Central Connecticut University opens two of the largest laboratories for electric machines and power engineering on the East Coast

Students learn using Lucas-Nuelle training systems in the new degree program

Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) is the oldest public university in Connecticut with approximately 12,000 students. Science is one of the main areas of study at CCSU. The goal of the project with Lucas-Nuelle was to equip two laboratories in the new electrical engineering sciences building. Lucas-Nuelle provided nine mobile workstations for the Smart Grid laboratory, eight multi-purpose mobile workstations with transformers, electrical machines, and power electronics, and eleven UniTrain workstations for electrical engineering, electronics and instrumentation. The result is two of the largest electrical machinery and power engineering laboratories on the east coast of the US.

The main challenge of the project was to meet the high demands of the university and the available budget. Our on-site team was responsible for the installation, commissioning and subsequent train-the-trainer training of the faculty. Upon successful completion, electrical engineering was added to the CCSU curriculum as a new degree programme, and the new labs can now accommodate 30 students at a time.

"We are confident that this equipment will contribute to the training of many young people who will be responsible for designing, operating and improving the quality of electrical networks using various technologies". (Marcela Isaza, Product Manager at Lucas-Nuelle)

„It’s a great opportunity for the students. They’ll get a hands-on experience here. They can learn with this experience on how to control different components of the power system network. And then once they go into the industry, they will be well trained and they can serve the society in a better way.” (Ahmed Zeeshan, Computer Electronics and Graphics Tech at CCSU)