About 
Firehole Composites provides innovative software tools and engineering services designed to significantly improve structural design and analysis with composite materials. Our mission is to help engineers create lighter, stronger, safer and more efficient composite designs through superior analysis capability.
The Firehole team offers a valuable skill set to those seeking to excel with composite materials. A unique combination of composites analysis expertise and experience in commercial software development makes us uniquely able to deliver solutions that provide the most accurate composite analysis technology available. With knowledge in FEA integration, graphical user interface development, and computational efficiency, we are able to transfer analytical methods into practical, quality engineering tools. Our composites experts have over 110 years combined composites experience and are actively engaged in cutting-edge developments in composites analysis though involvement in pioneering research and international collaborations.
Our flagship product Helius:MCT offers advanced capabilities for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of composite materials. Its distinctive technology enables a multiscale approach to structural analysis that is unsurpassed, delivering a robust and efficient tool for evaluation of progressive failure, damage tolerance, and structural response of composite parts. Since the launch of Helius:MCT, we have worked to develop additional products under the Helius brand. This has included collaboration with other leading solution providers such as Safe Technology in the development of our joint composite fatigue tool, fe-safe/Composites. Firehole is committed to continuing the evolution of the use of composite materials through providing more accurate and efficient analysis methodologies to an even wider audience.
The idea for Firehole began in the mid 1990's with the academic research of composite analysis. The company Firehole Technologies was launched in 2000. Since then, that idea has grown into a company whose products are used all over the world by commercial designers and federal agencies such as Red Bull Racing, NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratories. In the fall of 2010, Firehole Technologies became Firehole Composites to better emphasize our dedication to the analysis of and tools for composite materials. Our team of experts is active in composites and analysis communities including CMH-17, AIAA, SAMPE and NAFEMs. Partnerships with organizations such as the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) and leading commercial companies like Boeing will enable us to continue to push the envelope on composite design and analysis.
The Firehole Name
Wyoming often conjures images of mountains, rivers, and wildlife. Firehole Composites' name sake is the Firehole River, a Wyoming river that originates in Yellowstone National Park. The Firehole is unique because it flows through several geyser basins which empty hot water into it, often causing steam to rise. It was named by early trappers because the steam makes it appear as if it is on fire. The Firehole is also known for exceptional fly fishing – as are Firehole engineers.
Firehole Composites is proudly located in Laramie, Wyoming. Our name reflects our Wyoming roots and shows the Equality State has more to offer than beautiful landscapes; it can also offer high tech solutions. The unique approach we take to solving the complex problems associated with composite materials analysis has found a worldwide audience.
Meet the Firehole management team.