Our History

Flow Science's office in Santa Fe

In 1963, while at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Dr. C. W. "Tony" Hirt pioneered several landmark fluid dynamics methods, stability enhancing procedures and a unique free surface tracking technique - the "Volume Of Fluid" or VOF method. In 1980, Dr. Hirt left LANL to form Flow Science Inc. with the mission to develop a new generation of fluid dynamics modeling capabilities for industrial and scientific applications.

Since its founding, the goal at Flow Science has been to provide our customers with excellence in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and services, giving close and careful attention to each customer's special modeling needs. This objective led to the commercial release in 1985 of FLOW-3D, a flexible and robust fluid dynamics and heat transfer program. The code was designed from the outset to support diverse engineering applications with emphasis on modeling accuracy, problem adaptability and user convenience.

Flow Science now supports a worldwide customer base of commercial, academic and government users. Our staff of scientists and engineers constantly strives to make innovative and useful improvements to FLOW-3D. We take pride in the level of customer support provided. The Flow Science tradition of excellence in CFD technological leadership and support services now spans 25 years.

Directions:Coming from the South, on I-25:

Santa Fe is about an hour's drive north of Albuquerque on Interstate 25. As you approach Santa Fe, take the St. Francis Drive exit north into town. Approximately one and a half miles north on St. Francis, take the St. Michael's Drive exit. Bear to the right onto St. Michael's Drive, and quickly cross the street to the left turn lane at the first street light on St. Michael's Drive, which is for Galisteo Street. Turn left on Galisteo Street and take another immediate left turn onto Harkle Road. Our office is located at the end of Harkle Road on the right-hand side.

Coming from the North, on Highway 285:

Heading south on Highway 285, take the St. Michael's Drive Exit, and make a left turn at the stop light. Proceed to the first street light, which is for Galisteo Street, turn left on Galisteo Street and another immediate left onto Harkle Road. Our office is located at the end of Harkle Road on the right-hand side.

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