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Design Engineer // Learning Technologist

Nicole Trapp

Engineering the Operating Systems of Human Growth.

I build systems that respect the learner’s finite resources. From architecting high-performance monorepo design systems to developing theoretical frameworks for personalized education, my work focuses on eliminating systemic waste to empower the "bottom-up" learner.

Solving the Alignment Problem

Traditional systems ask: "What are we required to teach?"

I ask: "Why does this specific learner need this to improve their life?"

Featured work

Placeholder artwork for The RBEOS Framework (Future Studies)

The RBEOS Framework (Future Studies)

A Speculative Design for the 22nd Century.

A theoretical framework that rejects top-down state requirements in favor of an antifragile, purpose-driven marketplace. It utilizes the "Six Boots" to filter educational waste and protect the learner's vision.

Explore the framework
Placeholder artwork for AI Prompting Foundations (LDT Capstone)

AI Prompting Foundations (LDT Capstone)

Scaffolding Literacy for the Modern Professional.

A Master’s Capstone developed for Bisk. This project uses the principle of Minimal Viable Competency to move professionals past the initial threshold of AI anxiety and into functional mastery—with a heavy focus on the ethics of AI interaction.

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Placeholder artwork for The Design Engineering Lab (Architecture)

The Design Engineering Lab (Architecture)

Unifying Design Systems with Next.js Turborepo.

An engineering solution to the "Context-Switching Tax." This project showcases a unified monorepo environment that connects a shared UI package, a live documentation portal, and a production portfolio into a single source of truth.

Open design docs

ReadBoot: Rebooting Education for the 22nd Century

Change of this scale doesn’t happen in a single generation. Drawing from Strauss-Howe Generational Theory, I am mapping a 100-year roadmap—from the initial visions of today to the implementation of an individualized learning marketplace during the next global crisis.

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