Air Force ROTC detachments Embry-Riddle forms the largest source of Air Force commissioning in the United States. AFROTC Embry-Riddle detachment also generates more assigned officers, more pilots and other officers rated for the Air Force than any other agency in the country except the Air Force Academy. Army ROTC also operates a large detachment on the Prescott Campus.
The Prescott campus is home to the Golden Eagles Flight Team, which competes at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association. Eagles Prescott's Gold Team has won regional championships every year for the last 31 years, and the team also won the National Champion twelve times in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018. With their twelve national victories, the team has also been inducted into San Diego Air & amp; Hall of Fame from the Space Museum.
Worldwide campus
Embry-Riddle serves over 22,000 students online and at 130 campuses, over 90 on military bases and the option to take online courses. It offers 40 degree programs covering many areas in aviation, business, communications, computers, emergency services, engineering, human factors, management, safety, security, logistics, and unmanned systems. Classes are offered online, through video to the classroom or home, or face-to-face.
The Embry-Riddle Worldwide campus was founded in 1970 and serves as a network of over 130 learning sites, including military bases. Embry-Riddle Worldwide also provides a virtual "online campus". US News & amp; World Report rated the # 1 Best Embry-Riddle of nearly 300 Online Undergraduate Courses in 2016. Facilities with flight function are available for students who can not attend the housing campus. Courses offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels (as well as the certificate and non-degree), including the rare Master of Business Administration at Aviation (MBA-A), ranked # 74 Best Online MBA Program (out of about 250) by 2015.
Professional program
ERAU organizes a variety of short courses that focus on aviation. All courses are offered in classes taught by industry experts. These courses - from Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Aircraft Accident Investigation and Management - are tailored for professionals involved in the operations, management, and monitoring of aviation organizations. Campus Worldwide offers courses either online, video, or face-to-face globally and is led by Gary Burke, Director of Professional Education Officer for Worldwide campus.
The Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus is home to the Robertson Safety Institute (RSI); center for research, development, short courses, and corporate outreach in safety education. The campus has resources including Robertson Crash Lab, Aviation Safety and Security Archives and direct access to advanced engineering, scientific and forensic resources.
Collaboration with SUSS
The University works closely with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) at SUSS's Bachelor of Science at Aviation Maintenance and the Bachelor of Science at Aviation Business Administration.
Research
Daytona Beach
Although deeply rooted in aviation, research at Daytona Beach Campus at Embry-Riddle has been expanded to cover a wide variety of areas, including engineering, cyberspace and homeland security, human factors, modeling and simulation, and business. The same technology and faculty expertise have been developed and applied to aerospace and aviation related research, they now apply directly to other areas - space systems, high performance vehicles, unmanned and autonomous systems, robotics, alternative and sustainable energy, human medical factors, surgery commercial space and more.
The University is expanding its partnership with the industry in developing the Aerospace Research and Technology Park adjacent to the Daytona Beach campus. Supported by a new research and laboratory center, the park will not only foster research growth on campus, but will also provide the ideal setting for cross-fertilization and innovation between campus and partners. Embry-Riddle also manages the FAA NextGen Florida Test Bed, where technology is being developed that will support the growing need for air transportation. Research will contribute to reducing fuel consumption and associated emissions, raising situational awareness for pilots, and providing more secure and more efficient passenger services.
In 2017, Embry-Riddle partnered with the non-profit Orlando, FireSpring Fund, to help five startups in their research and manufacturing processes. FireSpring rewards every $ 25,000 startup and Embry-Riddle offers every entrepreneurial support, initial funding, guidance, and home base at a new university research park. Startup is: Embedded Control Design LLC, Myers Devices LLC, Censys Technologies Corporation, Weintraus LLC, and Sensatek Propulsion Technology Inc. They conduct research and design in the areas of: gas turbine stability, unmanned aircraft data processing and communications, medical safety devices and spacecraft transport.
Prescott
At Campus Prescott, a total of $ 60,000 E-Prize Grants (E-Prize) is available annually for student teams participating in design competitions or research colleges or national or international. The participating teams in high seats, having diverse memberships and demonstrating the likelihood of great success with clear methodologies and clear business plans are likely to receive funding.
Ignite Grants, part of the Embry-Riddle Quality Improvement Plan, is available up to $ 48,000 per year for students wishing to participate in research and innovation under the mentor of faculty.
Athletics
The Administration announced in July 2014 that Embry-Riddle had been accepted into the membership process of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. Embry-Riddle started an athletic competition at Daytona Beach Campus in 1988 and has since turned into a highly successful program sponsoring 17 inter-college sports teams, as well as coed cheerleading. Embry-Riddle team stretches across baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country men and women, men and women's golf, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball ball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's tracks and courts (indoor/outdoor), and women's volleyball.
The Prescott Campus competes in nine sports: Cross Country Men, Female Country Cross, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Women's Fastball Pitch, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling and Basketball (Starting 2015).
In June, the Athletics program at Daytona Beach Campus won the Sun Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 15th consecutive year.
Facilities
On the Prescott Campus, the athletic area takes the western part of the campus and includes a gym, gymnasium, soccer field and sports track, and recreation field. In the north an outdoor swimming pool and a field for badminton, tennis, and sand volleyball. Built in 2011, the 3,465 square foot fitness center is home to weight rooms and a new cardio room with flat-screen TVs, iPod/MP3-ready exercise machines, aerobics and classrooms.
The Athletic Center has also recently been renovated with a Fitness Center and a new dressing room. The renovation, planned to be completed by June 2015, is a $ 4.2M project that includes new basketball courts and benches, new coach facilities, offices and more. The Daytona campus has an intercontinental softball field; quarter-mile tracks approved by the NCAA; an inter-university soccer stadium; an inter-college baseball field; and nine bright and hard tennis courts with an electronic scoreboard.
Ratings
The Aeronautics University Embry-Riddle is ranked by US. News & amp; World Report in several categories for 2018:
South Regional University - Tie - 12th Hotels Best College for Veterans - 7
Best Engineering Program (In the school with the highest degree is doctorate) - Tie - 82 The Best Graduate School of Engineering - Necktie - 111th
Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical (In schools with the highest doctorates) - Tie - 13
The Best Online Bachelor Degree Program - 2nd
Best Online MBA Program - Necktie - 108th Best Online Graduate Business Program (Excluding MBA) - Ties - 67th
In May 2014, US News & amp; World Report rated Embry-Riddle Worldwide as one of the top online educators for veterans.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University is also ranked by Forbes' list of America's Top Colleges for 2018:
Top Colleges: 294
Private Colleges: 205
Grateful Grads: 361
Forbes Financial Grade: B
Higher Education Americas Best Value: 272
Alumni
References
Further reading
- Glassman, Steve (1989). "Riddle's wild blue yonder: His flight crew prepares US and British air crews for global war" (PDF) . South Florida History Magazine (3). pp.Ã, 5-11, 24 - via HistoryMiami.
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments