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Eloise Marteau

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4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 198-219

Pasadena, CA 91101

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347D - Robotics Modeling and Simulation

Eloise Marteau

Member of Technical Staff

Biography

Eloise Marteau is a Research Technologist at the Robotics and Mobility Systems section at JPL. Her research interests lie in the area of modeling and simulations of the interactions between robotic systems and granular media (i.e. regolith, porous ice, etc.).

Education

California Institute of Technology 2018
Ph.D. Applied Mechanics

California Institute of Technology 2014
M.Sc. Applied Mechanics

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 2008
B.Eng. Civil Engineering

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2018-present
- InSight, Robotic Arm Investigation Scientist, 2018-present
- Icy materials mechanics modeling, Co-investigator, 2019-present
- Multi-body dynamics analysis for orbital sample capture, 2019-present

Publications

2024
  1. T. S. Vaquero, G. Daddi, R. Thakker, M. Paton, A. Jasour, M. Strub, R. M. Swan, R. Royce, M. Gildner, P. Tosi, M. Veismann, P. Gavrilov, E. Marteau, J. Bowkett, D. Loret de Mola Lemus, Y. Kumar Nakka, B. Hockman, A. Orekhov, T. Hasseler, C. Leake, B. Nuernberger, P. Proenca, W. Reid, W. Talbot, N. Georgiev, T. Pailevanian, A. Archanian, E. Ambrose, J. Jasper, R. Etheredge, C. Roman, D. Levine, K. Otsu, S. Yearicks, H. Melikyan, R. Rieber, K. Carpenter, J. Nash, A. Jain, L. Shiraishi, M. Robinson, M. Travers, H. Choset, J. Burdick, A. Gardner, M. Cable, M. Ingham, and M. Ono, "EELS: Autonomous Snake-like Robot with Task and Motion Planning Capabilities for Ice World Exploration," Science Robotics, vol. 9, no. 88, 13 March 2024.
  2. M. Paton, R. Rieber, S. Cruz, M. Gildner, C. Abma, K. Abma, S. Aghli, E. Ambrose, A. Archanian, E. Bagshaw, C. Baroco, A. Blackstock, J. Bowkett, M. Cable, E. Cartaya, G. Daddi, T. Drevinskas, R. Etheredge, T. Gall, A. Gardner, P. Gavrilov, N. Georgiev, K. Graham, B. Hockman, B. Jones, S. Linn, M. Malaska, E. Marteau, N. Maslen, H. Melikyan, Y. Kumar Nakka, J. Nelson, M. Pazzini, M. Peticco, M. Prior-Jones, M. Robinson, C. Roman, R. Royce, M. Ryan, L. Shiraishi, C. Stenner, M. Strub, R. M. Swan, B. Swerdlow, R. Thakker, L. P. Tosi, T. Tran, T. Stegun Vaquero, M. Veismann, T. Wood, H. Zade, M. Ono, "2023 EELS Field Tests at Athabasca Glacier as an Icy Moon Analogue Environment," 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 05 March 2024.
  3. M. Ono, R. Thakker, N. Georgiev, P. Gavrilov, A. Archanian, T. Drevinskas, G. Daddi, M. Paton, H. Melikyan, T. Pailevanian, C. Lopez, E. Ambrose, B. Jones, L. Tosi, M. Gildner, B. Hockman, D. Loret de Mola Lemus, D. Pastor Moreno, T. Hasseler, Y. Kumar Nakka, E. Marteau, B. Nuernberger, M. Peticco, M. Cable, P. Proenca, M. Malaska, J. Bowkett, A. Jasour, M. Ingham, J. Nash, D. Balentine, A. Barchowsky, F. Bevreng, K. Botteon, M. Caballero, K. Carpenter, M. Chodas, A. Daca, J. Feldman, A. Gardner, A. Goddu, A. Jain, C. Jin, M. Khanum, R. Kornfeld, G. Mark, B. Morrell, J. Naish, W. Reid and R. Etheredge, "To Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before – Part 1: EELS Robot to Spearhead a New One-Shot Exploration Paradigm with In-situ Adaptation," AIAA Scitech 2024 Forum, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 1-23, 08 January 2024.
