SINDA (Systems Improved Numerical Differentiating Analyzer), recognized by users around the world as the most effective thermal modeling system in existence, was born in the heat of the 1960s race to the moon. Originally called CINDA (Chrysler Integrating Numerical Differentiating Analyzer), it was developed during more than three years of study and experimentation by a team of talented mathematicians , and had its first major application in predicting the in-flight temperatures for the Apollo 2 command module. NASA found the code to be amazingly accurate and has been using versions of it in launches of space vehicle ever since that time. NASA clearly saw the benefit of the CINDA thermal analyzer, and decided to develop it further. NASA awarded TRW a contract to enhance CINDA. Gaski was hired by TRW to assist with the improvements that were added over the next three years, during which time the name was changed to SINDA. In 1983, Network Analysis Associates, Inc. was formed in Fountain Valley, CA to further improve SINDA. In 1987, several new solution techniques were added, and the program was renamed SINDA/1987/ANSI. Within the next few years Gaski added more numerical solution techniques and rewrote several of the subroutines in double precision to improve the accuracy of the input, In order to differentiate between these two codes, Ron Behee, a consultant for Gaski, recommended that they change the name to SINDA/G (G for Gaski). The name SINDA/G has stayed with the thermal analyzer ever since. Iin January 1995, the firm moved the company to Tempe Arizona. In January 2003, Network Analysis moved into a new facility in Chandler, Arizona with a much larger facility and a state-of-the-art training room. As we move forward, the current company goals still echo those that Jerry set in 1982: 1. To provide the best thermal analysis tools available. 2. To provide excellent support and customer service. 3. To make our customers successful in their thermal analysis tasks.
