<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="colordisplay: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: small; font-family: georgia, serifnone;">Muskan Kanungo is a University Innovation </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128)#a52a2a;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: georgia, serif;">Muskan Kanungo is a University Innovation Fellow and a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), where she is majoring in BioMolecular Engineering. She would love to use</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> her degree to work in the area of</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> genetic engineering, cosmetology, water sciences, or neuroscience. </span></span></span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128)#a52a2a;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Muskan was born in North Carolina but moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin when she was a child. Muskan decided to attend MSOE because she believed that the small class sizes would enable her to connect with her classmates better than she would have been able to do at a larger university. Through MSOE, she found out about UIF and realized that this program focused on many of the ideologies that she had developed through her middle school and high school experiences, such as design thinking, creativity, and collaboration.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-familycolor: georgia, serif#a52a2a;"><span style="font-sizefamily: smallgeorgia, serif;"><span style="colorfont-size: rgb(0, 128, 128)small;">At MSOE, Muskan stays busy by participating in a variety of campus groups. She is involved in the University Honors Scholars Program, American Society for Chemical Engineers, Society for Biological Engineers, CREST (Connecting Researchers, Educ</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: small; font-family: georgia, serif;">ators, and Students), the Water Council, and is an instructor for Girls Who Code. Besides that, Muskan is a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lab aide at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MC</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: small; font-family: georgia, serif;">W), makes music, and sells art. </span></span>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small#a52a2a;">As a henna tattoo artist for h</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">er As a henna tattoo artist for her high school's multicultural fair, a tutor for </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">young children, an attendee of various forensics (speech) competitions, and a participant in programs like Future City and We the People, Muskan developed and recognized </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">her love for collaboration, empathy, and communication. Through her own experience of working with people and her self, Muskan realized the importance of how mental health and self-awareness affect team dynamics, which is how she grew a love for psychology </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">and understanding other perspectives.</span></span>
<span style="color:#a52a2a;"><u><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Awards:</span></span></spanu></uspan>
*<span style="font-familycolor: georgia, serif#a52a2a;"><span style="font-sizefamily: smallgeorgia, serif;"><span style="colorfont-size: rgb(0, 128, 128)small;">NCWIT (National Center for Women and Information Technology) Award for Aspirations in Computing: 2018 Wisconsin Affiliate Winner</span></span></span>*<span style="font-sizecolor: small#a52a2a;"><span style="font-familysize: georgia, serifsmall;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(0georgia, 128, 128)serif;">National Federation of Music Recognition</span></span></span>*<span style="font-sizecolor: small#a52a2a;"><span style="font-familysize: georgia, serifsmall;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(0georgia, 128, 128)serif;">Silver Key Scholastic Art Award</span></span></span>*<span style="font-sizecolor: small#a52a2a;"><span style="font-familysize: georgia, serifsmall;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(0georgia, 128, 128)serif;">We the People National Finals Award Winners: 10th Place</span></span></span>*<span style="font-sizecolor: small#a52a2a;"><span style="font-familysize: georgia, serifsmall;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(0georgia, 128, 128)serif;">Mount Mary Art Award for Empowered Young Women</span></span></span>
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<span style="color:#a52a2a;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><u>Related Links:</u></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-sizefamily: georgia, serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Milwaukee_School_of_Engineering_Student_Priorities#Cohort_3:_2019 <span style="color:#<span style="color:#a52a2a;"></span>800080;">MSOE UIF: Third Cohort - Strategic Priorities</span>]</span>*<span style="color: small#a52a2a;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Milwaukee_School_of_Engineering <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128)#a52a2a;"><u>Related Links:MSOE UIF</uspan>]</span></span>*</spanstyle="color:#a52a2a;"> *<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Milwaukee_School_of_Engineering_Student_Priorities#Cohort_3:_2019 Kirat_Mokha <span style="color:#800080a52a2a;">MSOE UIF: Third Cohort - Strategic PrioritiesKirat Mokha</span>]</span></span>*<span style="color:#a52a2a;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Milwaukee_School_of_Engineering Shahbaz_Mogal <span style="color:#800080a52a2a;">MSOE UIFShahbaz Mogal</span>]</span> === <br/span> ===