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During his first years as an undergraduate student, Diego participated in multiple engineering projects focused on social impact. One of the first projects was the Solar Kitchen for the Andes in Peru. With this project, he won the internal project fair “Vivir la Ingeniería” UTEC 2015-2 in the category of development/product, and the third place in the Expo Energy Efficiency Award of Led Expo Peru in 2016. He also worked on a Radiant Wall to Andean Houses which was presented as a poster in the Congreso de Arquitectura Bioclimática y Energías Renovables CABER 2016.
During 2016, he was elected vice-president of the student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UTEC.<br>
During this time, the branch won the “Crecimiento Sostenible” prize and the Power and Energy Society chapter won the “Caso de Éxito” prize.
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Diego was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2018, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2018. As a Fellow, he focused his work on the well-being and mental health care of students in college. That is why he founded UTEC Puppy Lab. Organization that promotes mental health through canine interaction. In 2018 he was invited to give an Ignite at LOOP, also, he was part of the Bootcamp of the event where along with an interdisciplinary group we worked on a solution for villagers living by the train rail. Our solution was chosen as the best in its category.
In 2018During his first year as an undergraduate student, he Diego participated in IDDS International Development Design Summit, initiative created by MIT D-Lab to co-design low-cost solutions to challenges faced by people living in poverty around multiple engineering projects focused on social impact. One of the worldfirst project called "The Solar Kitchen". That same year With this project, he was a finalist won the project fair “Vivir la Ingeniería” UTEC in the Disrupton Amazonia contest at UTEC, where he built a prototype category of mobile laboratory to collect plastic from the Amazon River Development and transform it into useful products. The last yearProduct, Diego was selected to participate and the third place in IAP-MIT Design Technologies for Coffee Production the Expo Energy Efficiency Award of Led Expo Peru in Colombia2016. They designed new technologies for agriculture with He also worked on a team Radiant Wall to Andean Houses which was presented in Congress of students from Harvard and MIT Bioclimatic Architecture and coffee growersRenewable Energies CABER 2016.<br><br>In 2019During 2016, Diego he was certified as Trainer elected vice-president at the Institute of Trainers CCB in Brasilia dictated by Amy Smith (Founding Director of MIT D-Lab). Also, he lead a STEAM educational project for children where he promote creativity Electrical and innovationElectronics Engineers UTEC. CurrentlyDuring this time, He is part of a project between UTEC and Cleveland Clinic that uses synthetic biology to produce a 3D matrix useful in diverse medical applicationsthe branch won the Sustainable Growth prize.<br><br>
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'''School:''' UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología<br>
'''What he does now:''' Bioengineering Student Synthetic Biology research at UTEC , future Biotechnology founder and spreading science and Creative Capacity Building Facilitatorentrepreneurship<br>'''What that means:''' He works Involved in building new products with communities around biology that make the world to develop capabilities more sustainable. Passionate about development education in emerging technologies in America Latina, especially biotechnology and Synthetic Biology. '''Contact him about:''' Biotechnology, design, sustainability, k12 education, wellness and practical solutions mental health, star wars or just to global poverty challenges. say hello!<br>'''Email:''' diego.munoz@utec.edu.pe<br>'''Phone:''' (+51) 955772396<br><br>Diego Muñoz Neira earned his Bachelors in Electronics Engineering Technology at TECSUP in Lima, Perú. He is currently a senior student of Bioengineering at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología.<br>
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Diego Muñoz Neira is a Bioengineering at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología from Lima, Perú.<br>
Diego was trained as a University Innovation Fellows Program at Stanford University in Fall 2018, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2018. As a Fellow, he focused his work on the well-being and mental health. That is why he founded UTEC Puppy Lab, an organization that promotes mental health through canine interaction. In 2018 he was invited to give an Ignite at LOOP, also, he was part of the Bootcamp of the event where along with an interdisciplinary group worked on a solution for villagers living by the train rail. The solution was chosen as the best in its category.
. This year, he participated in IDDS International Development Design Summit in Colombia, initiative created by MIT D-Lab to co-design low-cost solutions to challenges faced by people living in poverty around the world. That same year, he was a finalist in the Disrupton Amazonia contest at UTEC, where he built a prototype of mobile laboratory to collect plastic from the Amazon River and transform it into useful products. In 2019, Diego was selected to participate in IAP-MIT Design Technologies for Coffee Production in Colombia. They designed new technologies for agriculture with a team of students from Harvard and MIT and coffee growers. Continuing his local innovation work with communities Diego was certified as Trainer of Trainers CCB in Brasilia dictated by Amy Smith (Founding Director of MIT D-Lab). Also, he lead a STEAM educational project for children in Lis country to promote creativity and innovation. <br>
During 2020, he developed a project on biomaterials from mushroom mycelium where he built a homemade incubator for the production of mycelium pieces as a sustainable alternative to polystyrene foam. In 2021, he participated in iGEM Global Synthetic Biology competition where he won the gold medal in the competition and was responsible for the construction and design of a low-cost Bioreactor. In 2022, Diego was selected as a member of the first cohort of the iGEM Youth Biodiversity Leadership Program and one of six iGEM delegates to attend the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Additionally, he was recently selected as a judge for the iGEM Global Competition held in October in Paris.
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He currently works in the Synthetic Biology and Tissue Engineering laboratory at the UTEC University of Engineering and Technology, where he develops a system for CRISPR-cas9 editing and regeneration in Nicotiana species. He works on in vitro plant cultivation, molecular techniques, construction and evaluation of plasmids and genetic transformation. His goal in the coming years is to generate a positive impact on the lives of many people and the planet through biotechnology, as well as bring science and entrepreneurship opportunities for more people in Latin America and Peru.
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