Mirza Faizan Explained

Mirza Faizan
Birth Place:Patna, Bihar, India
Occupation:Aerospace scientist, aviation safety expert
Alma Mater:Manipal Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Science

Mirza Faizan is an Indian-American aerospace scientist who developed the Ground Reality Information Processing System (GRIPS).[1] [2]

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.[2]

He then worked for Defence Research and Development Organisation, Satyam Computers, Honeywell, Airbus-France, and on aerospace projects in the US.[2]

Faizan came to the United States in 2013 on a EB-1 visa.[3] 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 (GRIPS), a runway safety system.[4] [5] GRIPS was nominated for the Jane’s ATC Award 2014 held in Madrid.[6]

Inventions

Mirza Faizan developed Ground Reality Information Processing System (GRIPS). 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.[4] [5]

NASA scientists evaluated GRIPS and further recommended it to National Air Traffic Services in the UK. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the national aviation authority of the United States of America, also shortlisted GRIPS among the technologies that prevent runway incursions.[4]

GRIPS was nominated for the Jane’s ATC Award 2014 held in Madrid.[6]

DiscoverSTEM

Mirza Faizan is the founder of DiscoverSTEM program. He started the program in 2016. Mirza Faizan resigned as head of engineering services (USA & Canada) in 2020 at Capgemini to focus full-time on developing the DiscoverSTEM program. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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.[11] [12] [13]

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.[14] [15]

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

Patents Granted in South Africa

  1. South Africa Patent | 202209145B: Water desalination system
  2. South Africa Patent | 202209147B: Method and apparatus for enabling communication of differently abled users
  3. South Africa Patent | 202209146B: Brick for power generation
  4. South Africa Patent | 202209144B: Vehicle collision avoidance system
  5. South Africa Patent | ZA202209154B: Stress management system
  6. South Africa Patent | 202210453B: Preventing finger of a user from pinch in a door gap
  7. South Africa Patent | 202303467B: Method and system for providing a smart ladder to a user
  8. South Africa Patent | 202303468B: A system for monitoring water consumption of users and a method thereof
  9. South Africa Patent | 202303469B: A system and a method for color-blind person to distinguish colors in a surrounding
  10. South Africa Patent | 202303470B: A biodegradable cover for a portable electronic device
  11. South Africa Patent | 202303472B: An IOT-Based management system and a method for assisting users around a swimming pool
  12. South Africa Patent | 202303517B: Method and system for preventing injury by friendly fire
  13. South Africa Patent | 202303518B: Method and system for providing a smart whiteboard cleaner
  14. South Africa Patent | 202303519B: A perfume-dispersing device
  15. South Africa Patent | 202303520B: A system for displaying selected clothes on a human body

Patents pending

  1. : A system to prevent injury from stair fall
  2. : Safety system for preventing mass shootings by Smart guns
  3. : Aircraft tracking system and method
  4. : Self sanitizing door handle with protective cover
  5. : Wearable device to identify medical emergencies and notify
  6. : System and method for contactless provisioning of elevator service
  7. : Self-sanitizing Poles
  8. : Medical surgery recording, processing and reporting system
  9. : The automatic system to monitor health condition of an infant
  10. : Smart rescue system

Awards and honors

Mirza Faizan is a recipient of George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation.[16] [17]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bihari develops system to prevent runway mishaps. The Times of India. Pranava K Chaudhary. TNN. 25 August 2011. 20 November 2018.
  2. News: Scientist grip on plane safety. The Daily Telegraph. Piyush Kumar Tripathi. 27 August 2013. 20 November 2018.
  3. News: Malik . Rifat . 29 July 2020 . Patently inspiring: An Irving scientist mentors young inventors — with impressive results . The Dallas Morning News . 19 July 2023.
  4. News: Tripathi . Piyush Kumar . 27 August 2013 . Scientist grip on plane safety . Telegraph India . 19 July 2023.
  5. News: Chaudhary . Pranava K . 25 August 2011 . Bihari develops system to prevent runway mishaps . The Times of India . 19 July 2023.
  6. News: Tripathi . Piyush Kumar . 23 December 2013 . Scientist zooms into aeronautics cradle - Patna boy pride of nation . Telegraph India . 19 July 2023.
  7. News: Malik . Rifat . 29 July 2020 . Patently inspiring: An Irving scientist mentors young inventors — with impressive results . The Dallas Morning News . 5 March 2024.
  8. News: In a first, 2 brothers from Patna bag US award for making kids innovators. The Times of India. TNN. 12 November 2021.
  9. News: Two brothers from Patna turning students into innovators in US. The Times of India. TNN. 7 July 2019.
  10. News: Ahmed . Basheer . 27 September 2020 . From Past Scholars to Innovators of Tomorrow . Telegraph India . 20 Feb 2024.
  11. News: Two brothers from Patna turning students into innovators in US. The Times of India. TNN. 7 July 2019.
  12. News: In a first, 2 brothers from Patna bag US award for making kids innovators. The Times of India. TNN. 12 November 2021.
  13. News: Malik . Rifat . 29 July 2020 . Patently inspiring: An Irving scientist mentors young inventors — with impressive results . The Dallas Morning News . 5 March 2024.
  14. News: Ahmed . Basheer . 27 September 2020 . From Past Scholars to Innovators of Tomorrow . Telegraph India . 20 Feb 2024.
  15. News: Malik . Rifat . 29 July 2020 . Patently inspiring: An Irving scientist mentors young inventors — with impressive results . The Dallas Morning News . 5 March 2024.
  16. News: In a first, 2 brothers from Patna bag US award for making kids innovators. The Times of India. TNN. 12 November 2021.
  17. News: US award for bros who made students innovators. The Times of India. TNN. 16 December 2020.

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