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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Jo Aleksander Johansen
Project Manager
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Airin Thodesen
Deputy Project Manager/Head of Economics
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Inger-Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard
Head of Marketing
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Filip Grevle Lolland
Chief Engineer
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Kevin Meyer
Deputy Chief Engineer
The hardware group is responsible for the design of the drone. Material choice, strength calculations, electrical, aerodynamics, propulsion and production.
Håvard Brenne
Hardware Group Leader
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Adrian Stokdal Opheim
Hardware Member
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Alexander Snarli
Hardware Member
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Elias Færøy Bergquist
Hardware Member
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Sigurd Werner-Torgersen
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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Torjus Bakkene
Perception Group Leader
Anders Tallhaug Fagerli
Perception Member
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Andrine Lossius
Perception Member
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Daniel André Svendsen
Perception Member
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Marius Lindegaard
Perception Member
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Odin Aleksander Severinsen
Perception Member
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Torleiv Fjalestad
Perception Member
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Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug
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 Group Leader
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Birk Tjelmeland
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Didrik Galteland
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Edvard Narum
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Nadia Wangberg
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Ola Kirkerud
Autonomous Drone Racing Member
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Tyler McAllister
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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Inger-Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard
Marketing Group Leader
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Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen
Marketing Member
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Bharat Premkumar
Marketing Member
Karoline Larsen
Marketing Member
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Markus Stokkenes
Marketing Member
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Sebastian Skogen Raa
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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Håkon Grov
AI Group Leader
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Eivind Yu Nilsen
AI Member
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Ellen Zhang Chang
AI Member
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Jørgen Rosager
AI Member
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Sondre 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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Simen Gangstad
Control Group Leader
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Bogdan Løw-Hansen
Control Member
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Emil Martens
Control Member
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Marcus Lerfald
Control Member
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Martin Borge Heir
Control Member
Sondre Holth Rognlien
Control Member
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.
Kristian Sandaa
Board Coach
Kristine Stray
Marketing Coach
Matias Christensen
Perception Coach
Peder Mathias W. Teigmo
Hardware Coach
Rendell Cale
Simulation Coach
Håvard Skåra Mellbye
Control Coach
Aksel Lunde Aase
AI Coach