For two decades, the Ying Wu College of Computing Capstone Program has been an instrumental part of NJIT’s academic experience. The program places students in real-world assignments with leading companies, government organizations and community stakeholders to produce creative, multidisciplinary-driven solutions.
A capstone project is a graduation requirement for all seniors with options to work on sponsor company or organization assigned proposals, choose the CISCO entrepreneurship track (using CISCO based platforms) for solving problems in network and information security, or create their own entrepreneurial business solutions. Teams must satisfy a series of milestones to include a project evaluation by six panels of judges comprised of NJIT alumni and industry professionals during a final public showcase. Michael Geraghty, head of cybersecurity for the state of New Jersey, and a longtime NJIT collaborator, once again headed this year’s panel.
Osama Eljabiri, senior university lecturer and director of the Capstone program said, “We are proud to have presented these teams demonstrating some of the most bleeding edge solutions in today’s industry. Our teams have unparalleled real-world experience though their work with valued industry partners, including big names such as Bank of America, UPS, New Jersey Judiciary Court System, and Prudential Financial. Several teams will usually choose to start their own potential businesses as entrepreneurs, and others enjoy the challenge of solving real-world problems in network and information security through the CISCO entrepreneurship track.”
Winning 2024 teams were awarded across seven panels and categories by the esteemed panel of judges with gift cards ranging from $25 to $50 during the weekend capstone showcase on April 27.
Panel Winners
Panel 1 – New Jersey State Judiciary – Judiciary Scanning Process
Haresh Shiwcharan, Ja Chen, Ishita Bhatt, Kevin Wieczorek, Karnveer Singh
Panel 2- ScanAvert Team 1
Nagesh Modak, Mayuresh Surve, Yosuke Tobe, Yessica Quezada
Panel 3 – Jabil Inc. – AISG Controller – Team 2
Alexander Zugaj, Gianna Bauzil, Johnny Yu, Joshua Quizon, Ricardo Colotl
Panel 4 – Secure IT Services
Omar Alsabbagh (Founder), Ahmet Kaplan (Co-Founder), Hugo Alvarez, Michael Sluka
Panel 5 – Team 8: Government Services Online Network Plan
Maciej Gajda, John Scognomillo, Sean Slusarz
Panel 6 – Email Sourcer
Sahil Bambulkar (Founder), Ryan Eaton, Mikel Alcazar Martinez, John Soliman
Panel 7 – RWC – Game Design
Murat Arat (Coach), Danny Perez, Davian Williams, David Olojede, Hope Alemoka, Magnus Garcia, Noah Ramirez, Yair Garcia, Jake Ellis
- RWC – Learn UI/UX
Dhruvil Patel (Coach), Siany Bohorquez, Elena Beepat, Hamza Elourarraq, Laila Khalifa, Eleah Zapata, Karolee Rosario, Rachel Reyes, Tharuma Jayathunga, Tamsyn Bohorquez, Mystica Fernando
Top Project Managers
Panel 1: Michael Gallo, Panel 2: Siva Anand Sivakumar, Panel 3: Joshua Quizon, Panel 4: Abdul Lateef, Panel 5: Anthony Rojas, Panel 6: Sahil Balmbulkar, Panel 7: Angel Espinal
Marketing Winners
Dustin La, Hasan Ozgur, Ian Hanna