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Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • PI Shigeo Hayashibara

  • Shigeo Hayashibara is a founder of ERAU Advanced Computer Simulation Laboratory (ACSL) at Undergraduate Research Institute (URI) at the Hazy library (room 119). Currently multiple student research projects are ongoing with industrial partnership (Boeing, Intelligent Light, and Pointwise) in CFD analysis on aerospace vehicles and energy systems.
CONVECT (CONvection and water Vapor Exchange in Complex Terrain)
  • PI Curtis James

    CO-I Ronny Schroeder

  • CONVECT is a major meteorological field research project being proposed for June-August 2027 in north-central Arizona. The project is aimed at improving our understanding and ability to predict the convective development, propagation and intensification of thunderstorms during the North American Monsoon (NAM).

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Dynamical Systems
  • PI Romeo Thomas

  • Specific interests include topological entropy and shadowing properties. My field of interest is “Smooth Dynamical Systems” (Phenomenon that changes with time). In order to study the “Dynamical Systems” we need to study the "Topological Entropy" and "Shadowing Properties". 

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Evaluating the Detection of Emotional Responses
  • PI Andri Gretarsson

  • The objective of this two-group, quasi-experimental pretest-posttest research study is to determine whether changes in thermal heat readings around the periorbital region of the eyes can be accurately detected during stressful conditions using a specially designed set of eye glasses imbedded with thermal detectors.
Exotic Propulsion
  • PI Darrel Smith

  • Exotic propulsion has captured the interest of many Embry-Riddle students. As NASA plans its manned mission to Mars, we come face-to-face with a fundamental dilemma — a round trip to Mars will take almost three years with traditional chemical rockets!

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Graphics Tools for Meteorology Research and Education
  • PI Mark Sinclair

  • A software package called MADS (Meteorological Analysis and Diagnostic Software) is being developed to provide gridded data (both archived and real-time) and graphical software to produce maps, cross-sections, vertical profiles, time series graphs and statistical (climatological) displays of a large number of basic and derived quantities.
Gravitation
  • PI Quentin Bailey

    CO-I Andri Gretarsson

    CO-I Brennan Hughey

    CO-I Michele Zanolin

    CO-I Preston Jones

  • Einstein’s theory of General Relativity offers a remarkable description of gravity as curved space and time. Many of the consequences of this theory have been confirmed, and some are used daily, such as the gravitational redshift effect on GPS satellite atomic clocks. In 2015, the first observation of a gravitational wave from two inspiraling black holes occurred using the gravitational wave observatories as part of the worldwide LIGO-VIRGO collaboration. This discovery won the Nobel prize, and the observations of these events have continued, including a multi-messenger event of two colliding neutron stars.

Gravitational Physics and Cosmology
  • PI Quentin Bailey

    CO-I Andri Gretarsson

    CO-I Michele Zanolin

    CO-I Brennan Hughey

  • To date, Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is the best current fundamental theory of gravity. This fascinating theory describes gravity as the curvature of space and time itself. As esoteric as it sounds, results from Einstein's theory are put to use every day in high-precision Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation.

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ICARUS Drone Net
  • PI Samuel Siewert

    CO-I Iacopo Gentilini

    CO-I Mehran Andalibi

    CO-I Stephen Bruder

  • Drone Net is a conceptual architecture to integrate passive sensor nodes in a local sensor network along with traditional active sensing methods for small Unmanned Aerial Systems traffic management. The goal of the proposed research architecture is to evaluate use of multiple passive sensor nodes integrating Electro-Optical/Infrared and acoustic arrays networked around a UAS Traffic Management operating region (Class G uncontrolled airspace). The Drone Net approach will be compared to and/or used in addition to RADAR and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast tracking and identification.  We hypothesize that this approach can better manage non-compliant small UAS along with compliant UAS and general aviation in sensitive airspace, urban locations, and geo-fenced regions. 

Ice Cloud Parameterizations and Aircraft Icing
  • PI Dorothea Ivanova

  • Ice and mixed phase clouds have an important impact on aviation, but they are often poorly represented in the models.
Identifying Cost-Effective Security Barrier Technologies for K-12 Schools: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation
  • PI Thomas Foley

    CO-I Reginald Parker

    CO-I Michele Gazica

    CO-I Brooke Shannon

    CO-I Erin Bowen

    CO-I Muna Slewa

    CO-I Michael Brady

    CO-I Richard Rodriguez

    CO-I Perry Feder

  • This study proposes to test and collect data on the effectiveness of commonly used physical security systems in delaying intruders. The purpose of this study is to support the design of better physical security systems for schools. The study will also gather data on parent and teacher perceptions of the quality of security in schools.