Centers & Institutes

Centers

Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF)

CAEFF has four main focuses: undergraduate research opportunities, including a cooperative education program; graduate research programs, including an industrial residency program for in-plant research; short courses for industrial and corporate personnel offered through continuing education programs; and pre-college outreach programs designed to attract younger students to engineering and science disciplines.

Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips

An integrative research and education enterprise oriented toward service, this group is focused on providing leadership and excellence to the scientific and technological areas of bioelectronics, biosensors and biochips.

Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration

Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration strives to find better treatments for cardiovascular diseases by fostering interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers and enhancing interdependent intellectual capital and resources within the State of South Carolina

Biomedical and Bioengineering Translational Research Facility

The group focuses on translational research, or research that brings discovery directly from the bench to practical applications in patients.

Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)

Advanced-technology research campus where university, industry and government organizations engage in synergistic collaboration.

Excellence in Mathematics & Science Education (EMSE)

EMSE provides support, professional development, curricula, instructional materials and course work to improve the teaching of mathematics and the sciences in kindergarden through college.

National Brick Research Center

The center is an industrially funded organization providing research, education and services to producers and users of clay bricks and other ceramic materials, such as tile and mortar.

Nuclear Environmental Sciences and Radiation Waste Management (NESRWM)

Robert Fjeld, Director, 166 Rich Lab/Research Park
phone: (864) 656-5569, Fax: (864) 656-0672
email: fjeld@clemson.edu

Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET)

Providing a range of programs, COMSET actively pursues sponsored research in the areas of organic and inorganic optical materials, including optical polymers, glasses and crystals. 

Research in Wireless Communication

A cross-disciplinary program of research and education targeted to the emerging needs of the cellular and wireless communications industry.

Institutes

Automotive Safety Research Institute (CU-ASRI)

CU-ASRI is the safety research arm of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). It is a research-based interdisciplinary program focused on the critical human-vehicle-road interface.

Biological Interfaces of Engineering

This institute works to enable the development of clinically relevant biomaterials technology and products for disease management and the transfer of this technology for patient care through leading biomaterials-related research.

Clemson Environmental Institute (CIES)

Promoting sustainable natural resources and economic development in South Carolina, CIES conducts research, teaches and does outreach to develop and implement technologies, generate new knowledge and provide information, assessments and solutions.

Modeling and Simulation Applications

This institute furthers knowledge by using models and simulations (M&S) in education, industry and research.

SC Institute for Energy Studies at Clemson University (SCIES)

SCIES actively pursues solutions in three key energy sectors: power generation, transportation and energy efficiency.

Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics (CISCOL)

CISCOL provides local and international industries with a resource for solving new and unique supply chain issues.

Alliances, Associations & Coalitions

CU Electrical Power Research Association (CUEPRA)

CUEPRA is an entity that promotes excellence in electric power education and research.

Construction Industry Cooperative Alliance (CICA)

CICA works to improve the productivity, profitability and effectiveness of all parties involved with the eastern United States’ construction industry.

South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics and Science

This program brings together advocates who seek constancy and quality in the state’s approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.