CASE STUDY / DEPLOYED IN 2026
Wakefern at the ShopRite LPGA Classic
Student teams built an event platform with player profiles, live scoring, and course maps. It replaced printed materials at the 2026 tournament.
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NJIT Capstone
Showcase
Witness it for yourself. Meet the teams, watch live demos, and ask how they turned real problems into working solutions.
3:00–6:00 p.m. ET NJIT Ballroom
FALL 2026 / ISSUE 01
One course.
An entire
enterprise.
Students run teams, teach each other, build their own businesses, and turn real problems into products people use.
01 / THE DESIGNSTUDENT FIRST
THE NEXT GENERATION
Transforming the
transformation.
Experiential learning can transform education. Our Capstone re-engineers the experience itself. Students take ownership of work that matters, build social intelligence through collaboration, and find the excitement and drive to go further.
Industry partners bring real challenges. A student-run enterprise gives learners room to act as peer professors, Scrum Masters, executives, strategic managers, founders, and full-stack problem solvers.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Choose your role.
02 / IN THE FIELDPHOTO FIELD NOTES
Practice before
the stakes rise.
Start with the DGE Mini Capstone. Meet sponsors at Open House, then put project management, PC building, and networking skills to work.
THE FIELD GALLERY
03 / THE APPSNEXT-GENERATION CAPSTONE
The student journey,
connected.
Explore the tools built to support each step, from applying and finding a team to tracking work and learning from peers.
Screens are snapshots from the quarterly. Preview, testing, and training views are labeled.
04 / STUDENT WORKTHE EVIDENCE
From a first sprint
to real use.
Follow what teams have delivered, what sponsors are reviewing, and what is already in use.
180Work items
92Accepted
98Evidence links
Fall 2026 undergraduate THE PULSE snapshot across nine teams with substantive internal-board work. Counts are work items and links. External boards are excluded.
Explore the Capstone project archive ↗05 / SCREENING ROOMSTUDENT WORK · SHOWCASE · ALUMNI
Press play.
A student midterm, an archived showcase, and a keynote from a returning alumnus show three sides of Capstone.
06 / BEYOND THE SEMESTER25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
How far the
model travels.
Alumni return as coaches, advisors, sponsors and judges. Their involvement helps students learn, find career opportunities, and pass that experience on.
15,000+Participants
2,000+Industry partners
1,900+Real-world projects
6Real-world pathways
Historical program milestones, as previously reported.
Colombia and New Jersey in photos
Participants celebrate together with their certificates.
Honorees gather onstage.
Newark students with U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Altice USA CEO Dexter Goei, then-NJIT President Joel Bloom, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Photo: NJIT News.
Newark students presented projects at the Ras Baraka Coding Institute showcase, which followed RWC’s project-based learning model.
Read the NJIT News story ↗From the archives.
Teaching and public service honors for Capstone director Osama Eljabiri.
Help shape the next project. Industry and alumni partners bring experience, feedback, and opportunities to the students.
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