Smart Campus

Imagine a Connected World Verizon is bringing the Smart Campus Competition to the University to challenge students to reimagine their personal experiences through innovation, and Verizon’s 5G and technologies. Collaborating with the University, student teams will identify an area of opportunity and conceptualize a solution utilizing Verizon’s 5G and technologies.
Submitted by la236 on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 14:53

Verizon is bringing the Smart Campus Competition to the University to challenge students to reimagine their personal experiences through innovation, and Verizon’s 5G and technologies. Collaborating with the University, student teams will identify an area of opportunity  and conceptualize a solution utilizing Verizon’s 5G and technologies.

Competition by the Numbers
Winning Teams

Award Money

Verizon Coaches
3 $3000 12
Prizes for First, Second, and Third place teams Prizes for First, Second, and Third place teams

Professionals to guide teams along their way

 

Smart Campus Competition Events
1 N/a
2 N/a
3 N/a

 

Competition Overview

Modernizing technology infrastructure. Alleviating parking and transportation challenges. Enhancing administrative processes. Improving health and well-being. As students at NJIT, you have firsthand experience with what issues facing the campus are most pressing, and if addressed, can have the greatest positive impact on the NJIT experience. We want to encourage students to think innovatively and create real-world solutions to address these challenges. Anchored in engineering, and benefitting from disciplines across the campus, it is our hope that students can come together to design meaningful and feasible solutions.

Ideas will first be presented in poster form at the Round One Showcase in November. Teams selected to advance will gain access to Verizon Coaches, as well as a $500 stipend, to further develop their project. We are incredibly excited to see what you can create, and what lasting impact you can have on your community!

Verizon Tech Hub

Verizon has graciously curated the following articles and resources to help our participants understand and access these technologies for use in project development.

 

Meet the Verizon Mentors

These Verizon professionals from all facets of the organization have volunteered to provide expertise and insights to teams as they develop their projects. Read more about each coach below!

  • Henry Kelch

  • Annette Baltgian

  • Carlo Thompson

  • Steve Fertal

  • Amisha Tolat

  • Palak Agrawal

  • Jayashree Kilkovalavedu

  • Kate Dobbins - Pending confirmation