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.

Oskar Østby
Project Manager

Inger-Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard
Deputy Project Manager

Akira Helgeby
Head of Economics

Torjus Bakkene
Chief Engineer

Håvard Brenne
Deputy Chief Engineer

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

Adrian Stokdal Opheim
Hardware Group Leader

Lars Mathias Topstad
Hardware Member

Marius Johannessen
Hardware Member

Vegard Bakkene Aasen
Hardware Member

Elias Færøy Bergquist
Hardware Member

Lars Kvandal
Hardware Member

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

Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug
Perception Group Leader

Mikkel Stårvik
Perception Member

Sindre Kummervold
Perception Member

Peik Wieland
Perception Member

Emma Våge
Perception Member

Benedikt Mithassel
Perception Member

Siri Hegsvold
Perception Member

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

Tiril Isaksen
Head of Marketing

Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen
Social Media

Renate Askevold
Graphic Design

Emilie Moan
Event Manager

Therese Sigmundstad
Graphic Design

Mattias Formo
Writer

Mathias Skogen Raa
Web Developer
Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The AI group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.

Aksel Lunde Aase
AI Group Leader

Simen Gangstad
AI Member

Elias Prytz
AI Member

Sebastian Skogen Raa
AI Member

Sindre Nordtveit
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

Marcus Lerfald
Control Group Leader

Erlend Blomseth
Control Member

Tord Natlandsmyr
Control Member

Théo Degeorges
Control Member

Ole Jørgen Rise
Control Member

Eivind Møen
Control Member

Sondre Holth Rognlien
Control Member
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.