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Clemson presents Endowed Chair Medallions
Clemson University has presented Endowed Chair Medallions to two of its distinguished faculty members this Spring. One went to Todd H. Hubing, faculty member of the department of electrical and computer engineering, for holding the Michelin Endowed Chair in Vehicular Electronic Systems Integration. The other went to John C. Ziegert, faculty member of the department of mechanical engineering, for holding the Timken Endowed Chair in Automotive Design and Development.
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Two of the college’s distinguished faculty received Clemson’s Endowed Chair Medallion recently. Todd H. Hubing (right), holds the Michelin Endowed Chair in Vehicular Electronic Systems Integration. John C. Ziegert, has been named the Timken Endowed Chair in Automotive Design and Development.
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The endowed chairs are part of the faculty to be located in the Carroll A. Campbell Graduate Engineering Center at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in Greenville. The program was made possible by the South Carolina Legislature’s Research Centers of Economic Excellence Endowed Chairs initiative.
Hubing joined the Clemson faculty in 2006 to pursue research in vehicle electronic systems integration. Systems integration is the management of increasingly complex interactions between electrical, digital, and mechanical technologies in automobiles, aircraft, manufacturing equipment, buildings, computer systems, and many other platforms.
Ziegert also joined the Clemson faculty in 2006. He leads research initiatives in analysis and design of instruments and machines for automotive manufacturing and testing. Ziegert coordinates collaborative research and development projects between the university’s faculty and graduate students and engineers at the Timken Technology Center at CU-ICAR.
In addition to the medallions Hubing and Ziegert received at a luncheon at Thornblade Club, Clemson University President James F. Barker presented a medallion to representatives of Michelin and Timken, the companies that made the endowments possible. Medallions also will be displayed in the Campbell Graduate Engineering Center.
Clemson began its new Ph.D. degree program in automotive engineering with an emphasis on systems integration in August 2006. Students are taking courses on the Clemson campus until the expected completion of the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center on the CU-ICAR campus in August 2007, when the M.S. program also will begin.
CU-ICAR is a new model for economic development in South Carolina, matching Clemson’s strengths in automotive engineering with the state’s strong automotive economic cluster. Located on the Interstate 85 corridor, between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga., CU-ICAR is situated in the Southeastern automotive and motorsports economy.
The 250-acre “technopolis” is where BMW, Michelin, Timken, SUN, the Richard Petty Driving Experience and other corporate partners are joining with Clemson to focus on automotive research and other transportation issues. CU-ICAR has generated more than $215 million in investments and pledges, and by fall 2007, the first phase of development –– Technology Neighborhood 1 –– will be complete, accounting for more than 500 new jobs.
Symbolic of the university’s most prestigious academic positions, the bronze Clemson University Endowed Chair Medallion bears a sculptured image of the university’s seal. The medallion may be worn during university ceremonies, such as convocation and commencement.
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