About Us
How the pandemic inspired young inventors to solve the biggest crisis facing humanity!
UVSET is the brainchild of young inventors who looked to make a meaningful contribution to their community by preventing the spread of infection during the Global Pandemic.
In 2020, COVID-19 burst into our lives and the world came to a standstill. Public places were closed. Businesses were shut down. The world went into lockdown in fear that they would catch this new, quickly spreading disease.
That’s when Abdullah Kabeer, Rayhan Shanavas, Manish Rangan, Vihan Yerubandi, Humza Sheikh, Aiman Khan along with DiscoverSTEM co-founders, Hisham Ahmad & Mirza Faizan came together to innovate a product that would limit the spread of COVID-19 and all other diseases. Months were spent analyzing patterns of disease spread and the threat those patterns posed to the world.
Working backwards, these young innovators first identified the largest congregation of disease spread – door handles. From here, they devised this UV-C light-based system that will reduce the impact of the pandemic and aid the world in returning to normality.
Our Team
Hisham Ahmad
Chief Executive Officer
17-year-old Hisham Ahmad is a serial innovator, entrepreneur, Forbes book author, educator, and philanthropist. He is considered one of the youngest innovators and thought leaders in America. Hisham is one of the founders of UVSET, a company that developed automated door handle sanitizer. His innovation pitch for UVSET was judged among the ‘Top 80 Most Innovative Products Supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’ at the ‘Oslo Innovation Week’ in 2022. Hisham & UVSET is currently working with many healthcare establishments to reduce hospital-acquired infections through his innovative solutions.
As a Co-Founder of DiscoverSTEM, he has spurred the organization’s growth, fuelled by developing and securing valuable intellectual property. He has led the team and empowered young minds, fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among teenagers. As an innovator, he has 3 patents granted and 8 patents pending in the United States and other countries.
Hisham has authored a book ‘Misfit Mogul’, published by Forbes. In this book, Hisham touches on certain aspects of his biography and an inspiring story about how being a ‘misfit’ in school doesn’t mean the end of the world. He endorses that we can still make it big using the power of innovation & entrepreneurship.
As a generational philanthropist, Hisham has established HFA – an international foundation that provides economic opportunities and education to underprivileged communities worldwide. His initiatives include founding schools and developing shelters for orphans and homeless individuals.
Hisham has a proven track record of success in business ventures, research & development, and student mentorship. Hisham’s distinguished laurels and achievements at such a young age make him one of the brightest young minds in the United States and the world.
Abdullah Kabeer
Chief Technology Officer
Abdullah Kabeer is a Young Innovator, Entrepreneur, and Patent Holder. In addition to being the standing CEO and co-founder of UVSET, Abdullah holds leadership roles and has founded various startups in the financial services and technology sectors. One of these startups is CANDLE, which packages and resells data to various financial firms and enterprises at wholesale prices. Abdullah has also founded Altruato.com, which leverages AI and empowers the next generation of researchers and scientists with answers to their advanced questions, which previously could only be answered by experts and Ph. Ds, on an easy-to-use digital platform, and InvoKit. This startup serves robotics systems and chaises robotics teams that compete nationally and internationally.
Outside of startups, Abdullah has been a dedicated problem solver. He has two patents granted in the United States and internationally and is filing four more. His patents in vision assistance and driving systems have untold potential to help humanity.
Abdullah’s commitment to community service is a testament to his character. He actively engages with and nurtures the youth, fostering their potential to become the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs. His involvement at DiscoverSTEM demonstrates his dedication to shaping the future.
Abdullah’s meticulous attention to detail and continuous efforts to better his community have not gone unnoticed. His work caught the eye of Texas Congressman Van Taylor, who awarded Abdullah an official certificate of congressional recognition, a testament to the credibility and impact of his achievements.
Rayhan Shanavas
Chief Marketing Officer
Rayhan Shanavas is a curious and passionate 16-year-old dedicated to addressing global healthcare challenges, particularly those aggravted by socioeconomic disparities. As an innovator at DiscoverSTEM, Rayhan has not only deepened his understanding of these complex problems but has also broadened the solution landscape to identify technologically sustainable, economically viable, commercially acceptable, and user-friendly solutions. His commitment to innovation is further demonstrated through his involvement with TiE Hyderabad 2023, where he fostered these solutions.
Rayhan has led marketing and communications for OakridgeBMUN and TEDx at his school, and as the EDI Head, he has leveraged diverse channels and like-minded youth to implement equitable healthcare solutions. As the founder of Aequitas, Synapse, and Kindness India, Rayhan is honored to introduce UVSet, a solution designed to combat the negative impacts of unseen infectious organisms that linger on the doors we touch every day.
Manish Rangan
Co-Founder
Manish Rangan is a 16-year-old Junior at Reedy High School in Frisco, Texas. He recently graduated from the DiscoverSTEM program, a platform known for nurturing young innovators who have gone on to secure patents. The new and unique approach to innovation and critical thinking that Manish gained from this year-long experience has inspired him to focus on something bigger—analyzing customer pain points to legitimize innovations that make a lasting, positive impact on the world.
Vihan Yerubandi
Co-Founder
Vihan Yerubandi is a 16-year-old Junior at Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas. His experience at DiscoverSTEM Innovation Program opened his eyes to a new way of addressing real-world problems and making a meaningful impact through innovation. DiscoverSTEM guided Vihan from ideation to innovation, allowing him to brainstorm and collaborate with like-minded individuals. Throughout his life, Manish has been interested in many things, including reading books, interacting with people, and learning about new cultures. DiscoverSTEM has now added innovation to that ever-growing list of passions.
Humza Sheikh
Co-Founder
Humza Sheikh is a 16-year-old sophomore at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas. He is a recent graduate of the DiscoverSTEM program, where students are exposed to design processes and have the opportunity to obtain patents. The unique approach Humza has gained from DiscoverSTEM, along with other programs throughout his academic career, has given him an outlook on life that motivates him to take a holistic approach to helping others in any way he can.
Aiman Khan
Co-Founder
Aiman Khan recently completed a Master of Science in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Mechanical Systems at the University of North Texas. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering Technologies. As a co-founder at UVSET Inc, he has played a critical role in the design of the automated door handle sanitization system.
For his senior capstone project, Aiman contributed to the design of a multi-functional Data Acquisition (DAQ) training set for thermo-fluids applications. By applying the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer, he helped create an experimental thermo-fluid systems setup that integrates with the virtual simulation program LabVIEW.
Advisors
Mirza Faizan
Founder, DiscoverSTEM
Faizan is a world-renowned aerospace scientist and inventor of the Ground Reality Information Processing System (GRIPS), an innovative system to prevent runway incursion, runway excursion and detect foreign objects & debris on runways in real-time.
He has vast experience working on the design and development of aerospace, defense, and mission-critical systems. His research and algorithm for predicting collision between random particles in a semi-controlled environment are highly admired by scientists from NASA, Pentagon-AMRDEC (Army Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center), and US Air Force. Global R&D communities often seek his expertise in research, innovation, aerospace systems design & development, and aviation safety.
As a nominated judge of the R&D100 Awards, Faizan has evaluated research & technologies which are exclusively funded/owned by NASA, the United States Department of Homeland Security, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Department, United States Department of Energy, United States Department of Defense – Joint Cyber Center, United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Faizan is also keenly interested in Psychology and possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a special interest in child learning and development. For his innovations and contributions to the global aerospace and defense industry, Faizan was granted permanent residency in the United States under the ‘Alien of Extraordinary Ability’ category, also known as “Einstein Visa” a category generally reserved for Noble Laureates or top scientists.
You can find more about Mirza Faizan here..