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Welcome to the Department of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University. The Department is housed in the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center (CGEC) at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).The CGEC is a unique state-of-the-art building equipped with full scale vehicle testing equipment. Our faculty team of world-class engineers has developed a cutting edge research and educational program  that focuses on the vehicle from a systems integration perspective. Under the rubric of systems integration, we concentrate our education and research programs on product design and development, manufacturing and electronic systems.

The graduate program in Automotive Engineering is a one-of-a-kind program. It has the distinction of being the first PhD program in automotive engineering in the US and produced the first PhD graduate in the country. The goal of the program is to produce technical leaders who possess the critical thinking, technical skills, and creativity necessary  to handle ever-increasing product complexity, lead product innovation, understand and adapt to changing market and workplace demands, and  function in a global environment.   The program is industry focussed and draws on the engagement of industry partners working side by side with the faculty to achieve its goals. Students in the program have the opportunity to work on real world problems with industry partners, and the graduates are in excellent demand.

Come join us on this journey as we strive to become the finest research and education program in the world, specifically designed to produce the engineer of tomorrow, today for the automotive industry.

Dr. Imtiaz Haque
Founding Chair and Executive Director