Labs and Groups

Groundbreaking Findings

University of New Haven faculty are responsible for important breakthroughs in the treatment of Lyme disease, innovative ways to enhance cyber security, and significant improvements in medical devices – among many others.

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"Something to be proud of"

In the 2025 , the University of New Haven has been elevated to the list of Research Colleges and Universities, which includes any institution, outside of Carnegie's R1 and R2 classifications, that spends more than $2.5 million on research and development. Continued external grant funding is the key metric that elevated the University’s research classification. In total, the University’s external grant expenditure was $8.2 million during the 2025 fiscal year and $6.5 million during the 2024 fiscal year. The agencies and foundations that have provided some of the largest grants to the University include the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice, the Tow Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, Dalio Philanthropies, the Kern Family Foundation, the State of Connecticut, and the National Institute of Health.

Four faculty at the University have received NSF Early CAREER grants that are among the most prestigious grants given to young faculty, with each worth more than $500,000.

Robust student-engaged research is happening in academic departments all over campus, with faculty serving as mentors.

University-Affiliated Labs and Research Groups

  • The lab provides leadership in bringing together the engineering field and the medical community to solve challenges and improve human health.

  • The lab designs biomass conversion catalysts, cancer-therapeutic drugs, and drug delivery vehicles. 

  • The Community Oriented Research (CORE) Lab was founded in 2017 and is located within the Community Psychology department, comprised of graduate and undergraduate students.

  • The research project explores using LLM-based Generative AI technology to assist with Cyber Operations, namely, penetration testing, incident analysis, and threat hunting.

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  • LASER prepares talents for software engineering leadership and professional careers and for advanced studies.

  • Over the past decade, University of New Haven researchers and students have made significant progress in developing treatments and working toward a cure for Lyme disease.

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  • The Power and Energy Systems Research Laboratory (PESRLAB) is a multidisciplinary center focused on carrying out leading-edge research, developing collaborative partnerships, and educating highly qualified graduate students in the areas of power and energy systems. The mission of the Power and Energy Systems Research Laboratory is to design the next generation of resilient and sustain able power and energy systems that integrate emerging energy technologies and distributed energy resources.

    The Power and Energy Systems Research Laboratory is engaged in the latest state-of-the-art research activities, covering a wide range of applied and fundamental research projects in several areas of power engineering, such as:

    • Control, Operation, Planning, and Stability of Power and Energy Systems
    • Power Electronics and Power Conversion Applications in Power and Energy Systems
    • High Voltage Engineering
    • Electric Vehicles and Railways
    • Smart Grid and Distributed Generations
    • Advanced Electric Machines and Drives
    • Operational Power Market Analysis
    • Protection and Security of Power and Energy Systems
    • Reliability and Risk Evaluation of Power and Energy Systems

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  • SARI (Security & ARtificial Intelligence) research lab is the ultimate space for students and professors to work on research projects together! The lab aims at fostering students’ interest and participation in research projects.

    Our research objectives are centered around the following thrusts:

    • Modeling more resilient IoT systems, cloud and wireless sensor technology toward cyber-attacks using cryptography, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and data analytics.
    • Reverse engineering, malware analysis, and cyber forensics.
    • AI security and trustworthiness, and AI applications in cybersecurity.

    We believe in actively engaging students and pursuing research that encourage diversity and inclusion. “We lead the lab and we set the lab culture”.

    SARI is led by Dr. Khare and Dr. Manna. For more information, visit our website through the link below.

  • The Secure and Assured Intelligent Learning (SAIL) lab works towards laying concrete foundations for the safety and security of intelligent machines with both theoretical and engineering perspectives. Our research aspires to develop comprehensive models, metrics, frameworks, and tools for analysis, implementation, and mitigation of deleterious behaviors in AI systems.

  • The Translating Outstanding Performance in Skilled Nursing Facilities (TOP SNF) research project is funded by the National Institute of Health, National Institute on Aging (Grant ID: 1R15AG067456-01A1). Our study aims to learn directly from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) about strategies to optimize outcomes in the growing population of patients admitted to SNFs following hospitalization.

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  • The WeEmbody (WE) Lab is a working group of public health professionals and students that focuses on issues around the sociocultural factors associated with body image dissatisfaction, disordered eating, and related concerns.

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