The purpose of this application is to diagnose an individual’s seasonal allergies. It does this through correlating allergy symptoms to the daily local allergy index. Each day that the user experiences symptoms that may be related to allergies, they will input their symptom data along with location and date. The… read more
DIY, High Schoolers, and EHS collaborating to protect Waller Creek.
For almost two years now the DIY Diagnostics Research Stream has been monitoring Waller Creek along campus in the lookout for bacterial hotspots and attempting to identify the sources of these. I had the opportunity of joining the DIY Diagnostics Stream in 2014 and have been one of the Waller… read more
Spring 2014
In the Spring 2014 semester, 34 freshmen along with 7 upper-division mentors completed a series of skill development exercises that produced authentic data on a wide range of topics including the diversity of the student’s oral microbiome, the public health of the creek on UT campus, and the diagnostic potential… read more
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Riley Welch
My interest in the DIY Diagnostics stream was actually sparked long before my knowledge of the Freshman Research Initiative, and long before my enrollment in UT, and, if we’re being very specific, long before my acceptance to the university at all. As a senior in high school, my AP biology… read more
Course Details
COURSE CREDIT Spring Semester: NSC 109 (Conference Course-FRI) AND CH 204 (Intro to Chemical Pract-FRI) OR BIO 206L (Lab Exp Bio: Strc/Func Org-FRI) Fall Semester: BIO 377 OR CH 369K OR CS 378 Who is this stream for? Science majors looking for computer experience Computer Science… read more
Meet Our Student Researchers!
Going to open houses can have an affect similar to that of an approaching avalanche. But don’t panic! Despite the wealth of streams available and all of the information to be absorbed, it’s completely possible to fall in love with a few research topics. To help first semester freshmen here… read more
Andrew Acosta
I chose to be in the DIY Diagnostic stream because we have a diverse selection of opportunities available for research and lab experience. There are a variety of group projects available to become a part of, like the FRIome, frack water, and Waller creek projects, but we are also given… read more
Lindsey Alter
What appealed most to me about the DIY Diagnostics stream was the way it combined biology and chemistry with computer science. I really liked the idea of learning to code and create an app that could actually be useful. When I went to the presentation during open house, Dr. Riedel… read more