WHO ARE WE?
WHO ARE WE?
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The board is responsible for the whole team. They make sure the organization is moving forward and plan the future of Ascend.
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Kristian Sandaa
Project Manager
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Sherveer Singh Pannu
Deputy Project Manager
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Peder Mathias W. Teigmo
Chief Engineer
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Vilde Gjærum
Deputy Chief Engineer
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Helene Åsvang
Head of Economics
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Kristine Stray
Head of Marketing
The hardware group is responsible for the design of the drone. Material choice, strength calculations, electrical, aerodynamics, propulsion and production.
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Edvard Grødem
Hardware Leader
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Henry Jon Kristiansen
Hardware Member
Håvard Brenne
Hardware Member
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Jo Aleksander Johansen
Hardware Member
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Petter Nicolai Krogh
Hardware Member
State estimation of the drone and beyond. The perception group converts sensor input to meaningful information about the drone and its environment.
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Emil Martens
Perception Leader
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Jan Inge Dyrhaug
Perception Member
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Javier Castillo
Perception Member
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Magnus Berntzen Grendar
Perception Member
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Nadia Wangberg
Perception Member
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Torjus Bakkene
Perception Member
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Tyler McAllister
Perception Member
The Autonomous Drone Racing group aims to develop and create Scandinavia’s first ever autonomous racing drone!
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Paul Erik Frivold
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Didrik Galteland
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
Anders Thallaug Fagerli
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
Marketing is the group responsible for making Ascend visible on campus and spreading Ascends vision to the world.
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Kristine Stray
Marketing Leader
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Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen
Marketing Member
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Johannes Haugsgjerd
Marketing Member
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Renate Askevold
Marketing Member
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Siri Hornes
Marketing Member
Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The AI group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.
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Henrik Fauskanger
AI Leader
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Aksel Lunde Aase
AI Member
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André Håland
AI Member
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Martin Kvisvik Larsen
AI Member
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Vegard Andreas Bergum
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
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Chris André Brombach
Control Leader
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Andrea Gjestvang
Control Member
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Eva Kristiansen
Control Member
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Oskar Østby
Control Member
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Rendell Cale
Control Member
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Simen Gangstad
Control Member
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.
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Filip Grevle Lolland
Coach Hardware
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Hans Theodor Johansen
Coach Hardware and Perception
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Håvard Skåra Mellbye
Coach Control
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Kevin Kaldvansvik
Coach Technical
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Kim Aksel Tahuli Borgen
Coach Marketing
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Matias Christensen
Coach Technical