Young Inventors
Meet Bilal Ali Shah – Time Magazine Kid of the Year 2021 Nominated Kid
Bilal joined the 2017-18 batch of DiscoverSTEM’s Innovation Program when he was just nine. Today, Bilal own 6 patents to his name
DiscoverSTEM Batch Information:
DIP 2017-18 and DIP 2018-19 batch Murphy Middle School, Murphy-TX
Innovated:
- Relay based system to launch a projectile (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US11536534B2)
- Wind powered system to lift water using multiple tanks (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US20210270240A1)
- Automated aircraft tray table disinfecting system using ultra-violet light (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US20210269158A1)
- Apparatus and method to clean garbage from water bodies (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US20210269998A1)
- Geothermal based water desalination system with multiple tanks (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US20210269329A1)
- Electricity generating tiles using micro-turbines for air and water (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: US20210270143A1)
- Handheld device to detect lead compounds and impurities in water (Patent Granted | USPTO Publication Number: 11754543)
- Staiver – the stair-fall saver (Patent Pending)
Bilal’s innovation Relay Launch System won the 1st prize at NASA Ames Space Settlement Challenge 2018 among 10,000 participants from 30 countries.
He is also Texas Merit winner of American’s Top Young Scientist 2018. His team also won the 2nd prize for his innovation ‘Micro Turbine Bricks’ at Future City Competition 2019 and Special Award at Future City Competition 2020.
Bilal joined the 2017-18 batch of DiscoverSTEM’s Innovation Program when he was just nine and repeated in 2018-19. He attends Murphy Middle School in Texas. His first innovation was a system called the ‘Relay Launch System’ (RLS) to launch satellites using relay launch and catch platforms. Once he mastered the complex thinking process of innovation, he went on an innovation spree. As of today, Bilal has seven patents pending to his name. During his free time, Bilal enjoys sports and reading popular science.
Remarkable Achievement
Bilal was Nominated for TIME Magazine Kid of the Year 2021.
