Yusuf Muhammad Explained

Yusuf Muhammad
Alma Mater:Royal College of Art
Imperial College London
University of Nottingham
Awards:Red Dot 2016
James Dyson Award 2009
Website:yusufm.com

Yusuf Muhammad is a British inventor and engineer. He is the founding director of Plumis, a start-up which develops innovative systems to protect people from fires. He won the Red Dot Award in 2016. He has appeared on the BBC Two show Big Life Fix.

Early life and education

Muhammad was born in Sidcup.[1] He studied Mechanical Design, Materials and Manufacture at the University of Nottingham, earning a Masters in 2006.[2] He completed the Industrial Design Engineering Masters at Imperial College London in 2008.[3] In his second year he won £25,000 from the New Business Challenge to develop a fire extinguishing system.[4]

Career

Plumis was established whilst Muhammad was the Royal College of Art.[5] Working with Paul Thomas and Jeung Woo Choi, he designed a series of solutions to suppress fire.[6] [7] He joined the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, redesigning the modern ambulance.[8] He won the transport award in Designs of the Year.[9]

In 2009 the Automist, a fire extinguishing system, won the James Dyson Award.[10] Automist uses mist to control fires and can be more effective than sprinklers for chip pan fires. The Automist was selected as one of the British Library's Top 15 Inventions of the last decade.[11] He appeared on the BBC Two show You Too Can Be an Absolute Genius’.[12] Automist went on to win Innovation of the Year.[13] He went on to design the Automist Smartscan, which won the 2016 Red Dot and a Silver award from the Industrial Designers Society of America.[14] He is a popular public speaking, discussing design and fire safety.[15] [16]

Big Life Fix

Muhammad has appeared on the BBC Two show Big Life Fix.[17] [18] In Series one he made a boy with Möbius syndrome a bicycle that he could ride without needing his hands or feet.[19] He also worked on a device to allow a 56-year-old man with locked-in syndrome communicate with his family.[20] In Series Two he developed a snowboard that allowed a man with Post Anoxic Myoclonus to snowboard.[21]

Muhammad enjoys playing basketball.

Awards

2009 James Dyson Award for the Automist fire extinguisher[22] [23]

2012 Design Museum's Designs of the Year for the Redesign for the Emergency Ambulance[24]

2016 Red Dot for the Automist fire extinguisher[25] [26]

References

  1. Web site: Series 1, The Big Life Fix - Yusuf Muhammad - BBC Two. BBC. en-GB. 2018-08-01.
  2. Web site: Yusuf Muhammad. Royal College of Art. 2018-08-01.
  3. Web site: Why come to IDE. ide.rca.ac.uk. en. 2018-08-01.
  4. News: Student entrepreneurs win £25,000 to develop their innovative idea Imperial News Imperial College London. Imperial News. 2018-08-01. en-GB.
  5. Web site: The history behind Plumis and Automist fire protection. yusufm.com. okler.net and. plumis.co.uk. en-gb. 2018-08-01.
  6. Web site: Traditional sprinklers impractical? Approvers trust Automist. yusufm.com. okler.net and. www.plumis.co.uk. en-gb. 2018-08-01.
  7. Web site: The team behind Automist - innovative home fire safety device. yusufm.com. okler.net and. plumis.co.uk. en-gb. 2018-08-01.
  8. Web site: Redesigning the Ambulance - Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. www.hhc.rca.ac.uk. en. 2018-08-02.
  9. News: 21st century ambulance wins design award Imperial News Imperial College London. Imperial News. 2018-08-02. en-GB.
  10. Web site: The innovators: mist system offers a safer way to control fires. Hickey. Shane. 2015-04-26. the Guardian. en. 2018-08-02.
  11. Web site: Inventors your country needs you. The British Library. en. 2018-08-02.
  12. Web site: BBC Bitesize - KS2 Science - Testing inventions. BBC Bitesize. 2018-08-02.
  13. Web site: Plumis. Royal College of Art. 2018-08-02.
  14. News: Automist Smartscan. 2017-06-26. Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. 2018-08-02. en.
  15. Web site: YUSUF MUHAMMAD - InsureTech Connect. insuretechconnect.com. en-US. 2018-08-02.
  16. Web site: Anniversary 2018. iwma.net. en. 2018-08-02.
  17. News: Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve - a rare example of TV making itself useful, review. Rees. Jasper. 2016-12-14. The Telegraph. 2018-08-01. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  18. Web site: Series 1, The Big Life Fix - The Fixers - BBC Two. BBC. en-GB. 2018-08-01.
  19. News: Yusuf Muhammads revolutionary technology helps teenager with no hands or feet ride a bike for the first time. 2016-12-08. Born to Engineer. 2018-08-01. en.
  20. Web site: Episode 2, Series 1, The Big Life Fix - BBC Two. BBC. en-GB. 2018-08-02.
  21. News: Meet the disabled man who dreamt of snowboarding again- and the inventor who made it possible. Radio Times. 2018-08-01. en.
  22. News: Sir James Dyson backs kitchen taps to save lives and launches 2010 competition. Tyler. Richard. 2010-05-17. 2018-08-01. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  23. News: The Automist Wins 2009 James Dyson Award. 2009-09-09. Fast Company. 2018-08-01. en-US.
  24. Web site: Redesigning the Ambulance with NHS London. www.yusufm.com. 2018-08-01.
  25. Web site: RCA Alumni Fire Protection System Automist Awarded Prestigious Red Dot. Royal College of Art. 2018-08-01.
  26. News: Automist wins Red Dot - Best of the Best Imperial News Imperial College London. Imperial News. 2018-08-01. en-GB.

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