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.
The Charger Blog
A research paper a team of graduate engineering students wrote about preventing injuries in the manufacturing process earned an award at the Northeast conference of the American Society of Engineering Education.
January 14, 2019
Despite automation, manual lathes are still used on most manufacturing production lines as well as in school and university fabrication shops. Yet research into injuries related to manual lathe use is relatively scant, say a team of Tagliatela College of Engineering Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management graduate students.
Armed with background in mechanical and industrial engineering and a keen interest in finding a way to prevent injuries in the manufacturing workforce, Madhuri Kudke '19 M.S., Harish Kusekar '19 M.S., Chaitanya Matapathi '18 M.S., Ramcharan Pulugurtha '19 M.S., Sohail Shaikh '19 M.S., and Girishwaran Sundar '19 M.S. started researching the effects a lathe operator’s posture can have on muscular-skeletal injuries. "The manual lathe is used abundantly, but the research done in this field isn’t a lot considering how much it is being used," Matapathi said.
The team went on to win third place at the 2018 Northeast conference of the American Society of Engineering Education held at the University of Hartford for their paper "Quantification of Posture in Human-Lathe Interface." "In our research we found appropriate postures that one must be in, while working on a manual lathe, in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorders," Matapathi said.
"It inspired us to challenge ourselves to achieve something big in the coming years."Chaitanya Matapathi '18 M.S.
Ali Montazer, professor of industrial and systems engineering, and the team’s faculty advisor, said he was proud of the work the team put into their research and that their work "addressed human operator safety and well-being while working with manufacturing machinery."
"All of the students, except one who earned a credit hour of independent study, volunteered to work on this project for the sake of learning and professional development," he said.
The team members are planning to get their research published and hope that it can help make production lines safer for those who use manual lathes. "I have personally worked on lathe machines," Kudke said. "So I know the dangers of it." She added that their research could provide "proper guidance about ergonomic practices in human-machine interaction."
"We are grateful to Dr. Montazer who guided us and motivated us at every point of the research," said Matapathi.
"Presenting our paper boosted our confidence," he said. "It inspired us to challenge ourselves to achieve something big in the coming years."
University News
New University-wide council will advance strategic partnerships, immersive student opportunities, and innovative research, supporting the University’s strategic plan the development of its pioneering Center for Innovation and Applied Technology.
The Charger Blog
Entrepreneur David Sussman, Pompea College of Business Advisory Board Member and chief visionary officer of The Family Security Plan®, is collaborating with University of New Haven students, faculty, and staff to create a program and app that helps Chargers support each other to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It’s called Uccountability.
University News
Vice President for Innovation and Applied Technology Paul Lavoie will serve on the Board of Directors and as America’s Chief Manufacturing Officer for the newly launched American Manufacturing Futures Institute.