How is the CMR associated with Tennessee Tech University?
Originally chartered in 1984 as the Center for Manufacturing Research and Technology Utilization, the name was shortened in 1995 for publicity and internal documents to the Center for Manufacturing Research (CMR). Administratively, the CMR operates within the context of TTU’s business and operational policies; purchasing, human resources, accounting, and contracting policies to name a few. But the CMR is distinct in the sense that its primary source of revenue is derived from an annual state appropriation as a separate line item in the State budget for Centers of Excellence administered through the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The CMR is one of three Accomplished Centers of Excellence housed in the College of Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. The other two are the Center for Energy Systems Research and the Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources.
