James Ransom

Victoria, BC

• GPA 8.69 / 9.0 (A+ average).
• Co-op Work Term 1 completed, Summer 2026.

Student team that designs, builds and flies uncrewed aircraft for the national AEAC student UAS competition, working with UVic's Centre for Aerospace Research.

• Work on the mechanical team, which designs and builds the airframe and mechanical systems for the competition aircraft.
• Modelled a glider airframe in Fusion 360 from reference photos, lofting the fuselage and wings through cross-sections.
• Learning and applying the team's design-to-build workflow, from CAD through 3D-printed and composite parts to flight testing.

First-year design project for UVic Facilities Management, team of three.

• Built a Raspberry Pi Pico W controller that counts people through a doorway with IR break-beam sensors, backed up by a PIR motion sensor, with a web dashboard for facilities staff.
• Selected, mounted and calibrated the IR break-beam, PIR and ambient light sensors.
• Led testing on a mock doorway: 56 of 60 passages counted correctly (93%), with failure modes documented. Wrote the team's feasibility report, graded 95%. Final demo 30/30.

Mississauga, ON (remote). Co-op Work Term 1

• Co-built an internal operations system replacing spreadsheets for scheduling, staff hours, payroll and shopping lists.
• Contracted on my own to build CookSmart's customer relationship management tool at a fixed price. Wrote the proposal and scope, negotiated the terms, and delivered on time in milestones the client signed off one at a time.
• Gathered requirements from the owner and staff, designed the data model with role-based permissions, and set up a nightly Squarespace sync and an Acuity Scheduling import.
• Tested each release against real data with the owner, then moved it to the client's hosting and wrote the handoff docs.

Chelsea, QC

• Ran the day-to-day operation of a mountain bike camp of 35+ kids a week: led a team of 10 counsellors and volunteers, planned each day's activities and adapted them to weather, trail conditions and skill levels, and served as the link between staff and camp management.
• Primary contact for parents, resolving concerns promptly and escalating when needed. Coached groups of 8+ riders aged 7 to 14 on the Camp Fortune trails, and checked and repaired campers' bikes each week.

Ottawa, ON

• Over 500 hours rigging and running lighting and sound in a 1,250-seat auditorium. Tested every fixture and connection before each show and fixed faults live. Trained junior crew.