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TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES AND TEACHING EQUIPMENT
Always closely aligned with real-world industry needs, ENSEM is fortunate to combine theoretical coursework with hands-on practical training through its advanced technology platforms and cutting-edge equipment.
The numerous facilities available at ENSEM for laboratory work in Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, and Digital Sciences allow students to gain deeper understanding and practical experience in their fields of study.
The Energy
Platform
Energy Production,
Conversion, Renewable Energies
An Innovative Hub for Education, Research, and Sustainable Energy
The Energy Platform is an open, continuously evolving experimental facility dedicated to both training and research in the field of energy. It serves as a center of excellence where innovation, education, and research come together to shape the future of high-performance, sustainable energy systems.
Electromechanical Energy Conversion (Hydraulic Turbomachinery, Wind Power)
This platform focuses on machines involved in electromechanical energy conversion, featuring:
• Hydraulic turbomachines (centrifugal pumps; Pelton, Kaplan, and Francis turbines)
• A horizontal-axis, three-blade wind turbine
All equipment is fully instrumented, enabling students and researchers to conduct detailed flow analyses and generate characteristic performance curves for each machine.
Renewable Energy Platform
This platform is dedicated to the study and characterization of renewable energy sources. It includes an internal low-voltage DC grid connected to: A wind turbine, Outdoor photovoltaic panels, Hydrogen electrochemistry systems with PEM fuel cells.
Digitally controlled static power conversion systems, enabling the development of advanced control strategies to optimize energy efficiency.
Future vehicles
platforms
Connected Vehicle
Innovating in Electric & Hybrid Mobility
Implementing various hybrid vehicle architecture
The Future Vehicle Platform includes several experimental setups dedicated to electric and hybrid vehicles.
Connected Vehicle
An electric Twizy vehicle is equipped with:
• LIDAR (rotating laser rangefinder), Cameras, Various wireless sensors (measuring temperature, air quality, and acceleration).
This equipment allows for real-world experiments with connected vehicle technologies, focusing on:
• Environmental mapping, Object recognition (other vehicles, pedestrians, traffic signs).
Hybrid Vehicle
The platform also features an advanced engine test bench that replicates hybrid vehicle propulsion systems, combining multiple energy sources:
• Internal combustion engines, Electric motors, Energy storage units (lithium batteries, supercapacitors).
Students can explore different hybrid vehicle architectures, from fully electric to mixed propulsion, while optimizing energy management across various driving cycles. These facilities allow for comprehensive system testing, performance improvement, and energy efficiency optimization.
Mobile Robotics
Platform
Autonomous, Mobile,
and Interactive Systems
Providing training in industrial competencies in the field of digital sciences applied to complex systems, both autonomous and supervised
Advanced 2D and 3D Robotics for Real-Time Control and Multi-Agent Systems
This educational platform features a fleet of programmable mobile devices, including robots and drones. Each unit is equipped with capabilities for autonomous decision-making, trajectory control, learning, communication, and environmental sensing and detection. Geolocation is enabled through an infrared camera network.
The platform supports a wide range of teaching activities in robotics, control systems (trajectory tracking, multi-agent systems, and mobile device cooperation), image processing (virtual environment positioning), embedded and real-time programming, and communication networks.
URBANLOOP
Platform
Embedded Systems & Software
A Research and Innovation Environment to Rethink the Mobility of Tomorrow
Demonstrator for Sustainable Urban Mobility
ENSEM’s Urbanloop demonstrator is a dedicated space for research and development around the innovative Urbanloop urban mobility capsule project.
Objectives and Focus Areas:
This demonstrator is designed to explore and optimize various technological aspects related to Urbanloop, including:
- Supervision: Development of monitoring and control systems to ensure operational safety and reliability of the capsules.
- Embedded Control Systems: Design of advanced embedded control architectures for efficient and safe capsule operation.
- AI-Based Routing Algorithms: Development and testing of artificial intelligence solutions for real-time route optimization, minimizing energy consumption and passenger wait times.
Electrical machines
and Power
Electronics platform
Analysis of electrical devices and microgrid systems
The platform constitutes a key infrastructure for advancing the study and optimization of modern electrical systems
Experimental platform
This experimental platform focuses on the study of single-phase and three-phase electrical systems, particularly:
• Transformer characterization
• Electrical machines (DC, synchronous, and asynchronous motors)
• Power electronics systems (rectifiers and inverters)
The platform features a wide power range (3kW to 50kW), providing hands-on experience with multiple machine types and their corresponding static converters.
The control room includes:
• Machine benches (DC and synchronous)
• Digital control setups using Matlab-DSpace
• Adjustable motor currents and rotational speeds
The entire system can also be configured as a microgrid, where DC machines emulate turbines and synchronous generators supply simulated grid loads.
Aerodynamic wind
tunnel platform
Analysis of external aerodynamic flow dynamics
Educating on the fundamental challenges in engineering and applied research in aerodynamics
Platform dedicated to the study of external flows related to aeronautics, automotive, and rail industries
It includes three wind tunnels generating airflow up to 40 m/s, equipped with:
• Wall pressure sensors
• Local velocity measurements (hot-wire anemometry)
• 3-component aerodynamic balance (drag, lift, pitching moment)
• Smoke machine coupled with laser sheet for flow visualization
These tools allow both localized and global flow studies on diverse objects such as airplane wings, Urbanloop capsules, and Shell Eco-marathon vehicles.
Solid and Structural
Mechanics platform
Structural analysis
Experimental and numerical investigation of the behavior of materials and structures, contributing to research, education, and industrial innovation
A platform dedicated to the analysis and design of structures under static and dynamic loading, as well as material characterization.
Training Focus:
• Solid mechanics and structural behavior
• Predicting, understanding, and optimizing how structures respond to forces, deformations, and temperature variations
• Essential knowledge for multiple scientific, technical, and industrial sectors
The platform helps students bridge theoretical concepts with practical testing and data analysis.
Thermal energy
transfer platform
Investigation of thermal energy systems
Fully aligned with strategic research priorities focused on the energy transition, optimization of energy efficiency, and the integration and enhancement of renewable energy sources
A specialized facility for studying heat transfer mechanisms:
Conduction, Convection and Radiation.
The platform includes:
• Two heat exchangers: a parallel-flow water-water exchanger and a cross-flow model.
• Capabilities for both steady-state and transient thermal studies.
Students gain valuable hands-on experience identifying and analyzing thermal parameters critical to heat exchange processes across various systems.
Industrial Cybersecurity
platform
Protecting Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
Develop the competencies required to safeguard systems from cyber threats, through a comprehensive approach that integrates technical knowledge, security standards, and industrial best practices
This platform focuses on experimental cybersecurity training for industrial control and automation systems.
Key Features:
• Simulated operational processes
• Physical control setup with a programmable logic controller (PLC), industrial switches, and firewalls
• Attack simulations to assess system vulnerabilities
• Risk analysis and implementation of protective countermeasures
Industrial Applications:
The study of cybersecurity in ICS is vital for ensuring the safety, availability, and integrity of critical infrastructures, including:
• Energy
• Transportation
• Water management
• Manufacturing
• Chemical industries
