WHO ARE WE?

The board is responsible for the whole team. They make sure the organization is moving forward and plan the future of Ascend.

Oskar Østby

Project Manager

Inger-Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard

Deputy Project Manager

Akira Helgeby

Head of Economics

Torjus Bakkene

Chief Engineer

Tiril Isaksen

Head of Marketing

Håvard Brenne

Deputy Chief Engineer

The hardware group is responsible for the design of the drone. Material choice, strength calculations, electrical, aerodynamics, propulsion and production.

Adrian Stokdal Opheim

Hardware Group Leader

Runar André Saure

Hardware Member

Lars Kvandal

Hardware Member

Elias Færøy Bergquist

Hardware Member

Vegard Bakkene Aasen

Hardware Member

Marius Johannessen

Hardware Member

Lars Mathias Topstad

Hardware Member

State estimation of the drone and beyond. The perception group converts sensor input to meaningful information about the drone and its environment.

Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug

Perception Group Leader

Siri Hegsvold

Perception Member

Emma Våge

Perception Member

Benedikt Mithassel

Perception Member

Peik Wieland

Perception Member

Sindre Kummervold

Perception Member

Mikkel Stårvik

Perception Member

Marketing is the group responsible for making Ascend visible on campus and spreading Ascends vision to the world.

Tiril Isaksen

Head of Marketing

Mathias Skogen Raa

Web Developer

Therese Sigmundstad

Graphic Design

Mattias Formo

Writer

Emilie Moan

Event Manager

Renate Askevold

Graphic Design

Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen

Social Media

Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The AI group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.

Aksel Lunde Aase

AI Group Leader

Sindre Nordtveit

AI Member

Sebastian Skogen Raa

AI Member

Elias Prytz

AI Member

Simen Gangstad

AI Member

Control designs the command systems that bring the drone from A to B safely. They also work with flight controllers, sensors, obstacle avoidance and simulation

Marcus Lerfald

Control Group Leader

Sondre Holth Rognlien

Control Member

Ole Jørgen Rise

Control Member

Eivind Møen

Control Member

Tord Natlandsmyr

Control Member

Théo Degeorges

Control Member

Erlend Blomseth

Control Member

The TAC team designs a whole functioning drone system from hardware through AI/Control to perception systems, to compete in the Tau Aerial Challenge 2021.