Established in 1979, Analytic & Computational Research Inc. is one of the leading software development and consulting firms in the global market. Based in Los Angeles, Calif., the company specializes in providing mathematical modeling and computer analysis of environmental pollution and engineering processes involving fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, turbulence and combustion. It develops and markets computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software tools, such as Porflow, a ground water, porous and fractured media simulator and Tidal, an oceanographic and surface water simulator. In addition, Analytic & Computational Research Inc. renders consulting services in a range of fields, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), aerospace technology, space sciences and radiation. The company caters to corporations, private and government research organizations as well as educational institutes.