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University of Michigan
College of Engineering

University of Michigan

Home of the ARC, the University of Michigan College of Engineering is one of the finest engineering schools in the country. Much of the College’s world class resources are used for furthering education through sponsored research.

University of Iowa
College of Engineering

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa College of Engineering, located in Iowa City, IA, is one of the United States premiere engineering research institutions. The University of Iowa specializes in design sensitivity analysis and multidisciplinary optimization, durability and fatigue life prediction, reliability-based analysis and design optimization, digital human modeling and simulation, robotics and automation, and virtual reality.

Wayne State University
College of Engineering

Wayne State University

Blessed by its location in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the American auto industry, the Wayne State College of Engineering draws strength from the region’s robust engineering culture, providing students and faculty unrivaled connections to industry and the latest research and cutting edge technology. To the region and state, the College provides leadership in emerging growth areas shaping our future.

Clemson University
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Science

Clemson University

For over 100 years, the disciplines of engineering, science, and textiles have been at the heart of Clemson University as it strives towards excellence and leadership. Clemson’s Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a graduate degree program in Automotive Engineering, located on Clemson’s International Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR) campus in Greenville South Carolina, near research and development centers of several of Clemson’s industrial partners.

Oakland University
College of Arts and Sciences

Oakland University

Located in Rochester, Michigan, in the heart of the automotive industry, Oakland University is a growing public institution. Through interdisciplinary research and industrial outreach projects such as the ARC partnership, the University is preparing learners for the 21st-century workplace and society. Automotive Engineering Design is an area of focus for Oakland’s doctoral degree program.

Virginia Tech
College of Engineering

Virginia Tech

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population in Virginia. Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).

Michigan Technological University
College of Engineering

Michigan Technological University

Located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooking the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior. A leading public research university, home to 7,268 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Michigan Tech offers online graduate programs for engineers working in industry, including MS, PhD, and Graduate Certificates in Automotive Systems & Controls and Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Research at Michigan Tech brings faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, community, government, and industrial partners together to create the future.

Mississippi State University
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Mississippi State University

CAVS is a world-class technology development center comprised of engineering, research, development and technology transfer teams. Founded in 2002, CAVS is committed to exploring solutions to complex problems, in areas such as autonomous vehicles, materials science, high-performance computing, advanced controls, and human-machine interaction.

University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Engineering

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The UAB School of Engineering offers unique opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration—not only within engineering disciplines but with dozens of areas of convergence, extending to other academic departments across campus as well as to local industry. The result is an environment that breeds innovation and brings historic breakthroughs within reach. With such wide-ranging faculty expertise, UAB engineers develop highly versatile skill sets that enable them to create sustainable solutions to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Government Partners

Argonne National Laboratory

Army Research Laboratory

Cold Regions Test Center

Environmental Protection Agency

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Industry Partners

Advanced Science and Automation Corporation

Ansys, Inc.

BAE Systems

Caterpillar

Fiat Chrysler

Ford Motor Company

GE Global Research

General Motors Corporation

GS Engineering

Mathworks

Quantum Signal LLC

RAMDO Solutions

Soar Technology

Southern Company Services, Inc.

Spatial Integrated Systems

Toyota Research Institute

Veoneer-Nissin

Zenuity