Every year the Honors Program provides financial support for a limited number of research projects for Honors Program students, directed by Embry-Riddle faculty.

Next-generation electronics for the national champion Embry-Riddle SAE hybrid car team

Michael Kuss, serves as the electrical systems manager for the SAE/IEEE hybrid car development team. This car just won first place in the national hybrid vehicle competition in New Hampshire.



A propulsion system design for a lunar lander model for the X-prize design competition

Chi Zhang and Nick Perry at work on the design of the propulsion system for the lunar lander model, part of the X-prize international design competition. 

Honor Student Svilen Kozhuharov (center) presenting the fuel tank model outside of the Lehman Building.



The effect of biofilms on prosthetic devices

Matt Carlton and Michael Bedard


Civil Engineering major Jennifer Haydt’s work on the EcoCar team was partly supported by Honors Program funding, as was her travel to the EcoCar competition in Toronto.

Here, Ms. Haydt is shown receiving the “Spirit of Outreach Award” at the competition