WHO ARE WE?
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.

Elias Færøy Bergquist
Project Manager

Eline Marie Håve
Deputy Project Manager

Sander Boye Eikeland
Head of Economics

Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug
Chief Engineer

Cecilie Nikolaisen
Deputy Chief Engineer

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

Marius Johannessen
Hardware Group Leader

Jørgen Knoph
Hardware Member

Lars Mathias Topstad
Hardware Member

Morten Austnes
Hardware Member

Nils Christoffer Joys Røang
Hardware Member

Vegard Bakkene Aasen
Hardware Member

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

Sindre Kummervold
Perception Group Leader

Daniel Skauge
Perception Member

Dorde Veljkovic
Perception Member

Mikkel Stårvik
Perception Member

Markus Risa Vesterud
Perception Member

Ole Andreas Wammer
Perception Member

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

Anette Hatlen
Head of Marketing

Andreas Thunestveit Bjørkum
Event Manager

Eirik Drage Steen
Video Editor

Harald Schjølberg Evensen
Graphic- and Web Design

Henrik Brinch van Meenen
Photographer

Herman Hytta Gunnarsen
Key Account Manager

Johanna Wilmers
Social Media

Jørgen Knutsen
Graphic Design

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

Sindre Nordtveit
AI Group Leader

Dag Økland
AI Member

Eivind Sunde Eriksen
AI Member

Jakob Horn Jernsletten
AI Member

Katarzyna Szlejter
AI Member

Kristoffer Sunde Møvik
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

Tord Natlandsmyr
Control Group Leader

Eivind Møen
Control Member

Emma Våge
Control Member

Glenn Risvold Varhaug
Control Member

Leon Körkemeier
Control Member

Sigrid Mellemseter
Control Member

Vetle Rasmussen
Control Member
DevOps is the glue between the technical groups. Their work is varied, ranging from development, testing and maintenance of software and systems, to code automation and streamlining processes.

Kristian Gulaker
DevOps Group Leader

Asbjørn Olav Orvedal
DevOps Member

Eirik Drage Steen
DevOps Member

Emily Cosgriff
DevOps Member

Shayan Alinejad
DevOps Member
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.

Aksel Lunde Aase
AI group coach

Adrian Stokdal Opheim
Hardware group coach

Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen
Marketing team coach

Inger Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard
Board group coach

Marcus Lerfald
Control group coach

Oskar Østby
Board group coach

Sebastian Skogen-Raa
AI group coach

Torjus Bakkene
Perception- and DevOps group coach