Hi, I’m Martin Leung

Summer 2024 internship at Airborne Engineering, working on MethaLOX rocket engine test rigs, propellant panels and cryogenic systems.

WIP: Designed, built and tested a 20,000 RPM turbopump delivering 0.4 kg/s at 20 bar for a liquid rocket engine - my final year thesis.

Two weeks from first reading about pump design to a working 20,000 RPM electric pump hitting 9.5 bar at 0.2 kg/s.

Led the first student-built regeneratively cooled engine in the UK and first 3D printed aluminium student engine in the world. Won $30,000 at CPLC.

Technical propulsion lead for a 20-second flight, 10-second hover bipropellant rocket hopper at ICLR.

A comprehensive 6DOF flight simulator with automatic aero data generation, structural analysis and design iteration for spaceshot rockets.

Four attempts across two years to build a working N₂O/methanol torch igniter — the fifth finally crackled to life.

Leading ICLR's first pump design project. This was my introduction to turbomachinery.

A 6DOF simulator for ICLR's Hopper vehicle to test PID control against sensor noise, delays and actuator dynamics.

A dynamic node-based plumbing simulator modelling tanks, pipes, regulators and valves for a bipropellant rocket feed system.

A modular electronics platform using Raspberry Pi and ESP32s, with Python control software, Qt GUI, and an unscented Kalman filter.

Designed a 6 m, 60 kg piston-driven rocket to reach space — currently in the CAD and simulation stage.

A canard-based active control module for sounding rockets with integrated avionics.