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'''School:''' UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología<br>
'''What he does now:''' Bioengineering Student at UTEC and Creative Capacity Building FacilitatorBiotechnology founder<br>
'''What that means:''' He works with communities around the world to develop capabilities and practical solutions to global poverty challenges. <br>
'''Email:''' diego.munoz@utec.edu.pe<br>
'''Phone:''' (+51) 955772396<br>
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Diego Muñoz Neira earned his Bachelors in is a Electronics Engineering Technology at TECSUP in Institute from Lima, Perú. He is currently a senior Bioengineering student of Bioengineering at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología.<br>
During his first year as an undergraduate student, Diego participated in multiple engineering projects focused on social impact. One of the first project called "The Solar Kitchen". With this project, he won the project fair “Vivir la Ingeniería” UTEC 2015-2 in the category of development/productandproduct, 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 Congress of Bioclimatic Architecture and Renewable Energies CABER 2016. During 2016, he was elected vice-president of the student branch of at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UTEC. During this time, the branch won the “Crecimiento Sostenible” prize and the Power and Energy Society chapter won the “Caso de Éxito” Sustainable Growth prize.<br>
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. 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.
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In 2019, 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 where he promote creativity and innovation. <br>
<br>This yearIn 2021, he is working with other fellows in a program called "started The Way" to createopportunities for students to design their professional future and find a vocation based on inspired in the book "Designing Your Life" by Bill Burnett & Dave EvansDessign Thinking principles. They are He was working on individual workshops for freshmen and sophomore students to help them in the design of their career paths andand discover the opportunities offered by the university.
Diego is currently in his last year of college he started starting a biotech startup to develop new sustainable materials based on fungal mycelium. He was the honor to selected among the 100 young leaders in Biotechnology in Latin America by ALLBIOTECHAllbiotech and Fellow at Glabal Community Biosummit.