THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED SECURITY HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES MAKES BELFAST WOMAN FEMALE INVENTOR OF THE YEAR 2007
	Dr Maire McLoone British Female Inventor 2007
Dr Maire McLoone, inventor of a product that enhances security mechanisms to protect the public from cyber criminals, such as hackers and identifies thieves, beat off strong competition from other contenders to win the top prize in the British Female Inventors & Innovators Awards 2007 on Tuesday 24 April 2007.In the event at the Café Royal, London, the inventor triumphed with her innovation from Institute of electronics, communications and information technology (ECIT), Queen’s University, Belfast. The research work into high speed security architectures was conducted solely by Dr McLoone, who holds a prestigious UK Royal Academy of Engineering research fellowship at ECIT. Her product required thorough background research which demonstrated the need for real-time data security. Dr McLoone succeeded in developing high-speed security architectures providing a potential solution of real-security. West Yorkshire, innovator Emily Cummins was named the Innovator of the Year 2007 for her Solar Evaporation Refrigerator. The refrigerator provides an opportunity to improve life for people in the 3rd world as they will be in a position to store food for much longer than they can now. 19 year old, Emily Cummins who is currently a student of Leeds University explained that developing a product for a real life situation has provided her with an opportunity that many will never have and as she had the chance to visit South Africa she decided to take it and keep trying to develop her product until she reaches her goal of commercial production. The event, now in its ninth successful year, is organised by the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) with support from Equalitec – an european part-funded project by the European Social Fund, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), London Metropolitan University, UK Trade & Investment, National Physics Laboratory, London Remade and Business Link London and many more organisations. See the list of winners below:

Female Innovator of the Year -Emily Cummins Solar Evaporation

Inventor/Innovation Diamond Winner - Elaine Stephen Walkodile
Inventor/Innovation Gold Winner - Rachel Jones Totseat
Inventor/Innovation Silver Winner - Elizabeth Paul Menitest - Meningitis Home Testing Kit

Exceptional Creativity Diamond Winner - Emily Cummins Solar Evaporation
Exceptional Creativity Gold Winner - Kate Pullinger Digital Fiction
Exceptional Creativity Silver Winner - Marriane Forrest Transformations

ITEC Platinum Winner - Dr. Maire McLoone Institute of electronics, communications and information technology (ECIT)
ITEC Diamond Winner - Kathryn Bullock Villas For Travel
ITEC Gold Winner - Christina Domecq Spinvox Voice
ITEC Silver Winner - Eleanor Ford LikeCube ltd

Higher Education Diamond Winner - Dr Liping Zhang Lost Caronate Sintering Process for Manufacturing Porous Metals
Higher Education Gold Winner - Kate Pullinger Digital Fiction

Product Development Diamond Winner - Elaine Stephen Walkodile
Product Development Gold Winner Cintra - Jaggan-Vince Dressing Strap

Environment Diamond Winner - Gayle Blanchflower OutABox®
Environment Gold Winner -Michelle Brand Flowerfall Design
Environment Silver Winner - Zawadi Seas The Evolution of Naturual Talent (TENT)

Capacity Building Diamond Winner - Susan Williams Vision On
Capacity Building Gold Winner - Brigitte Francois SignVideo

Innovative Business Diamond Winner - Brigitte Francois SignVideo
Innovative Business Gold Winner - Pauline Ryder Farm Fresh Express

Best Business Idea Diamond Winner - Christina Domecq Spinvox Voice
Best Business Idea Gold Winner -Lucky Dissanayake Dakini Books

Chairman’s Award – presented to Frank Landamore for Inventique

Editor’s Notes Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) is a global network which aims to increase the number of innovative women embracing enterprise. The organisation works with Government departments, leading industry experts, voluntary organisations, enterprises and educational institutions in finding effective ways of bringing the support, assistance, tools, advice and information that assist women in achieving significant growth in their businesses. Bola Olabisi, Chief Executive, is available for interview on +44 (0) 20 7749 4834 or bola@gwiin.com Download Press Release : Click here ()
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