Timken and Clemson University Announce Endowed Chair for International Center for Automotive Research
18 Luglio 2006 - 6:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
CANTON, Ohio, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR)
and Clemson University today jointly announced that Dr. John C.
Ziegert will hold The Timken Chair in Automotive Design and
Development at the Carroll A. Campbell Graduate Engineering Center
at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive
Research (CU-ICAR). (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991012/TKRLOGO ) In this
role, Ziegert will lead research initiatives in analysis and design
of precision machining for automotive applications, and coordinate
collaborative research and development projects between the
university's research and development resources and Timken's
on-site engineering group. Ziegert currently holds the Ebaugh Chair
in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of
Florida and is the president of Tetra Precision Inc., a
Florida-based metrology company. Timken has announced that it will
contribute $3 million to an endowment to support the graduate
program at CU-ICAR. With this endowment, Timken becomes a founding
member jointly with co-founders and endowment contributors BMW, a
German-based automaker, and Michelin, a French-based tire company.
Clemson has been approved for $5 million in state funds through the
Research Centers of Economic Excellence Act to help support the
Timken chair. Located on a 250-acre site in Greenville, S.C., the
CU-ICAR facility is designed as a global center of academic and
industry expertise in automobile manufacturing, safety and
powertrain development. "John brings a valuable mix of industry
experience and academic leadership to the endowment," said Jacqui
Dedo, president of Timken's Automotive Group. "We look forward to
working with John to combine the knowledge and innovation of our
on-site Timken associates with that of Clemson's R&D community
to develop friction management and power transmission solutions
that will transform not only the automotive industry, but other
industrial markets as well." "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity
to join the CU-ICAR team, and am grateful for the generous support
of The Timken Company for this chair," said Ziegert. "I look
forward to close collaboration with Timken and all of the CU-ICAR
partners. Because of the significant investments and visionary
thinking of Clemson, the state of South Carolina, and the CU-ICAR
corporate sponsors, we have the opportunity to create a truly
world-class automotive research and education facility, while
developing a highly trained automotive engineering workforce."
Ziegert earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering at Purdue
University, an M.S. from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from
the University of Rhode Island. He started his career as a project
engineer at General Motors and has held academic appointments at
the University of Hawaii, Brown University, Roger Williams
University, the University of Rhode Island and the California
Institute of Technology. He joined the University of Florida
faculty in 1990. "John is a top flight engineer and a real pleasure
to have on our team," said Dr. Thomas R. Kurfess, holder of the BMW
Chair in Automotive Manufacturing and director of the Carroll A.
Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center at CU-ICAR. "Heads are
going to turn. He's one of the best electro- mechanical systems
designers I know and a great team leader. He is an ideal example of
what a CU-ICAR faculty member should be in terms of leadership,
mentoring junior faculty and students and setting the bar for
high-quality research and education." As a fellow of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers and past- president of the American
Society for Precision Engineering, Ziegert has received many
national awards, including the National Science Foundation Young
Investigator Award, which recognizes outstanding young faculty in
the fields of science and engineering. He has authored or
co-authored more than 80 journal and conference papers, holds three
patents, with three more currently pending, and has completed more
than $7 million in externally sponsored research grants and
contracts at the University of Florida. About CU-ICAR At the
Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research,
public and private partners work with the university to develop the
technologies, processes and workforce of the future. Anchoring the
research center is the Campbell Graduate Engineering Center, which
will focus on systems integration -- the increasing complex
interaction of electrical, digital and mechanical technologies in
automobiles and many other manufacturing platforms. The Timken
Chair in Automotive Design and Development is one of four endowed
chairs that will form the academic core of the CU-ICAR project.
Clemson is scheduled to begin its new Ph.D. degree program in
automotive engineering with an emphasis on systems integration in
the fall of 2006 and a M.S. degree program the following year.
Since the groundbreaking, CU-ICAR has generated more than $215
million in investments and pledges from the state of South
Carolina, the Clemson University Real Estate Foundation and major
industry partners including BMW, Michelin, SAE International, Sun
Microsystems and Timken. By summer 2007, the first phase of
development - Technology Neighborhood I - will be complete,
accounting for more than 500 new jobs. About The Timken Company The
Timken Company, (NYSE:TKRNYSE:http://www.timken.com) keeps the
world turning, with innovative ways to make customers' products run
smoother, faster and more efficiently. Timken's highly engineered
bearings, alloy steels and related products and services turn up
everywhere. With operations in 27 countries, sales of $5.2 billion
in 2005 and 27,000 employees, Timken is Where You Turn(TM) for
better performance. Jeff Dafler, Manager -- Global Media and
Government Relations, Telephone: (330) 471-3514, Facsimile: (330)
471-7032, Steve Tschiegg, Manager -- Investor Relations, Telephone:
(330) 471-7446, Facsimile: (330) 471-2797,
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