TEAM
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.

Bendik Norli
Deputy Leader

Glenn Varhaug
Chief Engineer

Andreas Traa Utkilen
Deputy Chief Engineer
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Marketing is the group responsible for making Ascend visible on campus and spreading Ascends vision to the world.

Maren Garcia de Presno Andersen
Web Designer
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Business manages all sponsor relations and much more

Khurram Shahzad Rana
Business Group Member
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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

Fredrik Andresen Bjerk
Control Group Leader

Dorde Veljkovic
Control Group Member

Håvard Hansteen Nakling
Control Group Member
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The hardware group is responsible for the design of the drone. Material choice, strength calculations, electrical, aerodynamics, propulsion and production.

Hauk Bjørneklett
Hardware Group Member
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Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The Autonomy group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.

Bård Raddum Wikmark
Autonomy Group Leader

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

Edvard Sire
Perception Group Leader

Nicolai Adil Øyen Aatif
Perception Group Member
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.