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.
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Oskar Østby
Project Manager
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Inger-Lovise Pleym Fjellgaard
Deputy Project Manager
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Akira Helgeby
Head of Economics
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Torjus Bakkene
Chief Engineer
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Håvard Brenne
Deputy Chief Engineer
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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.
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Adrian Stokdal Opheim
Hardware Group Leader
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Lars Mathias Topstad
Hardware Member
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Marius Johannessen
Hardware Member
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Vegard Bakkene Aasen
Hardware Member
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Elias Færøy Bergquist
Hardware Member
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Lars Kvandal
Hardware Member
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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.
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Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug
Perception Group Leader
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Mikkel Stårvik
Perception Member
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Sindre Kummervold
Perception Member
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Peik Wieland
Perception Member
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Benedikt Mithassel
Perception Member
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Emma Våge
Perception Member
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Siri Hegsvold
Perception Member
Marketing is the group responsible for making Ascend visible on campus and spreading Ascends vision to the world.
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Tiril Isaksen
Head of Marketing
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Andrine Kirstine Gudbrandsen
Social Media
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Renate Askevold
Graphic Design
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Emilie Moan
Event Manager
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Mattias Formo
Writer
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Therese Sigmundstad
Graphic Design
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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.
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Aksel Lunde Aase
AI Group Leader
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Simen Gangstad
AI Member
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Elias Prytz
AI Member
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Sebastian Skogen Raa
AI Member
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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
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Marcus Lerfald
Control Group Leader
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Erlend Blomseth
Control Member
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Théo Degeorges
Control Member
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Tord Natlandsmyr
Control Member
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Eivind Møen
Control Member
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Ole Jørgen Rise
Control Member
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Sondre Holth Rognlien
Control Member
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The TAC team designs a whole functioning drone system from hardware through AI/Control to perception systems, to compete in the Tau Aerial Challenge 2021.
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Marius Lindegaard
TAC Group Leader
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Jakob Horn Jernsletten
Computer Vision
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Vetle Rasmussen
Computer Vision
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Kristoffer Steinsland
Hardware
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Morten Austnes
Hardware
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Martin Heir
AI / Control
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Thorvald Ballestad
AI / Control
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.