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UDC Operating Remotely on Friday, Jan. 30

The University of the District of Columbia’s academic and administrative offices will conduct business remotely on Friday, Jan. 30. All on-campus activities, including athletic-related activities, are cancelled.

Campuses will reopen on Monday, Feb. 2.

Staff: Contact your immediate supervisor with questions or for further instruction regarding remote work expectations. 

Faculty: Reach out to your immediate supervisor and/or the dean for questions and further instruction regarding the transition to emergency remote instruction (ERI).  The Center for the Advancement of Learning (CAL) is available to support faculty with instructional continuity, including support for Blackboard, Zoom, Webex and other teaching and learning technologies. 

CAL Faculty Support Resources

calhelpdesk@udc.edu 
Virtual Office Hours
Consultation Request Form

For learning technology tools and on-demand faculty resources, please visit CAL’s website.

Students: Due to inclement weather, the university will be closed to face-to-face operations. Instruction will be moved to emergency remote, including synchronous and asynchronous methods. Certain laboratory, clinical, and other hands-on classes for which in-person instruction is a requirement may necessitate a make-up lesson, but every effort will be made to pursue virtual learning to the extent possible. Where synchronous virtual instruction is intended, published class meeting times must be observed so that students’ schedules are not disrupted.

The safety and security of our students, faculty, staff, and the broader community remain our top priority. We will continue to provide updates regarding the status of the university’s academic and administrative offices as conditions change.

Please continue to check our website and social media channels for the latest information.

If you have any safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For all immediate emergencies, call 911.

Thank you for your continued dedication to our students and to UDC’s mission. 

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Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE)

CERE

Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy

windmills on hillHistory

The Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE) was inaugurated on April 7, 2006, on the Van Ness campus of the University of the District of Columbia. The inauguration of the Center coincided with the second and last day of the International Conference on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries-06 (ICREDC-06), which was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, in Washington DC.

Vision

For more than 15 years, CRES’s research scientists and students have developed the solutions to transform the way we generate, consume, store, and distribute energy.

As oil prices keep soaring, renewable energy from solar, wind, micro-hydro, fuel cells, bio-energy, geothermal, and other energy resources becomes more economical. In addition, increasing concern over the impact of conventional (coal and oil-fired) power stations on global warming, and the growing pollution effects of hydrocarbon fuels have made the need for practical renewable energy solutions more urgent and timely.

field of solar panelsCERE continues to anticipate these challenges, offering solutions through research, innovation, analysis, partners, and people. We are building the foundation of tomorrow’s energy landscape and inspiring the economic growth of the future here at UDC.

UDC has excellent engineering programs that can be enhanced by providing hands-on experience for its students in building innovative renewable energy systems to serve urgent national and international needs for electric service to electrify remote (off-grid) as well as grid-connected areas.

Mission

  • To provide a national and international center for innovation in the rapidly growing area of renewable energy, modernized power systems, smart grids, power electronics, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, etc.
  • To demonstrate innovative, reliable, and environmentally beneficial power solutions to various communities, including Third World countries to help them develop sustainable communities and promote Water Resource Development;
  • To help UDC to develop enhanced relationships with leading government, business, and political, engineering, and financial leaders in the Nation’s Capital and around the World; and
  • To raise external funding for the activities of the center from business, government, and charitable organizations.

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CERE advances the science and engineering of renewable power technologies and power electronics, and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems.

Governance

The CERE is headed by a Center Director working in close cooperation with an Advisory Board. The Board includes representatives from the private sector, academia, energy officials, and other officials from Third World Countries and others who could assist the development of the center.

Program Director

Dr. Amir Shahirinia
amir.shahirinia@udc.edu

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