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.

Bendik Norli

Deputy Leader

Glenn Varhaug

Chief Engineer

Andreas Traa Utkilen

Deputy Chief Engineer

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

Maren Garcia de Presno Andersen

Web Designer

Business manages all sponsor relations and much more

Khurram Shahzad Rana

Business 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

Fredrik Andresen Bjerk

Control Group Leader

Đorđe Veljković

Control Group Member

Håvard Hansteen Nakling

Control Group Member

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

Hauk Bjørneklett

Hardware Group Member

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

Bård Raddum Wikmark

Autonomy Group Leader

Alexandra Hügli

Autonomy Group Member

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

Edvard Sire

Perception Group Leader

Nicolai Adil Øyen Aatif

Perception Group Member

Former Ascend NTNU members eager to share their knowledge with the team.

Dag Barstad Økland

Coach

Eivind Sunde Eriksen

Coach

Eivind Møen

Coach

Filip Jozef Paw

Coach

Henrik Brinch van Meenen

Coach

Herman Hytta Gunnarsen

Coach

Ingrid Corlett Amdahl

Coach

Isak Dalseg Haseth

Coach

Jørgen Vesterheim Knutsen

Coach

Jørgen Leirvik Knoph

Coach

Kristoffer Sunde Møvik

Coach

Mikkel Stårvik

Coach

Peik Weidemann Wieland

Coach

Robin Østern Lien

Coach

Sigrid Mellemseter

Coach

Øyvind Taksdal Stubhaug

Coach