Research papers

Airline Quality Rating 2026

The Airline Quality Rating Report is a product of academic research from the previous co-authors Dr. Dean Headley and Dr. Brent Bowen. The research originated at the W.

Editor's Note: Celebrating 35 Years of Scholarly Excellence

A letter from the editor, Dr. Dahai Liu, on the JAAER's 35th anniversary.

Airline Quality Rating 2024 & 2025

The Airline Quality Rating Report is a product of academic research from the previous co-authors Dr. Dean Headley and Dr. Brent Bowen. The research originated at the W.

Guest Editors' Introduction to Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in Aviation

A Bayesian approach on investigating Helicopter Emergency Medical Fatal Accidents

This paper analyzed the likelihood of a fatality based on various factors in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and analyzing it through a Bayesian logistic regression.

A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic

This paper investigated how willing participants were to fly during COVID-19, and found that their major concerns involved fear and trust issues with airlines, information, and other people.

Examining Aviation Navigation Display Symbology in Visual Search

This paper investigated whether the design of air traffic symbols affected users speed and accuracy in identification, and which features of the symbols were most effective.

Immunological and hematological outcomes following protracted low dose/low dose rate ionizing radiation and simulated microgravity

An original research article describing the adaptation of the immune and hematological systems of mice post-simulated spaceflight exposure.

Chinese hamster V79 cells’ dependence on background ionizing radiation for optimal growth

This paper shows how high-throughput RNA sequencing can explore minute changes in gene regulation, a technique now widely used in experiments designed to predict how we will respond to life in space.

Use of Augmented Reality by Older Adults

This paper discusses how proposed AR heuristics apply to the older adult population and how these heuristics can enhance the benefits of AR technology.

Using Escape Rooms for Conducting Team Research

This paper discusses how escape rooms can be used in team research and the hurdles such as standardization, creating the room, and issues in translating performance to real-world environments.

Understanding the Coupled Dynamics of Particles and Wall Turbulence

This work focuses on understanding the coupled interactions between large and heavy solid particles, on a particle bed, and a gaseous (air) carrier phase turbulent boundary layer developing over the bed.

Understanding the Coupled Interactions Between Hair-Like Micromechanoreceptors and Wall Turbulence

This research focuses on understanding the interactions between turbulent flows and long (high aspect ratio), flexible hair-like microstructures or micropillars inspired by those encountered in nature.

Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE)

Ship airwakes are the unsteady turbulent flows that are generated by the earths atmospheric boundary layer (the wind colloquially) blowing over a ship.

Langrangian Wind Tunnel

Embry-Riddle is supporting industry (i.e. Global Aerospace Corp.) in the development of a novel hypersonic wind tunnel by using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics.

Self-Sustained Flow-Acoustic Interactions in Airfoil Transitional Boundary Layers

This work carries out collaborative theoretical, experimental and numerical investigations of flow-acoustic resonant interactions in transitional airfoils which are responsible for sudden appearance of prominent acoustic…

Synthetic Jet-Based Robust MAV Flight Controller

This project conducts theoretical and high-fidelity numerical analyses of UAV robust flight controller employing synthetic-jet actuators (SJAs).

Wake Vortex Safety Analysis in the Context of UAS Integration in the NAS

This project is a collaboration with several research organizations under the supervision of FAA. The focus of the current research efforts is on developing and employing variable-fidelity prediction approaches to examin…

Jet-Airframe Interactions for Noise Suppression

The Embry-Riddle team developed a passive noise suppression technology utilizing the interactions of the airframe with the jet plume. In this technology, the flat surface of the airframe adjacent to the jet plume is modi…

Fundamental Experimental and Numerical Combustion Study of H2 Containing Fuels for Gas Turbines

This project is a University Turbine Systems research grant funded by the Department of Energy. In collaboration with the University of Central Florida, Purdue University and the University of New Mexico, Embry-Riddle wi…

Human Factors Awareness Training for FAA Aviation Safety Specialists Within Aircraft Certification and FAA Flight Standards

In this project, which is funded by the FAA, Embry-Riddle and Kent University will develop training for individuals within the FAA’s Aviation Safety Flight Standards Service who have expertise and job responsibilities re…

Modeling Plume Afterburning Shutdown With a Double-Conditioned CMC

This is an Army Sequential Phase II STTR program in collaboration with Reaction Systems Inc., University of Central Florida and Propulsion Systems Inc.

Investigation of Bio-Inspired Cylinders for Enhanced Heat Transfer

This project investigates a novel cylinder design inspired from the Harbor Seal whisker, with the goal of reducing coolant pumping power requirements while maintaining heat transfer rates in pin-fin arrays.

Mixing of a Supercritical Jet in a Supercritical Cross-Flow

This project is focused on the exploration and validation of numerical modeling techniques, for the simulation of supercritical jets in cross-flow.

Vision and Wireless-based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION)

In this project, which is a SpaceWERX Phase I STTR program with Orbital Prime, we are developing algorithms to increase autonomy of OSAM applications.

A Machine Learning Based Transfer to Predict Warhead In-Flight Behavior from Static Arena Test Data

Warhead fragmentation predictions are based on either numerical simulations or static arena tests where detonations occur in unrealistic conditions (not flying).

Novel Space Science Test via Adaptive Control and Integral Concurrent Learning Leveraging On-Orbit CubeSat Structural Identification

The objective of this work is to create the basic science underpinning the structural testing and evaluation framework and control for deployable large spacecraft.

