Research and Scholarship COAS has identified and coordinated intersecting interests, strengths and faculty aspirations within the three Embry-Riddle Worldwide colleges: Arts & Sciences, Aviation and Business. Extensive cross-collaborations are continually nurtured, which has also led to partnership development, enabling conversations around building coalitions with the potential to enhance the breadth, depth and volume of research opportunities for faculty. COAS faculty are currently investigators on several National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. Among these, the Humanistic STEM project seeks to blend humanities and STEM content in a set of interdisciplinary courses to create a workforce that has advanced critical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities. Other NSF-funded projects focus on providing support for online undergraduate researchers and on creating a community of inquiry to improve persistence in the virtual course environment. Faculty are also collaborating across the university, including working with the Center for Aerospace Resilience on tabletop exercises funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration. A recently-awarded National Institutes of Health grant supports the study of sleep cycles and first responders’ health. Through a Natural Hazards Center research grant, resilience and the role of social ties during pandemics are being investigated. Additional international projects with the Taiwanese government and industry are underway to develop public and private sector emergency management capabilities, including updating exercise and evaluation programs, as well as establishing a company-wide emergency management system for 10 factories in China, Taiwan and Singapore.
External Funding Activity for 2022 $ 7,369,680 Total activity $ 6,505,416 Active funding $ 864,264 Pending awards 13 COAS faculty serving in funded research lead and supporting roles 8 External sponsoring agencies represented 21 National and international partnering institutions
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