Owen Maute
Building hybrid propulsion for unmanned aircraft

Design. Build.
Test. Fly.

Embry-Riddle / ME 2028

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Project ADAM FounderHybrid microturbine powerplant Project LILITH FounderVTOL jet UAV powered by ADAM RadAround InventorField-expedient direction finder ModuMotor LLC CEOMy first company Technion Turbomachinery LabUAV internship Experimental Jet Engine PropulsionProjects lead

About

Engineer / Founder / Researcher

I'm a mechanical engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a minor in electrical and computer engineering. I design and build propulsion systems, the electronics that control them, and the aircraft they fly.

I founded Project ADAM, a hybrid microturbine powerplant, and lead LILITH, the VTOL jet aircraft built around it. Before that I published RF sensing research at IEEE MILCOM and started my first company in high school.

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Experience

Where I've worked

  • Technion Turbomachinery LaboratoryHybrid System Architect & ECU Design Intern
    Apr 2026 to Aug 2026
  • VerdeGo AeroMechanical / Electrical Engineering Intern
    May 2025 to Aug 2025
  • Peregrine AerospaceDesign Engineer
    Feb 2025 to Apr 2025
  • Eagle Flight Research CenterAerospace Research Employee
    Dec 2024 to Jul 2025
  • ModuMotor LLCFounder & CEO
    Dec 2023 to Sep 2024

Recognition

Awards / Publications / Education

  • Researcher of the YearEmbry-Riddle College of Engineering
    2025 to 2026
  • Best Poster AwardProject ADAM Hybrid Microturbine
    2026
  • Dean's ListEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Every year
  • IEEE MILCOM 2025First author, RadAround
    Oct 2025
  • B.S. Mechanical EngineeringEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    May 2028

Contact

Let's build something

Open to internships, research, and partnerships in propulsion, unmanned aircraft, and embedded systems.

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