GNC Efforts in Support of the University of Florida's Research for the NASA Instrument Incubator

The following tasks will be performed by 1 PhD student and Dr. Bevilacqua (PI at ERAU), in support of the University of Florida’s proposal for the NASA’s Instrument Incubator Program (IIP): Year 1: Drag-compensation and …

CubeSats Hosting Flexible Appendages for On-Orbit Testing of Advanced Control Algorithms

The objective of this work is to start the assembly of a CubeSat hosting specialized flexible appendages, taking inspiration from a previously designed spacecraft developed by the Advanced Autonomous Multiple Spacecraft …

Reconfigurable Guidance and Control Systems for Emerging On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) Space Vehicles

Dynamic response to emergent situations is a necessity in the on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (OSAM) field, because traditional on-orbit guidance and control (G&C) cannot respond efficiently and effective…

Demonstration of an Electrostatic Dust Shield on the Lunar Surface

This project, which is funded by NASA Kennedy Space Center, will demonstrate the capability of an electrostatic dust shield, developed by NASA/KSC engineers, to remove dust from the lens of a camera after impact on the l…

Hazard Detection and Avoidance for Lunar Landing

This project, funded by Intuitive Machines, develops and demonstrates algorithms for detecting and avoiding areas of large rocks and high slopes for a lunar lander.

Improved Image Processing for Orbit Estimation

This project, funded by Air Force Research Laboratory, seeks to improve orbit estimation methods using advanced image processing techniques applied to images from ground and space-based telescopes.

Mitigating GPS and ADS-B Risks for UAS

This project is funded under the FAA ASSURE program. Unvalidated or unavailable GPS and “ADS-B In” data poses security and safety risks to automated UAS navigation and to Detect and Avoid operations.

Shielded UAS Operations Detect and Avoid

This project is funded under the FAA ASSURE program. Certain small UAS (sUAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, such as structural inspection, may be in close proximity to structures that are collision haza…

Development of an SE(3)-Based Rigid Body Pose Estimation Scheme for Unknown Moments of Inertia in a Spacecraft

This research project will continue the development of an special Euclidean (SE(3))- based rigid body pose estimation scheme for unknown moments of inertia in a spacecraft from the successful implementation of a Phase I …

Flexible Body Control Using Fiber Optic Sensors, Florida Space Grant Consortium

This project would build on previous research that developed the dynamics formulation and control of a rigid-flexible system. A cantilevered beam attached to a rotating central body is considered and analyzed through the…

Investigate Detect and Avoid Track Classification and Filtering

In this project, which is funded by the FAA ASSURE program, the research team consisting of The Ohio State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Mississippi State University, University of North Dakota and Ca…

Integrated Structural Health Sensors for Inflatable Space Habitats

Under this research project we will develop an innovative structural health monitoring system for inflatable space habitat structures by integrating nanocomposite piezoresistive sensors Inflatable structures for space ha…

Behavior of Super Alloys Subjected to Fatigue Loads Under High Temperature

This study is evaluating what initial conditions can activate cubic slip planes, then the level of accommodation and strain homogenization within the grain, and how a given initial condition affects the material behavior…

Bird Strike: The Effect of the Leading-Edge Radius on the behavior of the Bird Upon Impact

This project is in partnership with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation under MMSE program. Birds pose a major threat to aviation. Bird impact can lead to significant damage of the aircraft and can be sometimes catastrophic…

Influence of Cold Expansion and Aggressive Environment on Crack Growth in Aluminum Alloy

This research aims to establish the effect of hole cold expansion on fatigue life of pre-cracked material under aggressive environment.

REU Site: Exploring Aerospace Research at the Intersection of Mechanics, Materials Science and Aerospace Physiology

This Project is founded by National Science Foundation, under REU site. This project aims to educate students and promote scientific research in materials and aerospace science that encompasses not only building lighter …

Seaplane Design Analysis: Focus on Structure Factor Optimization

In this work, a design optimization is being investigated considering possible hydrodynamic and structural advantages aiming to reduce the structure weight factor, with a trade-off between fluid dynamics and structural a…

A Data Analytics Framework for the Application of Pedestrian Dynamics to Public Health

The central hypothesis of this NIH funded project is that combining location-based service (LBS) data with pedestrian dynamics modeling can uncover movement patterns of people in complex situations with many public healt…

Nanoscale Design of Interfacial Kinematics in Composite Manufacturing

This NSF-funded research will elucidate the role of interfacial kinematics and energetics in the evolution of inter-ply interfaces in composite structures during manufacturing.

Software Infrastructure For Analysis of Infection Propagation Through Air Travel

This NSF funded project seeks to develop a novel software that will provide a variety of pedestrian dynamics models, infection spread models, as well as data so that scientists can analyze the effect of different mechani…

Airline Quality Rating 2023

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.

The Necessity of Global Standardization Guidelines for Space Travel

This study explored the interest in global standardization guidelines for space travel. Due to the lack of accepted minimum international standards and commercialized space travel guidelines, there is a need to explore t…

Gender Diversity In Aviation: What Is It Like To Be In The Female Minority?

This qualitative phenomenological study sought to explain what it is like to be a gender minority in the aviation industry to bring awareness of the personal experiences lived by women in aviation to identify if the expe…