Public engineering firm profile
Boulder, CO
Mechanical engineering and product development services
Ascent Design is a mechanical engineering and product development practice based in Boulder, Colorado. Its experience spans every stage of physical product development, from concept and feasibility studies through prototyping, pre-production, and full-scale manufacturing. Principal Mechanical Engineer Ralph Burns has developed flight hardware, medical devices, consumer products, and manufacturing tooling, with work reflected in dozens of utility patents.
Transforms creative concepts into physical realities, guiding projects from the earliest stages of feasibility assessment through prototyping and high-volume manufacturing.
Deploys specialized technical engineering to design components, assemblies, and mechanisms with a strong emphasis on manufacturability and high-performance physical behavior.
Tri-Med International | Medical Devices
Designed and engineered an effective dual-dose syringe utilizing an injection-blow molded bellows cartridge and a valve intrinsic to the rubber stopper. The design process incorporated large-displacement non-linear finite element analysis to tune critical design parameters.
View project sourcePresident and Principal Mechanical Engineer
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Serves as President and Principal Mechanical Engineer, bringing extensive experience in developing flight hardware, medical devices, consumer instrumentation, and manufacturing tooling.