The Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies  

The Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies

A University of Alabama Research Center

 

   

The Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies (CAVT) was established on The University of Alabama campus in September of 1998.  Through the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), U.S. Department of Transportation funding was established for conducting advanced vehicle research through the Center.  The Center promotes interdisciplinary research across the University through various research and education programs.  The vision of the Center is to assist in the development of efficient, safe, secure, economical, durable, comfortable, and user- and environmentally-friendly vehicles for meeting the transportation needs of America through discovery, research and education.

The Center focuses on:

  • Discovering, through research and development, new technologies for advancing the vehicular state-of-the-art.
  • Developing a new generation of vehicles with improved energy efficiencies, lowered pollutant emissions to the environment, and increased safety.
  • Conceiving and applying computer-based tools for modeling and analyzing vehicles and vehicle components such as the engine, suspension and power transmission equipment.
  • Teaching advanced technology through the undergraduate and graduate education programs, interactions with industrial partners and outreach activities to regional industry.

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