Helminth Egg Detection

About the project

The Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Group at the UNAM Institute of Engineering (GTR) is an environmental engineering research group dedicated to the study of wastewater and its applications through various techniques. Currently, their research focuses on the detection of helminth eggs through the development of the Helminth Egg Detection Software, which analyzes wastewater samples.

For this project, the GTR aims to promote its helminth egg detection software, developed in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the elements surrounding its research on helminth eggs.

Role

  • UX Design

  • UI Design

  • Development

Tools

  • Figma

  • HTML5

  • CSS3

  • JavaScript

Overview

After developing its own software capable of detecting helminth eggs in wastewater samples, the Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Group at the UNAM Institute of Engineering decided to launch a website that allows it to be downloaded from anywhere.

This will enable researchers and students around the world to access a tool that can detect outbreaks of helminth infections, improving the quality of life in populations with limited access to clean drinking water.

My contributions

In this project, I was responsible for two main tasks: the GTR website and advising on UX/UI design updates for their original helminth egg detection software.

For the website, I focused on providing an overall presentation of the GTR and its research in order to establish coherence and build trust that the software was developed by experts in the field of helminth eggs.

For the software, I focused on preventing calibration and usage errors, as well as creating a visually consistent interface aligned with the website's style guide, thereby making the analysis of water samples easier.

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