Key Challenges
- Sustaining engagement over a 9-month study
- Recurring participant surveys
- Multiple universities from a shared application
- Sensitive behavioral health data
FRESH
Klein Buendel • University of Kentucky • University of North Texas
Turning behavioral research into personalized insights for first-year college students.
Project FRESH is a Progressive Web App developed for a multi-university research study that helps first-year college students better understand alcohol use, cannabis use, and sexual health through recurring surveys, personalized reports, interactive visualizations, and educational tools.
The Challenge
Helping students engage with long-term behavioral research through an experience designed for everyday use.
Project FRESH followed students throughout their first year of college using recurring daily and weekly surveys. The application transformed responses into personalized reports, educational resources, and visual comparisons while giving researchers tools for participant management, reporting, and clinical monitoring across multiple universities.
My Role
- UI architecture and frontend development
- Participant and administrator experiences
- Reusable design system
- Data visualization and reporting
Experience Architecture
One Platform. Multiple Experiences.
Four role-based experiences supported students, researchers, administrators, and clinical staff.
Full Student Experience
Participants completed recurring surveys and explored personalized reports, educational resources, and behavior trends throughout the study.
Control Student Experience
A focused control experience supported research requirements while preserving a clear and approachable mobile workflow.
Research Administration
Administrative dashboards supported participant management, survey completion, demographic reporting, and clinical monitoring.
Engineering
Building the Experience
The application combined mobile-first participation, role-based routing, and personalized data visualization in one maintainable React platform.
Technical Highlights
Progressive Web App
Built an installable application participants could use like a native mobile app.
Role-Based Access
Supported four distinct experiences with role-specific navigation and permissions.
Data Visualization
Transformed survey responses into meaningful visual feedback.
BAC Calculator
Built an educational calculator for BAC, recovery time, and impairment.
Multi-University Support
Used configurable branding while maintaining one shared application.