Dr. Martin B. Barmatz
Researcher
About
Bio
Evaluating microwave approaches for sintering Lunar regolith. Managed a NASA Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) ISRU project to develop a microwave approach for extracting water from Lunar and Mars regolith. Over 45 years’ experience in research and development activities at cryogenic temperatures. Task Manager on cryogenic microwave dielectric properties of liquids for determination of lake & sea properties on Saturn's moon, Titan. Principal Investigator for the development of the Ices Properties Laboratories for measuring mechanical, rheological and calorimetry measurements at cryogenic temperatures. Supported JPL Commercialization Office in developing NASA Space Act Agreements with US Industries. Principal Investigator on the flight experiment “Microgravity Scaling Theory Experiment” (MISTE) designed to perform thermodynamic measurements near the liquid-gas critical point of 3He (3.3°K). Responsible for the MISTE science/engineering team that developed the MISTE flight experiment. Previously was a Technical Group Leader for the JPL Microwave R&D Group. Also, was Project Scientist for the Acoustic Containerless Experimental System (ACES) experiments on the Space Shuttle.
Education
- Ph. D., Physics, UCLA, 1966
- M.A., Physics, UCLA, 1962
- B.A., Physics, UCLA, 1960
Research Interests
Microwave Processing of Regolith, Thermodynamics of cryogenic fluids, physical property measurements of icy compositions, dielectric and magnetic properties of lunar, Mars and Venus surface materials, sintering of lunar regolith
Experience
Professional Experience
- Present – JPL Technologist
- 1996 – present: Task Manager for the Ices Properties Laboratory & Principal Investigator Cryogenic Measurements Relevant to Titan’s Seas
- 1990 – present: JPL Principal Member of Technical Staff
- 1978 – 1990: JPL Member of Technical Staff
Professional Activities
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
- Member of the Materials Research Society
- Member of the American Ceramic Society
Achievements
Awards & Recognitions
- Professional Society and External Organization Awards | Acoustical Society of America (ASA) (?)
- JPL Principal Designation | 382J - Applied Low Temperature Physics (1999)
Publications
- K. L. Mitchell, M. Barmatz, C. S. Jamieson, R. D. Lorenz, and J. I. Lunine, “Laboratory Measurements of Cryogenic Liquid Alkane Microwave Absorptivity and Implications for the Composition of Ligeia Mare, Titan,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 1-6, doi:10.1002/2014GL059475, (2015).
- M. Barmatz, H. W. Jackson, A. S. Javeed, C. S. Jamieson, and D. E. Steinfeld, “An Accurate, Radially Stratified Approach for Determining the Complex Permittivity of Liquids in a Cylindrical Microwave Cavity,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 63, no. 2, 504508, (2015).
- M. Barmatz, D. Steinfeld, M. Anderson, and D. Winterhalter, "3D Microwave Printer for Construction Using Lunar and Mars Regolith," 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1137, (2014).
- M. Barmatz, D. Steinfeld, D. Winterhalter, D. Rickman, and M. Weinstein, "Microwave Heating Studies and Instrumentation for Processing Lunar Regolith and Simulants" 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1223, (2013)
- M. Barmatz, D. Steinfeld, D. Winterhalter, D. Rickman, R. Gustafson, D. Butts, and M. Weinstein, "Microwave Permittivity and Permeability Measurements on Lunar Simulants," 43nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1050, (2012).
- M. Barmatz, D. Steinfeld, S.B. Begley, D. Winterhalter, and C. Allen, "Microwave Permittivity and Permeability Measurements on Lunar Soils," 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1041, (2011).
- J. Castillo, M. Choukroun, F. Zhong, C. Sotin and M. Barmatz, “Water Ice Attenuation Properties at Outer Planet Satellite Tidal Frequencies,” submitted to J. Geophy. Res.
- F. Zhong, K.L. Mitchell, C.C. Hays, M. Choukroun, M. Barmatz, and J.S. Kargel, "The rheology of cryovolcanic slurries: motivation and phenomenology of water-methanol slurries with implications for Titan," Icarus, 202, 607-619, (2009).
- M. Barmatz, I. Hahn, J.A. Lipa, and R.V. Duncan, “Critical Phenomena in Microgravity: Past, Present, and Future,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 1, (2007).
- F. Zhong and M. Barmatz, “Comparison of Theoretical Models of Crossover Behavior near the 3He Liquid-Vapor Critical Point,” Phys. Rev. E 70, 066105, (2004).
- C. Lämmerzahl, G. Ahlers, N. Ashby, M. Barmatz, P. L. Biermann, H. Dittus, V. Dohm, R. Duncan, K. Gibble, J. Lipa, N. Lockerbie, N. Mulders, and C. Salomon, “Experiments in Fundamental Physics Scheduled and in Development for the ISS,” General Relativity and Gravitation, 36, 615, (2004).