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Update on Facilities Emergency

Following the electrical incident originating in Building 42, significant progress has been made in assessing the affected facilities. Power is expected to be restored to Buildings 38, 39, 43 and 47 within the next several hours.

Buildings 32 and 42 will remain closed through the end of this week while additional assessments are completed and necessary repairs are implemented.

Academic Operations

  • SEAS will remain on Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) through the end of the week.
  • Classes for all non-SEAS students will resume normal operations.
  • Classes at the Law School, Community College, Congress Heights and the DCA Aviation Hangar will continue as scheduled.

Administrative Operations

  • Administrative and support functions at the Van Ness campus will resume normal business operations.

SEAS Faculty, Staff and Students

SEAS staff should contact their supervisors regarding remote work expectations. SEAS faculty should coordinate with their supervisors regarding ERI and may contact CAL for instructional technology support, including Blackboard, Zoom and Webex, at [email protected].

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and community remains our highest priority. We will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available.

For safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For emergencies, call 911.

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NIH C06 Star Center

NIH C06: Specialized Technological Center For Assistive Rehabilitation Research (STAR)

Through our National Institutes of Health (NIH) C06 grant, a Specialized Technological Center for Assistive Rehabilitation Research (STAR), will position UDC to serve as a national hub, beacon, and gold-standard, “STAR” facility for rehabilitation-related research focused on aging and impaired populations.

MISSION

The new, upcoming STAR Center will create an environment that fosters research-driven specialized technological services focused on biomechanical and rehabilitation engineering-related research, a critical need. The STAR Center will bring together students, researchers, faculty and staff within UDC but also the surrounding consortium of universities, institutes, and hospitals. A goal of the Center is to serve, determine solutions, and obtain new scientific knowledge on a wide array of populations including aging individuals, veterans, amputees, survivors of stroke, Parkinson’s patients, and other impaired and unimpaired populations.

HISTORY

A biomechanical and rehabilitation engineering research Center, consisting of multiple biomedical engineering research laboratories with large scale state-of-the-art fixed-equipment, was first conceived and conceptualized by Dr. Lara Thompson in 2018. This new facility is being designed and constructed via awarded NIH C06 funds granted to UDC in Fall 2020. Funds are being used to expand, renovate, and equip new multi-researcher biomedical research laboratories focused on: a) Gait & Balance; b) Assistive Robotics for Rehabilitation; c) Biomechanics; d) Virtual Reality Rehabilitation.

Table describes areas of focus for the center.
Gait & Balance
-In fall-prone elderly, survivors of stroke, Parkinson’s patients, veterans & amputees
-In un-impaired individuals (such as athletes)		 Biomechanics
-Imaging-related research (tied to injury-biomechanics)
-Materials-related research tied to implantable devices, orthopedics, and biomaterials
Assistive Robotics for Rehabilitation
-Fall-prone elderly, survivors of stroke, veterans & amputees (assistive robotics for gait & balance)
-For amputees or paralyzed individuals (brain-to-machine interface using EEG and robotics)
-Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans & teaching children with autism (utilizing robotics for behavioral/psychology-related studies)		 Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
-Fall-prone elderly, survivors of stroke, veterans & amputees (locomotion, sensorimotor integration)
-Older individuals & survivors of stroke
-People with disabilities (e.g., autism)
-Veterans (e.g., with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI) 

 

This STAR Center builds upon the Center for Biomechanical and Rehabilitation Engineering (CBRE) that was initiated in Summer 2015.

Contact

Devdas Shetty | Dean | [email protected]
Nicole Arnold | Postdoctoral Research Associate | [email protected]
Tiana McFarlane | Coordinator | [email protected]
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