In-Person Meetings for Classes on Monday, January 26, 2026 are Cancelled; Online/remote classes to be held as determined by Faculty.

Public Safety is tracking a significant snowfall that will be arriving in our area late Sunday morning (Jan. 25). It will snow heavily throughout the day and evening eventually tapering off Monday (Jan. 26) with 10-14 inches expected statewide. A sleet and freezing rain mix is also possible along the shore. Temperatures will be in the teens and twenties.

Due to this significant winter storm and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place, all in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026 have been cancelled. All scheduled in-person classes will transition to being held online or remotely. Additional information on the virtual format for each class will be provided by your instructor.

Faculty have been asked to prepare for Online or Remote sessions in the event of in-person meeting cancellations. These options will be determined by the Faculty member and all questions should be directed to the Faculty teaching each course section. Faculty also have been asked to be very understanding and accommodating of the individual situations of their students who may have difficulty managing these alternative online or remote class meetings on short notice.

Please note that only essential employees, as previously determined by their respective department leaders, should report to campus. All other employees should fulfill the requirements of their role remotely.

Campus operations for residential students, unless otherwise noted, will operate as scheduled, though hours may be modified or changed based on the conditions. Separate messages will be sent from the Peterson Library, the Beckerman Recreation Center, and Dining Services regarding any changes to their normal hours of operation. The Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will remain open for residential students to use for study space and to participate in online classes.

Off-campus students that live in the City of West Haven should abide by the city’s parking ban during inclement weather to avoid having their vehicle tagged and towed. Please check the City of West Haven’s website for further information on their snow parking ban.

Virtual Capstone Design Expo 2021

A Note from Professor Ismail Orabi, Capstone Design Project Coordinator

The Capstone Design Expo is an opportunity for our students to showcase the results from their capstone design course. Student teams work to create a specific design solution for a "customer’s" real and unique need. Design and design education are, by their nature, experiential and collaborative, and our design team sponsors are our key collaborators. As a result of this collaboration, students bring energy and new ideas to meet the design need.

The design projects enable our students to put into practice what they have learned to prepare them for the workforce.

Acknowledgments

The Capstone Design Expo is the culmination of the hard work of the capstone design students. We thank them for their hard work and perseverance and wish them success in their new engineering careers. We also acknowledge the faculty members who served as mentors for our students. We wish to acknowledge Dean Harichandran of the Tagliatela College of Engineering for his inspiration and commitment to the Design Expo.

Ismail Orabi headshot Finally, we acknowledge the University of New Haven. Its mission of experiential and collaborative learning is the foundation of this endeavor.

Ismail Orabi, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Have A Question?

For additional information or future participation, please contact:

Ismail Orabi, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Chemical Engineering Design Projects

Process Design for Diphenyl Ethane Production

Humidifier System

Civil Engineering Design Projects

Cove River Flood Study

Stonington Intersection Design Project

Design of West Haven Roundabout

Jefferson Elementary School Renovations

Redesign of Bridge No. 1881

Sustainability Design for the Town of Stratford

Computer Science / Cybersecurity & Networks Design Projects

Enterprise Network Design: Yale New Haven Hospital (Downtown Location)

Hospital Campus Network

Automated Secure Configurations for Windows and Linux Servers

Automated Penetration Testing using Reinforcement Learning

Performance-Based Savings for Energy Interventions in 1-4 Family Homes of New Haven

Centennial Robot

Electrical & Computer Engineering Design Projects

Ultrasound Wireless UXV Guidance System

Acoustic Modem for Undersea Drone Operation

Mechanical Engineering Design Projects

Design a Small Device using Machine Learning (ML) Routines

Automated Ball Degrease, Dip, and Bake System

Tail Rotor Test Rig

Waste Heat Energy Recovery

Monolithic Pump Housing and Filter

Vibrational Damping of Hitch Mounted Bicycle Rack

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Non-Invasive Continuous Ultrasonic Liquid Level Sensor

Integration of Aerosol Particle Mass (APM) Analyzer

Automated Western Blot Apparatus

Introduction of Structured Light Inspection into Aerospace Manufacturing Value Streams

Ultrasonic Train Sensor Apparatus

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

We thank our industry sponsors who served as customers for our students as well as supporting their prototyping expenses. As customers, they gave valuable time and insights that uniquely benefited our students with an experiential design education in a real-world setting, which greatly complements the team mentoring by our faculty colleagues. Their generous commitment to our students brought their design education to life.