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Shadowing Success Embry-Riddle students get an exclusive look into exciting career pathways through Eagle Job Shadow Day — spending time with top companies like United Airlines and Flexjet. For his shadowing experience, Aeronautical Science student Jonathan Batista (’26) had the opportunity to ride along with a Metro Aviation medical flight crew. I got to witness firsthand what their day-to-day operations are like, including landing on rooftops and parking lots as they transported patients between hospitals.” Jonathan Batista ’26 Aeronautical Science Eagle Job Shadow Day is hosted by Embry-Riddle’s Center for Career and Professional Development, designed to allow students to explore companies and roles that they may have interest in after graduation. In 2025, nearly 200 Eagles participated through this event and Alternative Spring Break, which offers similar opportunities. “Our goal is to expand opportunities for students to connect with employers,” said Heather A. Kim, senior executive director of the center. “Experiential learning — through internships and employer visits — significantly boosts students’ chances of securing jobs.”
TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Gachancipa urges current students to push boundaries. “It’s the best way to grow, both personally and professionally.” He’s also passionate about the field he works within. “The fast advancements in artificial intelligence are reshaping our society and how we interact with the digital world,” he says. “It’s an exciting time to be in this field, but it requires continuous learning and adaptability.” With plans to pursue a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle while working at Google, Gachancipa embodies a lifelong learner who pushes for success at every turn. His goal: to build tools that improve lives across industries and around the globe.
Alumnus Nicolas Gachancipa applies engineering and computational skills to transformative AI innovations at Google. Having worked for Airbus and Google, Nicolas Gachancipa (’21) is helping shape future technology. After earning dual degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mathematics through the Daytona Beach Campus, he now works on Google’s AI Research team, developing machine learning models for hardware devices like Pixel phones. Previously, he improved security and spam detection for Google Meet and Voice, drawing on his Embry-Riddle experience, where technical expertise is paired with leadership and communication skills. As a student, Gachancipa joined a faculty-led physics team to sharpen his coding abilities and completed a capstone project using computational mathematics to detect radioactive sources in urban environments.
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