2023
  1. N. Verdier, V. Ansan, P. Delage, K.S. Ali, E. Beucler, C. Charalambous, E. Constant, A. Spiga, M. Golombek, E. Marteau, R. Lapeyre, E. Gaudin, C. Yana, K. Hurst, P. Lognonné and B.W. Banerd, "Using wind dispersion effects during the InSight tether burial activities to better constrain the regolith grain size distribution," Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 128, Issue 5, 15 April 2023.
  2. Matthias Grott, Sylvain Piqueux, Tilman Spohn, Joerg Knollenberg, Christian Krause, Eloise Marteau, Troy L Hudson, Francois Forget, Lucas Lange, Nils Müller, M Golombek, Seiichi Nagihara, Paul Morgan, JP Murphy, M Siegler, Scott D King, Donald Banfield, Suzanne E Smrekar, William Bruce Banerdt, "Seasonal variations of soil thermal conductivity at the InSight landing site," Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 50, 03 April 2023.
  3. M. Golombek, T. Hudson, P. Bailey, N. Balabanska, E. Marteau, C. Charalambous, M. Baker, M. Lemmon, B. White, R. D. Lorenz, T. Spohn, J. Maki, P. Kallemeyn, J. B. Garvin, C. Newman, K. Hurst, N. Murdoch, N. Williams, W. B. Banerdt, P. Lognonné, P. Delage, R. Lapeyre, E. Gaudin, C. Yana, N. Verdier, M. Panning, A. Trebi‐ Ollennu, K. Ali, A. Mittelholz, C. Johnson,B. Langlais, N. Warner, J. Grant, I. J. Daubar, V. Ansan, C. Vrettos, A. Spiga, D. Banfield, A. Gomez, P. Mishra, R. Dotson, C. Kraus, G. Sainton, T. Gabsi, "Results from InSight Robotic Arm Activities," 20 March 2023.
  4. E. Marteau, M. Golombek, P. Delage, C. Vrettos, K. Hurst, A. Gomez, N. Williams, P. Bailey, P. Mishra, "Initial results from the InSight lander robotic arm soil mechanics experiments on Mars," 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1597, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 13 March 2023.
  5. E. Marteau, K. Wehage, S. Higa, S. Moreland, G. Meirion-Griffith, "Geotechnical assessment of terrain strength properties on Mars using the Perseverance rover’s abrading bit," Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 107, pp. 13-22, 16 February 2023.
2022
  1. T. Spohn, T.L. Hudson, E. Marteau, M. Golombek, M. Grott, T. Wippermann, K.S. Ali, C. Schmelzbach, S. Kedar, K. Hurst, A. Trebi-Ollennu, V. Ansan, J. Garvin, J. Knollenberg, N. Mueller, S. Piqeux, R. Lichtenheldt, C. Krause, C. Fantinati, N. Brinkman, D. Sollberger, P. Delage, C. Vrettos, S. Reershemius, L. Wisniewski, J. Grygorczuk, J. Robertsson, P. Edme, F. Andersson, O. Kroemer, P. Lognonne, D. Giardini, S.E. Smrekar, W.B. Banerdt, "The InSight HP3 Penetrator (Mole) on Mars: Soil Properties Derived From the Penetration Attempts and Related Activities," Space Sci Rev 218, 72, 26 November 2022.
  2. Nicholas H Warner, Matthew P Golombek, Véronique Ansan, Eloïse Marteau, Nathan Williams, JA Grant, Ernst Hauber, Catherine Weitz, Sharon Wilson, Sylvain Piqueux, Nils Mueller, Matthias Grott, Tilman Spohn, Lu Pan, Cédric Schmelzbach, Ingrid J Daubar, James Garvin, Constantinos Charalambous, Mariah Baker, Maria Banks, "In-situ and orbital stratigraphic characterization of the InSight landing site – A type example of a regolith-covered lava plain on Mars," Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 127, 08 April 2022.
