EAPS News
Moisture changes the rules of atmospheric traffic jams
08-14-2025
New research from Purdue University reveals how moisture influences atmospheric blocking, a phenomenon that often drives heat waves, droughts, cold outbreaks and floods, helping solve a mystery in climate science and improving future extreme weather predictions.
Decoding Space Rocks with AI: The Meteorite Breakthrough
08-13-2025
Securities — Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we do things, not only on Earth but also in Space. Lead author Marissa Tremblay, assistant professor with EAPS, further noted that meteorites tend to be denser than rocks on Earth, are magnetic and contain metal. However, finding meteorites isn't that easy.
Purdue juniors awarded prestigious 2025 Goldwater Scholarships for excellence in research
08-13-2025
Purdue University juniors Deniz Eksioglu and EAPS's Christina Sowinski have been offered 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarships. This award is the nation’s premier scholarship for undergraduates studying the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Saturn’s moon Mimas may have a vast hidden ocean
08-13-2025
PNAS — At first glance, Saturn’s moon Mimas appears dead and boring, with nothing to make it shine. Other moons—such as Enceladus, Titan, and Jupiter’s Europa—harbor icy oceans, lakes of methane, or hints of habitable climates in the past. Mariana Blanco-Rojas, a PhD student in EAPS, presented an explanation of how an ocean layer can exist, even with this lack of smoothing.
Traffic Science - The connection between atmospheric blocking and real traffic jams
08-01-2025
BBC — Assistant Professor Lei Wang in EAPS recently appeared on the BBC talking about the connection between his research on atmospheric blocking and real traffic jams. His portion of the interview is about 24 minutes in.