TEAM
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.
Christoffer Lauritz Wandem
Leader
Audun Indreeide
Deputy Leader
Tora Vestlund
Head of Marketing
Elias Bostrøm
Head of Business
August Lind
Chief Engineer
Håkon Karlsen
Deputy Chief Engineer
Torodd Solberg
Head of Finance
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Marketing is the group responsible for making Ascend visible on campus and spreading Ascends vision to the world.
Tora Vestlund
Head of Marketing
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Business is responsible for retaining and developing meaningful relationships with important partners. They are also responsible for planning and executing various events during the year.
Elias Bostrøm
Head of Business
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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
Alper Yarenbasi
Control Group Leader
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The hardware group is responsible for the design of the drone. Material choice, strength calculations, electrical, aerodynamics, propulsion and production.
Oskar Norevik Meldal
Hardware Group Leader
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Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The Autonomy group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.
Frida Sorken Isachsen
Autonomy Group Leader
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State estimation of the drone and beyond. The perception group converts sensor input to meaningful information about the drone and its environment.
Peter Lingås
Perception Group Leader
Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.