NWRA History

• Drawn to the spired mountains and intricate waterways of the Pacific Northwest, the three founders incorporated NWRA in Washington State in 1984 as an organization from which to ply their trade as research scientists in association with colleagues of like mind and complementary talents.


• This goal was achieved in 1986 when NWRA bought the Northwest Division of Physical Dynamics, Inc., a California corporation with whom the founders and all other charter employees of NWRA previously had been employed.


• Since this time NWRA has expanded beyond the Pacific Northwest and has become a 100% principal-investigator owned company; i.e., the same people who carry out the scientific research-set the direction and priorities for the company. NWRA has no full-time management staff.


• Visualogic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NWRA, was formed in 1988 to serve as a commercial outlet for software and services.


• Slicer Dicer, a visualization tool for multi-dimensional data, was developed by Visualogic. The laser inspection services formerly performed by Visualogic are now being done by Laser Technologies Company. Please contact info@laser-ndt.com for more information.


• The Colorado Research Associates (CoRA) Division of NWRA, located in Boulder Colorado, was established in 1997. The CoRA staff specializes in basic and applied research in the atmospheric sciences.


• The Nashua staff support NWRA activities under contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory.


• The Tucson, Arizona, office of NWRA was established in 1999 to take advantage of the scientific research, development technology and talent available in the region.