A set of Clemson University graduate students can upgrade their resumés to include "designed, engineered, and hand-built a vehicle."

A two-year "Deep Orange" collaboration between Toyota Motor North America and the South Carolina college gave students hands-on experience in every aspect of automotive development: from market research and design studies to engineering design and manufacturing.

"It's like automotive boot camp for the real world," Johnell Brooks, associate professor in Clemson's graduate engineering program, said in a statement.

The result: flexible concept car uBox, with its 3D-printed components, all-electric powertrain, and distinctive aesthetic—aimed at the next generation of car buyers. That is, young entrepreneurs who want a car that provides office space or career-centric uses during the week, and utility and recreation over the weekend, according to Toyota.

The concept boasts a "bold, youthful," and distinctive (i.e. angular) exterior; the curved glass roof makes for a very large skylight.

"The roof pultrusion was something unexpected and very interesting when they first started talking about the concept," Toyota Executive Program Manager Craig Payne said of the design. "The fact that they were able to achieve an industry-first manufacturing technique as students speaks volumes for this program."

A "versatile" interior, meanwhile, can be rearranged to serve as a meeting space, or just haul bulky cargo. Plus, certain elements—vents, dashboard display bezels, door trim—can be 3D printed for a more personalized vehicle.

"The collaboration with Toyota was extremely fruitful," said Paul Venhovens, endowed chair for automotive systems integration at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).

"The Toyota management team constantly challenged the students with justifying their design and engineering decisions based on brand essence, real-world customers and what the students believed the future would embrace," Venhovens continued. "This experience can simply not be gained from a text book."

Toyota and the Clemson Deep Orange Team unveiled the uBox during Tuesday's Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress and Exposition in Detroit. The concept remains on display in the Cobo Center through Thursday.

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