Emily Cummins

Emily Cummins

Emily Cummins presenting at Cusp Conference 2011

Emily Cummins presenting at Cusp Conference 2011
Born 11 February 1987 (1987-02-11) (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

  1. Amy Byard (13 April 2012). "The foundations of entrepreneurial success: a shed and a hammer". The Guardian. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  2. Paul Stokes (7 January 2009). "Student inventor helps third world from granddad's potting shed". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  3. "'The Fridge Lady' talks about her work". BBC Radio 4. 15 January 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  4. Women of the Future awards : Winners 2006
  5. 1 2 Fayed has designs on great success as a 'woman of the future', Arifa Akbar, The Independent, November 6, 2006
  6. "Rolex Awards for Enterprise : Mohammed Bah Abba : Project". rolexawards.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  7. "Solar Fridge Invented (Again) by UK Student : TreeHugger". treehugger.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  8. 1 2 2007's next big things, The Independent, December 30, 2006.
  9. "BFIIN Award Winners and Sponsors". web.archive.org. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  10. "Prize for electricity-free fridge". BBC News. 13 October 2009.
  11. 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.
  12. Chris Holland (2 September 2010). "Award-winningCross Hills inventor will receive her latest honour at ceremony in Japan". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

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