PID Controller Design
Develop and tune PID controllers for gas turbine engines, including fuel scheduling, engine protection, gain scheduling, and closed-loop stability evaluation.
Build, test, and refine PID control strategies for gas turbine systems in an engineer-friendly simulation environment. SimTurbo helps control engineers, researchers, and university teams visualize closed-loop behavior, tune responses, model sensors and actuators, and validate control logic before moving to hardware. Explore steady-state and transient conditions with interactive diagrams, real-time results, and exportable data for deeper analysis.
Practical simulation tools and programs for gas turbine control design, validation, research, and engineering education.
Develop and tune PID controllers for gas turbine engines, including fuel scheduling, engine protection, gain scheduling, and closed-loop stability evaluation.
Simulate startup, shutdown, throttle changes, acceleration, deceleration, load events, sensor response, and actuator dynamics to evaluate control behavior under changing operating conditions.
Support propulsion courses, laboratory experiments, capstone projects, faculty research, and hands-on control education with industry-grade gas turbine simulation tools.
The PID Control Lab gives engineers and students a practical way to design, observe, and improve gas turbine control behavior before committing to hardware. Build component-based models instead of relying on a black box, evaluate steady-state and transient responses, and investigate how controllers, sensors, actuators, and limiters interact. SimTurbo supports real-time visualization and data export for post-processing in Excel, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python.
A specialized platform built to make complex gas turbine control work more transparent and actionable.
Founder-led expertise draws on more than 45 years across aerospace, automotive, and power systems engineering.
Visualize transient behavior and throttle effects in real time on standard PCs with interactive graphs.
Component-based modeling lets users examine engine relationships rather than work through a black-box model.
Built-in PID controllers and limiters support control-law testing, virtual prototyping, and hardware-in-the-loop migration preparation.
Engineering perspective supported by technical product experience.
President, CEO & Founder
Paul J. Hoffman is the President, CEO, and Founder of Controls Research LLC, the company behind SimTurbo. With a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, and an MBA from the University of Toledo, Paul brings a rare combination of technical depth and business acumen to the company. He has more than 45 years of experience spanning aerospace, automotive, and power systems engineering, giving him a comprehensive understanding of complex gas turbine engine design and simulation challenges. As founder, Paul has guided SimTurbo's development into a specialized, engineer-friendly platform used by aerospace, marine, and power-generation professionals as well as universities. His leadership reflects a deep commitment to advancing engineering education and real-world simulation accuracy, ensuring clients and students alike benefit from decades of hands-on industry expertise.
Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Chris Hoffman serves as Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Controls Research LLC, bringing more than 15 years of experience in the sales and marketing of technical products. Chris plays a key role in communicating the value of SimTurbo's advanced gas turbine simulation platform to aerospace, marine, power systems, and academic audiences across the United States. With a strong understanding of technical sales cycles and engineering-focused markets, Chris works closely with clients and educational institutions to ensure they find the right solutions for their design, analysis, and simulation needs. Chris is dedicated to building lasting relationships with customers, helping engineers and students alike understand how SimTurbo can improve productivity, precision, and outcomes in their gas turbine engineering projects.
A PID control lab is an environment for building, tuning, and evaluating proportional-integral-derivative control strategies. In SimTurbo, users can apply PID controllers to gas turbine models, observe closed-loop response, and study how fuel scheduling, actuators, sensors, and limiters affect engine behavior. It is useful for control development, virtual prototyping, research, and structured university laboratory work.
Speak with SimTurbo about your model, lab, or validation objectives.
Reported validation against NASA Lewis test data.
Interactive modeling on standard PC hardware.
University and student licensing programs available.
Tell us about your engine model, control objective, research project, or academic program. The SimTurbo team can help identify the right simulation and licensing path.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 779-390-4786. You can also send us a quick email at pjhoffman@simturbo.net.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 779-390-4786. You can also send us a quick email at pjhoffman@simturbo.net.