Engineering Systems
Controls, automation, instrumentation, digital twins and resilient infrastructure.
Engineering · Intelligence · Creation
Making complex systems—and complex knowledge—work better.
We build reliable engineering systems, train and apply AI, develop technical products, and publish practical knowledge.
ENGINEERINGAIPRODUCTSRESEARCH
AI & Knowledge
Expert AI training, evaluation, technical review and practical workflow automation.
Products & Publications
Software, field tools, books and focused technical resources built from real work.
Research & Contribution
Open projects, technical briefs, experiments and useful participation in the wider community.
Active practice
What we’re working on now
Control Lattice is an applied engineering and intelligence company. We solve client problems, build original tools, and contribute useful technical work in the public and private sectors.
Engineering tools
Diagnostics, simulation and commissioning resources that make difficult systems easier to understand.
Better technical AI
Applying engineering judgment to AI training, evaluation and expert technical review.
Practical knowledge
Books, primers, videos and technical explanations made to be genuinely useful.
Where experience matters
Industries We Serve
Critical systems demand more than software. They require an understanding of equipment, operators, data, risk, and the mission the facility exists to accomplish.
National Laboratories
Accelerators, beamlines, experiments and facility controls.
Advanced Scientific Facilities
X-ray, neutron and high-energy instrumentation.
Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing
Automation, modernization and diagnostics.
Data Centers & Critical Infrastructure
Monitoring, controls and operational resilience.
Energy & Emerging Technologies
Controls, simulation and instrumentation for next-generation systems.
Work made visible
Selected Work & Technical Contributions
Source Stability Observer
Synchronized acquisition, data-quality gates and bounded statistics for investigating X-ray source variability.
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Accelerator Timing Digital Twin
EPICS-based simulation of timing behavior, environmental drift and adaptive correction.
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AI Training & Evaluation
Expert technical judgment for model training, response evaluation and knowledge-intensive workflows.
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Books & Publications
Technical primers, decision tools and publications that turn experience into reusable knowledge.
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Led by Rob Rainer
More than 20 years across scientific facilities, controls, advanced instrumentation, data-center infrastructure, technical leadership, and systems integration.
Machine observability
Can your machine explain why it failed?
Turn alarms, commands, readbacks, interlocks, sequence state, timing, and operating context into evidence your team can actually use.
Start with the challenge
What are you trying to build, understand, improve, or teach?
Bring us the complex part. We’ll help turn it into a system, product, decision, or body of knowledge that works.
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