The Scholar's Field Guide to Clemson University

Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) The 250-acre Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) campus in Greenville, SC is midway between Char- lotte, N.C. and Atlanta, GA on the Interstate 85 corridor. CU-ICAR is a strategically focused automotive and motorsports research campus composed of five technology neighborhoods, each designed uniquely for optimizing an innovative and collaborative environment. Housed in the Carroll A Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center (CGEC) on the CU- ICAR campus, Clemson’s Department of Automotive Engineering con- ducts research in five labs: the Advanced Combustion and Heat ransfer Lab, the Advanced Powertrain Lab, the Hybrid Powertrain Integration Lab, the Eduard Michelin Electronics Lab and a general purpose lab. CU-ICAR is equipped with: • Renk Labeco 500 HP 4-wheel chassis • Dyno and Faist semi-anechoic chamber • MTS 320 tire-coupled road simulator and • Weiss climate test chamber • FANUC Roboshot 2000-i7iB injection mold- ing machine • Okuma MU-500 5-axis machining center • Okuma MB-46 VAE 3-Axis milling machine • Okuma LB-4000EX lathe • FEV 500 HP engine Dyno test cell • Instron 1332 hydraulic tensile testing machine • Agie-Charmille RoboGorm 350 wire EDM machine • Sonitek TS500 ultrasonic welder • DriveSafety CDS-250 clinical driving simulator – 21 –