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THE BOARD
Marketing
business
Control
HArdware
Autonomy
Perception
Coach

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

Hans Bertil Olsson

Leader

Bendik Norli

Deputy Leader

Glenn Varhaug

Chief Engineer

Andreas Traa Utkilen

Deputy Chief Engineer

Magnus Sparre Hovet

Head of Business

Katinka Fjellet Figved

Head of Marketing

Marius Aasland Thorbergsen

Head of Finance

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

Katinka Fjellet Figved

Marketing Group Leader

Maren Garcia de Presno Andersen

Web Designer

Lara Rafaela Pinheiro Jacobsen

Graphic Designer

Maja Floen

Social Media Manager

Ba Huy Pham

Videographer

Marek Myrebøe Engels

Photographer

Business manages all sponsor relations and much more

Magnus Sparre Hovet

Business Team Leader

Khurram Shahzad Rana

Business Group Member

Oliver Magnus Wahlen

Business Group Member

Ola Okkenhaug

Business Group Member

Varvara Chinaeva

Business Group Member

Eivind Styve Staalesen

Business Group 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

Fredrik Andresen Bjerk

Control Group Leader

Đorđe Veljković

Control Group Member

Håvard Hansteen Nakling

Control Group Member

Tuva Kristoffersen Grødem

Control Group Member

Andreas Jonsebråten

Control Group Member

Martin Ansteensen

Control Group Member

Liam Robert Shepard

Control Group Member

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

Svein Isdahl

Hardware Group Leader

Hauk Bjørneklett

Hardware Group Member

Nikolai Markussen

Hardware Group Member

Markus Pedersen

Hardware Group Member

Micaela Anne House

Hardware Group Member

Daniel Leon Marchand

Hardware Group Member

Sigrun Vik

Hardware Group Member

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

Morten Sørensen

Autonomy Group Member

Philip Særsten Handeland

Autonomy Team Member

Viktor Amund Holsvik

Autonomy Group Member

Marcus Alexander Lien Cid

Autonomy Group Member

Paul Christian Cappelen

Autonomy Group Member

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

Magnus Eide-Fredriksen

Perception Group Member

Ulrik Ytteborg Isdahl

Perception Group Member

Markus Kinn

Perception Group Member

Dennis Heinz Rudolf Krön

Perception Group Member

Are Årøen Lykke

Perception Group Member

Ask Hallem-Berg

Perception Group Member

Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.

Dag Barstad Økland

Autonomy Coach

Eivind Sunde Eriksen

Autonomy Coach

Eivind Møen

Control Coach

Filip Jozef Paw

Hardware Coach

Henrik Brinch van Meenen

Marketing Coach

Herman Hytta Gunnarsen

Board Coach

Ingrid Corlett Amdahl

Finance Coach

Isak Dalseg Haseth

Business Coach

Jørgen Vesterheim Knutsen

Control Coach

Jørgen Leirvik Knoph

Hardware Coach

Kristoffer Sunde Møvik

Technical Coach

Mikkel Stårvik

Perception Coach

Peik Weidemann Wieland

Marketing Coach

Robin Østern Lien

Perception Coach

Sigrid Mellemseter

Control Coach

Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug

Technical Coach

Magnus Cederkvist

Hardware Coach

Marius Johannessen

Hardware Coach

Anette Hatlen

Marketing Coach