TSTC Waco has a fuel cell laboratory that includes an operational Plug Power 5 kilowatt 120/240 volt single-phase natural gas reforming fuel cell system connected to the Electronics building electrical distribution.

TSTC also has three static display 5 kilowatt fuel cells for student learning activities, as well as an Avista Labs hydrogen direct current fuel cell. A small, operational demonstration water electrolyzer fuel cell provides students with the opportunity to actually see the fuel cell process for better understanding of fuel cell systems operations.

Fuel Cell Technology is so new, so revolutionary, that, as of the start of the instructional program at TSTC, there are no more than a few jobs nationwide, and even fewer in the state of Texas , relating strictly to fuel cell systems. However, every state and national economic indicator points toward the fact that fuel cell technology will be in extremely high demand within three to five years, and that trained Fuel Cell systems technicians will have their pick of jobs anywhere in the country. The curriculum, as it now stands, will prepare graduates for the same types of jobs now being offered and accepted by those in the Electrical/Computerized Control Systems & Robotics program.