Emily Cummins
| Emily Cummins | |
|---|---|
 Emily Cummins presenting at Cusp Conference 2011 | |
| Born | 11 February 1987 (age 29) |
| Occupation | British inventor |
Emily Jayne Cummins (born 11 February 1987) is an English inventor and entrepreneur.[1][2][3]
Cummins is a student at Leeds University, studying Management and Sustainability.
Her entry into a sustainable design competition, a pullable water carrier for manual workers in Africa, earned her a Technology Woman of the Future award in 2006.[4][5]
She is currently developing a re-designed evaporative refrigerator, based on the zeer evaporative cooler originally invented and engineered by Mohammed Bah Abba,[6][7] which can be used to transport and store temperature-sensitive drugs in developing countries,[8] for which she won a Female Innovator of the Year for 2007 from the British Female Inventors and Innovators Network[9] as well as a £12,000 sponsorship from NESTA.[5][8] In 2009 Cummins was named one of the Barclays Women of the Year for the device.[10] In 2010, Cummings was selected as an Oslo Business for Peace Honouree by a jury of Nobel prize winners during an awards ceremony in Norway.[11] In 2010, Junior Chamber International honours ten outstanding people under 40 each year, and in 2010 she was honoured at a ceremony in Japan for "extraordinary work in sustainable product design and innovation".[12]
References
- ↑ Amy Byard (13 April 2012). "The foundations of entrepreneurial success: a shed and a hammer". The Guardian. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Paul Stokes (7 January 2009). "Student inventor helps third world from granddad's potting shed". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ "'The Fridge Lady' talks about her work". BBC Radio 4. 15 January 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Women of the Future awards : Winners 2006
- 1 2 Fayed has designs on great success as a 'woman of the future', Arifa Akbar, The Independent, November 6, 2006
- ↑ "Rolex Awards for Enterprise : Mohammed Bah Abba : Project". rolexawards.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Solar Fridge Invented (Again) by UK Student : TreeHugger". treehugger.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- 1 2 2007's next big things, The Independent, December 30, 2006.
- ↑ "BFIIN Award Winners and Sponsors". web.archive.org. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Prize for electricity-free fridge". BBC News. 13 October 2009.
- ↑ Staff writer (25 October 2010). "British female student awarded top prize by Nobel winners for solar-powered fridge invention". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Holland (2 September 2010). "Award-winningCross Hills inventor will receive her latest honour at ceremony in Japan". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved September 15, 2013.