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Redesigning AI-powered university discovery

Redesigning AI-powered university discovery

Redesigning AI-powered university discovery

Product Design

UX/UI

Interaction Design

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01. ONBOARDING

01. ONBOARDING

From forms to a guided experience.

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GUIDED ONBOARDING

A conversational flow that captures a student’s study preferences, academic profile, and goals to power personalised university recommendations.

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INTERACTIVE ONBOARD JOURNEY

02. AI Recommendations

02. AI Recommendations

From university lists to smarter decisions.

Surfacing the information students need to compare and shortlist.

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GUIDED ONBOARDING

A conversational flow that captures a student’s study preferences, academic profile, and goals to power personalised university recommendations.

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INTERACTIVE ONBOARD JOURNEY

02. One Journey. Shared Visibility.

02. One Journey. Shared Visibility.

A single source of truth for the entire UCO journey,
with role-specific actions and insights.

A single source of truth for the entire UCO journey,
with role-specific actions and insights.

From Isolated View

From Isolated View

From Isolated View

RESTAURANT I have oil.
→ Request → track pickup → see verified collection → see final status
RESTAURANT I have oil.
→ Request → track pickup → see verified collection → see final status
COLLECTOR I have jobs.
→ See request → accept → collect → verify → create lot
COLLECTOR I have jobs.
→ See request → accept → collect → verify → create lot
BUYER I need supply.
→ See upcoming inventory → see collection status → inspect source/history → purchase
BUYER I need supply.
→ See upcoming inventory → see collection status → inspect source/history → purchase

To Shared Journey

To Shared Journey

To Shared Journey

REQUESTED →

REQUESTED →

Restaurant

Restaurant

ASSIGNED →

ASSIGNED →

Collector

Collector

COLLECTED →

COLLECTED →

Collector

Collector

VERIFIED →

VERIFIED →

System

System

AVAILABLE →

AVAILABLE →

Buyer

Buyer

PURCHASED

PURCHASED

Buyer

Buyer

Everyone can follow the same transaction, while acting only where their role requires it.

Everyone can follow the same transaction, while acting only where their role requires it.

What this enables

What this enables

What this enables

FASTER OPERATIONS

FASTER OPERATIONS

Reduced manual follow-ups and coordination time.

Reduced manual follow-ups and coordination time.

GREATER IMPACT

GREATER IMPACT

More UCO recycled, less waste burned, lower emissions.

More UCO recycled, less waste burned, lower emissions.

100% TRACEABILITY

100% TRACEABILITY

End-to-end visibility across every handoff.

End-to-end visibility across every handoff.

BETTER DATA QUALITY

BETTER DATA QUALITY

Verified data at every step, reducing disputes.

Verified data at every step, reducing disputes.

03. From Mental Model to Interaction

03. From Mental Model to Interaction

From a transaction to a network

From a transaction to a network

Making supply, demand and logistics visible to the right people and at the right time.

Making supply, demand and logistics visible to the right people and at the right time.

EXISTING

Closed Transaction Chain

Relationships become visible only as the transaction progresses.

Request

RESTAURANT

Pickup

COLLECTOR

Receive

BUYER

Request

RESTAURANT

Pickup

COLLECTOR

Receive

BUYER

PROPOSED

Open Network Visibility

Availability, proximity and matching become part of the experience.

How It Changes The Journey

Relationships become visible only as the transaction progresses.

01

REQUEST

Restaurant raises request

02

MATCH

Nearby collectors see it

03

CONFIRM

Collector accepts pickup

04

NOTIFY

Buyer sees confirmed supply

RESTAURANT

See nearby collectors + buyer demand

REQUEST PICKUP

REQUEST PICKUP

REQUEST PICKUP

COLLECTOR

See nearby UCO requests + buyer demand

ACCEPT PICKUP

ACCEPT PICKUP

ACCEPT PICKUP

BUYER

See confirmed incoming supply

VIEW SUPPLY

VIEW SUPPLY

VIEW SUPPLY

Same data. Same journey. Different actions.

Same data. Same journey. Different actions.

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Restaurant POV

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Restaurant POV

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Collector POV

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Collector POV

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Buyer POV

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Buyer POV

04. One Screen. Three Perspective

04. One Screen. Three Perspective

One network. Role-aware visibility.

One network. Role-aware visibility.

The same UCO network adapts to what each stakeholder needs to see, act on, and track.

The same UCO network adapts to what each stakeholder needs to see, act on, and track.

1

Relevant visibility

See only what helps you act.

3

Trusted handoffs

Verified transaction state.

2

Faster matching

Proximity + availability.

4

Higher efficiency

Less deadstock. More value.

PRIVACY BY DESIGN

PRIVACY BY DESIGN

Competitors are never shown.

Competitors are never shown.

Only relevant partners and

Only relevant partners and

your own journey are visible.

your own journey are visible.

