I can support anyone who claims that your first year at a university as a freshman is new, confusing, and can be very daunting. When I entered my first semester here at UT, I immediately looked for something that I can be a part of so I could fit in… read more
Alyssa Benavides
As I visited streams my first semester of college I was pretty intimidated for the most part. Although, DIY Diagnostics caught my attention because it was a new stream and Dr. Riedel seemed very eager to get things going in the lab. It was different from the other streams because… read more
Jessica Tom
When I was a first semester freshman, I immediately noticed DIY Diagnostics as a stream completely different than the rest. While reading about the stream on the FRI website I was intrigued by how open-ended and applicable it was—two characteristics that are still true to this day—so I decided to… read more
Aurora Brinkman
Multiple factors led to me choosing DIY Diagnostics as my top FRI lab choice. It was the stream that matched up most closely to my interests, public health and medicine. During the DIY open house I could already think of some diagnostics that I wanted to try to develop. The… read more
Anjalee Choudhury
Hello! My name is Angie Choudhury and I am a second year in DIY. I chose DIY because it was new and innovative and it really stood out from the rest of the other streams. Dr. Riedel was really enthusiastic about starting it up, which really appealed to me! After… read more
Rachel Grubbard
When I was deciding which stream to join as the first semester of college was wrapping up, I attended several open houses for different streams, but none captured my attention quite like DIY Diagnostics with Dr. Riedel waving around a pregnancy test and telling us about the million dollar industry… read more
Michelle Grundstrom
Hi future DIY Students! If you’re reading this, you are probably looking into joining the DIY Diagnostics stream – which is a great decision by the way! As a current researcher in the FRI lab I’ll tell you some of the reasons DIY should be top on everyone’s stream list.… read more
Doralyn Havien
When it came down to applying for a stream at the end of my fall semester, the only stream that stuck out to me was the DIY diagnostic stream. To be honest, after visiting all the open houses and looking at background information, I was completely overwhelmed. I didn’t know… read more
Hailey Henkel
I chose the DIY Diagnostics stream because of how interesting I felt it would be. I have never experienced a class that involved working on projects in such a hands-on way. It seems to be very flexible and in this case, I enjoy the freedom to experiment and experience new… read more
Alisha Hall
DIY Diagnostics was my top pick for the FRI stream sort because the research stream promised a variety of experiences and the opportunity to guide the direction of the research. For example, learning how to code apps strengthened my computer science skills at a level still possible for non-CS majors. I also recognized… read more