Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research
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The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is a 250 acre automotive and motorsports research campus currently under construction in Greenville, South Carolina. ICAR will include a graduate school offering Master's and Doctoral degrees in automotive engineering, and offering programs focused on systems integration. The campus also includes an Information Technology Research Center being developed by BMW. BMW, Microsoft, IBM, and Michelin are all major corporate partners of the ICAR center. Private-sector companies that have committed so far to establishing offices and/or facilities on the campus include the Society of Automotive Engineers and The Timken Company. Plans for the campus also include a full-scale, four-vehicle capacity rolling-road model wind tunnel.
CU-ICAR's Vision as stated on the official website:
"Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research will be the premier automotive and motorsports research and educational facility in the world."
