Tolerance Analysis Expert Witnesses
Tolerance analysis expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on tolerance analysis. The tolerance analysis expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Firearms & Ballistics and Mechanical Engineering.
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Ryan D. Cook, MS, PE
Licensed Engineer: Firearm Design, Analysis & IP
Genesis Design Engineering LLC
Morgan, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Firearms & Ballistics
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Failure Analysis, Intellectual Property, Ammunition Reloading, Manufacturing, Product Liability, Unintentional Discharge, Shooting Reconstruction, Drop Testing, Trigger Pull Testing, Root Causes, Shooting Accident, Inspection, Ballistics, Forensic Analysis, Stress Calculation, Material Properties, Tolerance Analysis, GD&T, Kinematics
Ryan D. Cook has been licensed for over 20 years as a Professional Engineer (PE) in mechanical engineering, with more than 25 years of design and analysis experience. He has designed over 1500 parts, including 5 firearm product families and has been issued 10 patents. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University.
Mr. Cook has been designing Browning and Winchester rifles, shotguns, and handguns since 1999, including the Winchester Model 9410 – winner of the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence 2001 Shotgun of the Year award. This work includes concept generation, computer models, stress analyses, material specifications, and manufacturing process selections, which may include plastic or metal injection molding (MIM), machining, stamping, spring winding, additive manufacturing, casting, and powdered metal. His experience also comes from hands-on assembly, testing, diagnosis, and debugging. He analyzes failu...
