Nisha Devasia
Graduate Student Researcher
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolNisha Devasia is a software engineer and human-centered researcher with 11 years of experience building game-driven learning experiences and scalable backend systems. She bridges industry and academia—having shipped video distribution and real-time data services at Twitch, interned on engine tooling at Santa Monica Studio, and pursued HCI research at MIT Media Lab and the University of Washington—now studying for a PhD focused on human-computer interaction. Her work spans DevOps, game development in Unity, and curriculum design for K–12 AI education, reflecting a rare mix of production engineering and pedagogy. Nisha is especially interested in leveraging play and embodiment to boost creativity and learning, and she maintains a public portfolio of interactive projects at ndevasia.github.io.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Computer Interaction at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Comparative Media Studies, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Comparative Media Studies at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNashua High School SouthHarvard Extension School
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Github Skills (148)
rets10
estate9
dns-resolver9
mls9
php9
audio8
internet8
render8
fiscal8
tox8
messaging7
kohana7
phpunit7
php-api7
resolver7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
devasia2112/kinthai
Aug 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:204 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
devasia2112/Food-Ordering-System
Aug 2015 - Oct 2018
A simple food ordering system that can be integrated with any website.
Contributions:125 commits, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 3 years 3 months
orderingintegratedjavascriptfoodfood-ordering-system
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