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Nishad Patne

UX Designer & Engineer

Creating intuitive, scalable, and elegant user experiences through research-driven design and engineering excellence.

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Featured Projects

WAT Researcher

WAT Researcher

Desktop-First Text Analytics

A case study in strategic product pivoting, describing the design & redesign and engineering of a desktop-first academic NLP tool to replace an aging desktop tool.

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WAT

WAT

Writing Analytics Tool (WAT): Designing for Data-Driven Educational Transformation

A full UX redesign and design system implementation for an NLP-based educational platform, backed by teacher focus groups and iterative prototyping.

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iSTART Early

iSTART Early

Gamified Learning Ecosystem

A comprehensive case study of a large-scale EdTech platform redesign, covering student and teacher UX, module development, and AI integration.

UX DesignGamificationEducation TechnologyNLPAI Integration
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this Portfolio AI

this Portfolio AI

AI-Powered Portfolio Chatbot

A technical deep dive into building a conversational RAG AI chatbot integrated in this portfolio, using Gemini API, Oracle Free cloud and Qdrant, with detailed engineering trade-offs and design decisions.

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