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Team 2024

Vortex is proud to present to you this years team! Take a look around.

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THE BOARD

The Board decides in all significant matters and have overall strategic and management responsibilities. Vortex is lead by the board; unifying the organization.

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David Omanovic

Project Manager

Chairman of the Board

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Alexander Brackenbury

Deputy Project Manager

Deputy chair of the board

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Gjermund Bjørnstad

CTO Hardware

Member of the Board

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Théo Anders Martin

CTO Software

Member of the Board​

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Tarald Nikolai Trondsen

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the Board

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Kari Hjelen

Marketing Lead

Member of the Board

LEADERSHIP

The leaders at Vortex ensure the project sees the light of day by leading each respective technical group. They are committed to develop their groups and the project.

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Eirik Kolås

Software - Leader of

Situational Awareness 

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Benjamin Roald Andersen

Electrical Team Leader

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Aleksander Klund

Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

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Fabian Kongelf

Software - Leader of DevOps

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Martynas Smilingis

Software - Leader of Embedded Systems

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Sander August Hjortland

Mechanical Group Leader

Mechanical
Subgroup of Hardware

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Sander August Hjortland

Leader of Mechanical Group

Mechanical

We play with 3D modeling in CAD & SolidWorks; developing the physical parts of the vessles.  Essentially, we combine fluid statics with bright solutions to develop a stable and safe vehicle which will perform to the best of its abilities.

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Alice Michelle Parnas

Member of Mechanical

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Marius Østbyhaug

Member of Mechanical

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Sondre Jørstad Larsen

Member of Mechanical

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Lars Martin Ølstad

Member of Mechanical

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Emil Skotheim Sylte

Member of Mechanical

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Ole Kjensmo

Member of Mechanical

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Ismetcan Saraç 

Member of Mechanical

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Kristian Johnsen

Member of Mechanical

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Marius Østbyhaug

Member of Mechanical

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Pål-Anders Skari

Member of Mechanical

Electronic Circuit Board

Electronics
Subgroup of Hardware

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Benjamin Roald Andersen

Leader of Electrical Group

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Denis Lobe

Member of Electronics

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Afras Mansoor

Member of Electronics

Electronics

We are responsible for all the electronics  and thereby they work with PCB and circuit design, which the vessel's functionality depends greatly on. Power supply solution, signal processing and acoustics are key tasks we work with as well.

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Emil

Spasov

Member of Electronics

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Alexander Umansky

Member of Electronics

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Alvar Guddingsmo

Member of Electronics

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Sebastian Opheim Hedel

Member of Electronics

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Alicia Marie Göbel

Member of Electronics

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Software

The software group is divided into four sub-groups. Autonomous systems, Situational Awareness, Embedded Systems and DevOps.

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Eirik Kolås

Software - Leader of Situational Awareness

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Erik Frøland

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Sondre Selberg

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness

We design, implement, test and tune controllers and path following algorithms for the drones, with the aim of making our AUV and ASV autonomous.

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Gro Oleivsgard

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Tristan Elias Wolfram

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Jørgen Fjermedal

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Aleksander Klund

Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

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Erlend Mordal

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Martin Quoc-Tuan Buu Hyunh

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Autonomous Systems

We design, implement, test and tune controllers and path following algorithms for the drones, with the aim of making our AUV and ASV autonomous.

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Jade Claire Sonnier

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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AleksanderØstensen

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Sondre Tveiten

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Martynas Smilingis

Software - Leader of Embedded Systems

(devious boi)

Embedded Systems

We deal with mechanical waves in the water in the form of vibration and sound, which the aim of being able to locate objects subsea. 

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Vincent Rosenpflanzer

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Rose Kapps

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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David Persson

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Ibrahim Fawwaz Abdalaal

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Fabian Kongelf

Software - Leader of DevOps

DevOps

We integrate and automate the work of software development and IT operations as a means for improving and shortening the systems development life cycle.

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Member

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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LEGACY GROUP

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Nils

Leader of Mentors

"Woof woof" - Nils (1694)

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Børge Pahlm

Mentor - Previous Project Manager

NewCore Vortex Creator

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Ronja Kræmer

Mentor - Previous Autonomous Leader

Goddess of Sensors

Mentors

Honorary members and mentors are non-active members who provide support for the project and the active members without any obligation.

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Andreas Skagen

Mentor - Previous CFO

Economy Chad

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Kristian Sem

Mentor -

Our Lord and Savior 

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Tina Harildstad

Mentor - Previous Hardware Lead

Queen of Hardware

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Benjaminas Visockis

Mentor - Previous Project Manager

Alpha Software Chad

Team 2024

We are really proud to present this years team of 48 members!

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