Mirza Faizan


Mirza Faizan is an Indian-American aerospace scientist who developed the Ground Reality Information Processing System.

Biography

Faizan attended St Karen’s School, Patna, and graduated from Patna University, followed by work in master of computer application at Manipal Institute of Technology, and in embedded systems at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
He then worked for Defence Research and Development Organisation, Satyam Computers, Honeywell, Airbus-France, and on aerospace projects in the US.
Faizan came to the United States in 2013 on a EB-1 visa. Faizan is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He currently lives in Texas, US.
Mirza Faizan is the inventor of the Ground Reality Information Processing System, a runway safety system. GRIPS was nominated for the Jane’s ATC Award 2014 held in Madrid.

Inventions

Mirza Faizan developed Ground Reality Information Processing System. This system prevents runway incursion and identifies foreign objects and debris on runways in real-time at the time of airplane take-off or landing.
NASA scientists evaluated GRIPS and further recommended it to National Air Traffic Services in the UK. The Federal Aviation Administration, the national aviation authority of the United States of America, also shortlisted GRIPS among the technologies that prevent runway incursions.
GRIPS was nominated for the Jane’s ATC Award 2014 held in Madrid.

DiscoverSTEM

Mirza Faizan is the founder of DiscoverSTEM program. He started the program in 2016. Mirza Faizan resigned as head of engineering services in 2019 at Capgemini to focus full-time on developing the DiscoverSTEM program.
In the DiscoverSTEM program, students are encouraged to follow a five-step program of think, analyze, ideate, create and innovate patentable solutions to real-world problems. DiscoverSTEM program is designed to create the next generation of thinkers, innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs. There are two major parts of the course – foundation and implementation.
DiscoverSTEM students have won global innovation competitions. DiscoverSTEM has sent students to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and Duke University with scholarships totalling $3.5 million. It has produced almost 200 young inventors ages 10 to 18.

Patents

Patents Granted in the United States

  1. : Apparatus and method to clean garbage from water bodies
  2. : Automated Aircraft Tray Table Disinfecting System Using Ultra-Violet light
  3. : Relay based system to launch a projectile
  4. : Automated system for cleaning and recovering spilled oil in the ocean using hair felt rollers
  5. : Wind powered system to lift water using multiple tanks
  6. : Drug abuse prevention device and a method thereof
  7. : System to generate an alert to wake a driver of a vehicle and a method thereof
  8. : Package delivery box
  9. : Biodegradable bottle cap using pestalotiopsis microsporia to biodegrade waste plastic bottle
  10. : Fluid flow control unit
  11. : Wearable device for managing alcohol-driven violence
  12. : System and Method for Mental State Determination
  13. : Handheld device to detect lead compounds and impurities in water
  14. : A high-speed pressure based propulsion system for transporting resources
  15. : Automatic sunvisor assembly
  16. : An apparatus for sanitising products
  17. : Deep sea pressure based projectile launching system
  18. : Smart shower head
  19. : A system for refilling of used markers
  20. : Bio-Degradable Container
  21. : Iot based management system and a method for assisting users around a swimming pool
  22. : Apparatus to enable differently abled users to communicate and a method thereof
  23. : Method and system for preventing injury by friendly fire
  24. : Biodegradable cover for a portable electronic device
  25. : Method and system for providing a smart whiteboard cleaner
  26. : Perfume dispersing device
  27. : Aircraft tracking system and method
  28. : Smart rescue system coordinated with an interactive application
  29. : System for displaying selected clothes on a dummy human body
  30. : Self sanitizing door handle with protective cover
  31. : Method and system for providing a smart ladder to a user

Patents Granted in South Africa

  1. : Water desalination system
  2. : Method and apparatus for enabling communication of differently abled users
  3. : Brick for power generation
  4. : Vehicle collision avoidance system
  5. : Stress management system
  6. : Preventing finger of a user from pinch in a door gap
  7. : Method and system for providing a smart ladder to a user
  8. : A system for monitoring water consumption of users and a method thereof
  9. : A system and a method for color-blind person to distinguish colors in a surrounding
  10. : An IOT-Based management system and a method for assisting users around a swimming pool
  11. : Method and system for preventing injury by friendly fire
  12. : Stabilizer system for controlling tipping of furniture

Patents pending

  1. : A system to prevent injury from stair fall
  2. : Safety system for preventing mass shootings by Smart guns
  3. : Wearable device to identify medical emergencies and notify
  4. : System and method for contactless provisioning of elevator service
  5. : Self-sanitizing Poles
  6. : Medical surgery recording, processing and reporting system
  7. : The automatic system to monitor health condition of an infant
  8. : System and method for alerting users based on brain signals
  9. : Exoskeleton apparatus to assist movement of user using brain signals

Awards and honors

Mirza Faizan is a recipient of George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation.
As a founder of DiscoverSTEM, Mirza Faizan was felicitated in the Texas House of Representatives, which passed an official House Resolution #403, commemorating Mirza Faizan and DiscoverSTEM’s impact on shaping the next generation of innovators & leaders.