MUSCAT: A group of students at the University of Nizwa have created a multipurpose cooler bag named Breeze.

Maryam Bint Youssef Al-Rawahi, the project’s financial director, said, “The idea of the bag came due to the high temperatures and their impact on portable electronic devices such as phones, laptops, and other things.”

She added, “We decided to establish a student organisation consisting of seven members from different disciplines at the university. The team was motivated to continue making the effort to turn the idea into a reality and to seek a patent.”

The financial director of the project explained that this device has several uses, whether for electronic devices or cold or hot foods. Additionally, study has been conducted on its development for it to become suitable for refrigeration and ice can be dispensed with the presence of this bag.

For his part, Nasser bin Rashid Al Riyami, Director of Production Development Department, said, “The device’s arrival at this stage was not a coincidence. It faced many challenges, but thanks to God, then the team’s efforts and moral support from the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nizwa. Also those who believed in our idea and bet on our success played a great role in the making of this idea and transformed it into a product that serves the community.”

Al Riyami stressed that this device has future goals and the team is working to implement them. “This bag will be versatile in the future, and we could obtain a patent and establish a large Omani company specialised in a private brand in this field, develop it and introduce the product to the local and global market,” he added.

Muntaha bint Nasser Al-Awfiya, CEO of the company, explained that the device works to maintain low temperatures inside the bag due to the presence of external fans that disperse the heat, which in turn affects the cooling and controls the temperature automatically with the help of internal sensors set to a certain temperature.

Dr. Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Shukaili, Executive Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor at the Department of Management at the University of Nizwa, said, “The Cooling Bag Project (Breeze) is one of the projects registered at Injaz Oman, and the university, represented by entrepreneurship, works to develop students’ talents and capabilities and hone them with all the skills required in the field of entrepreneurship. business and encouraging them to establish private entrepreneurial projects that will help them after graduation and have a clear career future.

Al-Shukaili added that the presence of these creative and innovative students at the university enhances Oman 2040’s vision of transforming towards a digital and knowledge economy.