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.

Herman Hytta Gunnarsen

Leader

Gjermund Johansen Vadset

Deputy Leader

Kristoffer Sunde Møvik

Chief Engineer

Đorđe Veljković

Deputy Chief Engineer

Henrik Brinch van Meenen

Head of Marketing

Ingrid Corlett Amdahl

Head of Finance

Isak Dalseg Haseth

Head of Business

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

Henrik Brinch van Meenen

Marketing Group Leader

Henrik Vevatne

Graphic Designer

Peik Weidemann Wieland

Photographer

Maren Garcia de Presno Andersen

Web Designer

Daniel Jiangdi Gou

Writer

Business manages all sponsor relations and much more

Isak Dalseg Haseth

Business Group leader

Khurram Shahzad Rana

Business Group member

Benjamin Kjelby

Business Group member

Idar Wik

Business Group member

Fredrik Fuglerud Flugstad

Business Group member

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

Jørgen Knoph

Hardware Group leader

Anette Hatlen

Hardware Group member

Petter Nilsen

Hardware Group member

Magnus Cederkvist

Hardware Group member

Hauk Bjørneklett

Hardware Group member

Filip Jozef Paw

Hardware Group member

Erik Gabrielsen

Hardware Group member

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

Mikkel Stårvik

Perception Group Leader

Harald Schjølberg Evensen

Perception Group Member

Andrea Miccoli Løvaas

Perception Group member

Nicolai Adil Øyen Aatif

Perception Group Member

Edvard Sire

Perception Group member

Robin Østern Lien

Perception Group member

Bartosz Rafal Szatkowski

Perception Group member

Finding the optimal behaviour to solve the mission at hand. The Autonomy group takes the latest AI research from theory to practice.

Dag Økland

Autonomy Group leader

Eivind Sunde Eriksen

Autonomy Group member

Markus Risa Vesetrud

Autonomy Group member

Bård Raddum Wikmark

Autonomy Group member

Christopher Yuxiang Chen

Autonomy Group member

Sigve Lysne

Autonomy Group member

Bendik Norli

Autonomy Group 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

Eivind Møen

Control Group leader

Jørgen Vesterheim Knutsen

Control Group member

Håvard Hansteen Nakling

Control Group member

Andreas Traa Utkilen

Control Group member

Fredrik Andresen Bjerk

Control Group member

Glenn Varhaug

Control Group member

DevOps is the glue between the technical groups. Their work is varied, ranging from development, testing and maintenance of software and systems, to code automation and streamlining processes.