  3. E. Marteau, M. Golombek, C. Vrettos, P. Delage, N.R. Williams, V. Ansan, "Soil strength properties derived from scraping and dumping activities at the InSight landing site on Mars," 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1523, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 07 March 2022.
  4. K. Hand, C. Phillips, A. Murray, et al., "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept," The Planetary Science Journal, vol. 3, iss. 1, 26 January 2022.
2021
  1. Matthias Grott, T Spohn, Joerg Knollenberg, Christian Krause, Troy L Hudson, Sylvain Piqueux, N Müller, Matthew P Golombek, Christos Vrettos, Eloise Marteau, Seiichi Nagihara, Paul Morgan, JP Murphy, Matthew Adam Siegler, Scott D King, Suzanne E Smrekar, William Bruce Banerdt, "Thermal conductivity of the Martian soil at the InSight landing site from HP3 active heating experiments," Journal of Geophyiscal Research: Planets, Volume 126, 29 June 2021.
  2. E Marteau, M Golombek, C Vrettos, JB Garvin, NR Williams, "Soil mechanical properties at the InSight landing site on Mars," 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2067, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 15 March 2021.
  3. Sorice, C., Ali, K., Trebi-Ollennu, A., Mishra, P., Lim, G., Bailey, P., Hudson, T. L., Marteau, E., Kim, J., "InSight Robotic Arm Testing Activities for HP3 Mole Anomaly Recovery on Mars," IEEE Aerospace Conference, 06 March 2021.
  4. K. Carpenter, M. Cable, M. Choukroun, H. Ono, R. Thakker, M. Ingham, P. McGarey, A. Barchowski, S. Iacoponi, J. Bowkett, W. Reid, E. Marteou, "Venture Deep, the Path of Least Resistance: Crevasse-Based Ocean Access Without the Need to Dig or Drill," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 356, 01 January 2021.
2020
  1. Dhaouadi, W., Marteau, E., Kolvenbach, H., Choukroun, M., Molaro, J. L., Hodyss, R., Backes, P., Moreland, S., Badescu, M., Okamoto, T., & others., "Robotic Exploration of Enceladus’ Surface: Sampling, Testing, and Modeling," IROS Workshop on Planetary Exploration Robots: Challenges and Opportunities (PLANROBO20), 29 October 2020.
  2. Mathieu Choukroun, Jamie L Molaro, Robert Hodyss, Eloise Marteau, Paul Backes, Elizabeth Megan Carey, Wassim Dhaouadi, Scott Moreland, Erland M Schulson, "Strength evolution of ice plume deposit analogs of Enceladus and Europa," Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 47, 29 July 2020.
  3. Matthew Golombek, Nicholas H Warner, John A Grant, Ernst Hauber, Veronique Ansan, Catherine M Weitz, Nathan Williams, Constantinos Charalambous, Sharon A Wilson, A DeMott, M Kopp, H Lethcoe-Wilson, L Berger, R Hausmann, E Marteau, C Vrettos, Al Trussell, W Folkner, Sébastien Le Maistre, Nils Mueller, M Grott, T Spohn, S Piqueux, E Millour, F Forget, Ingrid Daubar, Naomi Murdoch, Philippe Lognonné, C Perrin, S Rodriguez, WT Pike, T Parker, J Maki, H Abarca, R Deen, J Hall, P Andres, N Ruoff, Fred Calef, S Smrekar, MM Baker, M Banks, Aymeric Spiga, D Banfield, J Garvin, CE Newman, William Bruce Banerdt, "Geology of the InSight landing site on Mars," Nature Communications, Volume 11, pp. 1014, 24 February 2020.