YOU SEE

YOU SEE

✓ Relevant partners

✓ Relevant partners

✓ Relevant partners

✓ Your activity

✓ Your activity

✓ Your activity

✓ Shared transaction state

✓ Shared transaction state

✓ Shared transaction state

YOU DON’T SEE

YOU DON’T SEE

× Competitors

× Competitors

× Competitors

× Their routes

× Their routes

× Their routes

× Their relationships

× Their relationships

× Their relationships

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Restaurant POV

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Restaurant POV

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Collector POV

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Collector POV

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Buyer POV

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Buyer POV

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    Restaurant POV

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    Collector POV

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    Buyer POV

SAME NETWORK. DIFFERENT ACTIONS.

SAME NETWORK. DIFFERENT ACTIONS.

Restaurant

Restaurant

Raises request

Raises request

Collector

Collector

Accepts & collects

Accepts & collects

Buyer

Buyer

Reviews verified lot

Reviews verified lot

Everyone

Everyone

Tracks the same journey

Tracks the same journey

05. What the design enables

05. What the design enables

From Visibility to action

From Visibility to action

Making supply, logistics and demand easier to coordinate across the UCO journey.

Making supply, logistics and demand easier to coordinate across the UCO journey.

THE CONNECTED NETWORK

THE CONNECTED NETWORK

Food

Businesses

Food

Businesses

Request + Pickup

Request + Pickup

Request + Pickup

UCO

UCO

Verified Incoming Supply

Verified Incoming Supply

Verified Incoming Supply

Buyer

Buyer

One shared journey connects the three stakeholders without exposing competitive information.

One shared journey connects the three stakeholders without exposing competitive information.

01 / FASTER MATCHING

01 / FASTER MATCHING

Proximity +

Proximity +

availability.

availability.

Restaurants find relevant collectors nearby.

Restaurants find relevant collectors nearby.

Collectors discover UCO requests without waiting for manual routing.

REQUEST → MATCH → CONFIRM

03 / TRANSPARENT HANDOFFS

03 / TRANSPARENT HANDOFFS

Every handoff

Every handoff

has a state.

has a state.

The same UCO record moves from request to collection, verification and incoming supply.

The same UCO record moves from request to collection, verification and incoming supply.

REQUEST → COLLECT → VERIFY

02 / BETTER UTILIZATION

02 / BETTER UTILIZATION

Less idle

Less idle

capacity.

capacity.

Collectors see nearby requests and choose pick ups that fit proximity and available capacity.

Collectors see nearby requests and choose pick ups that fit proximity and available capacity.

DISTANCE + VOLUME + CAPACITY

04 / CONFIDENT PROCUREMENT

04 / CONFIDENT PROCUREMENT

Know what is

Know what is

coming in.

coming in.

Buyers receive confirmed incoming supply with source, collector, quantity and journey context.

Buyers receive confirmed incoming supply with source, collector, quantity and journey context.

INCOMING → REVIEW → PURCHASE

Interactive Prototype

Interactive Prototype

Low Fidelity

Low Fidelity

06. scaling the model

06. scaling the model

one interaction model. a larger network.

one interaction model. a larger network.

The system can scale from a single UCO handoff to a multi-city network without changing the core interaction.

The system can scale from a single UCO handoff to a multi-city network without changing the core interaction.

THE CONNECTED NETWORK

1

TRANSACTION

Restaurant → Collector → Buyer

Restaurant → Collector → Buyer

Same Journey

Same Journey

10s

CITY NETWORK

More supply · more collectors · more buyers

More supply · more collectors · more buyers

Same Rules

Same Rules

100s

MULTIPLE CITY

Cross-city procurement + logistics

Cross-city procurement + logistics

Same System

Same System

NETWORK

Shared visibility at ecosystem scale

Shared visibility at ecosystem scale

1

TRANSACTION

Restaurant → Collector → Buyer

Same Journey

10s

CITY NETWORK

More supply · more collectors · more buyers

Same Rules

100s

MULTIPLE CITY

Cross-city procurement + logistics

Same System

NETWORK

Shared visibility at ecosystem scale

SCALABILITY PRINCIPLE

SCALABILITY PRINCIPLE

Scale the network, not the complexity.

Scale the network, not the complexity.

Scale the network, not the complexity.

More participants, more transactions and more cities — while the core interaction stays familiar.

More participants, more transactions and more cities — while the core interaction stays familiar.

More participants, more transactions and more cities — while the core interaction stays familiar.

Reflections

Reflections

Reflections

The problem is often constant. The real challenge is having keen enough eyes to find the right design opportunity within it.

The problem is often constant. The real challenge is having keen enough eyes to find the right design opportunity within it.

The problem is often constant. The real challenge is having keen enough eyes to find the right design opportunity within it.

This project taught me to look beyond the obvious problem and question where the friction actually lives. In this case, not simply in UCO collection, but in how information and relationships move between stakeholders.

This project taught me to look beyond the obvious problem and question where the friction actually lives. In this case, not simply in UCO collection, but in how information and relationships move between stakeholders.

This project taught me to look beyond the obvious problem and question where the friction actually lives. In this case, not simply in UCO collection, but in how information and relationships move between stakeholders.

Let's build it together.

Sarthak Prakash

Designer

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