Alexis Lewis
{{Short description|American inventor and public speaker}}
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{{Notability|Biography|date=May 2022}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=March 2020}}
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{{use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexis Lewis
| image = Alexis Lewis.jpg
| caption = Lewis in 2016
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1999}}
| education = University of North Carolina
| occupation = Futurist, inventor, public speaker, artist and writer
| website = {{url|https://www.alexislewisinventor.me/}}
}}
Alexis Lewis{{Cite web|url=https://garage.ext.hp.com/us/en/innovation/alexis-lewis-teen-inventor.html|title=Alexis Lewis knows your secret: You're an inventor|website=garage.ext.hp.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-15}} is an American inventor, repeat science fair winner and public speaker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/teen-inventor-alexis-lewis-wants-kids-to-invent-solutions-to-worlds-problems-180955933/|title=Teenage Inventor Alexis Lewis Thinks That Kids Have the Solutions to the World's Problems|last=Gambino|first=Megan|website=Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}} She is best known for her advocacy for invention education{{Citation|title=It Can't Wait: Democratizing Innovation & Invention|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXGMtXLiH4|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}} and her humanitarian inventions. She is known to have given talks at the White House, Smithsonian, SXSW, National Maker Faire, the 2018 Social Innovation Summit, and at TEDx events.{{Cite web|url=https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2019/speakers/253806|title=Alexis Lewis|website=SXSW EDU 2020 Schedule|language=en|access-date=2019-11-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.socinnovation.com/ehome/290119/629642/|title=Social Innovation Summit 2018|website=www.socinnovation.com|access-date=2019-11-17}} Lewis also gained repeat standing as a finalist or winner in national and international science and invention fairs, including the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS Challenge.{{Cite web|url=https://student.societyforscience.org/blog/doing-science/chase-lewis-uses-engineering-solve-common-problems|title=Chase Lewis uses engineering to solve common problems|date=2014-08-29|website=Student Science|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}} In the course of the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge, Lewis won pro-bono patent counsel, and holds a patent on the "Rescue Travois", granted 2015{{Cite web|url=http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Lewis&s2=Travois&OS=Lewis+AND+Travois&RS=Lewis+AND+Travois|title=United States Patent Application: 0150035240|website=appft.uspto.gov|access-date=2019-11-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/newsletter/inventors-eye/inventing-humanity|title=Inventing Humanity|website=www.uspto.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}} and has one pending, on the "Emergency Mask Pod".{{Cite web|url=https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/a-teenage-inventor-upgrades-emergency-rescue-technology/|title=A teenage inventor upgrades emergency rescue technology|date=2015-09-24|website=Engineering For Change|access-date=2019-11-15}}
Additionally, In 2019, Lewis served on the selection committee of Tool Foundry, a science tools accelerator, and in 2013, she served as a representative of LEGO Education at the 2013 FIRST World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.toolfoundry.org/accelerator/|title=Accelerator|website=Tool Foundry|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}}{{Cite web|date=2013-05-23|title=Saving Children; Inspired by LEGO|url=https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-News/Saving-Children-Inspired-by-LEGO/ba-p/3484837|access-date=2020-08-02|website=forums.ni.com|language=en}}
Documentaries
Lewis has been featured in two mini-documentaries:
- 2015 Smithsonian mini-documentary "Teen Inventor Alexis Lewis on Youth and the Innovative Spirit"
- 2017 The Stem 10, a series of mini-documentaries featuring Alexis Lewis, Jaden Smith and others{{Citation|title=The Stem10 (TV Mini-Series 2017– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7561818/fullcredits|access-date=2019-11-17}}{{Citation|title=Alexis Lewis - Inventor|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7642360/|access-date=2019-11-17}}
Advisory positions
- Tool Foundry Accelerator Selection Committee{{Cite web|title=Accelerator|url=https://www.toolfoundry.org/accelerator/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Tool Foundry|language=en-US}}
- Lifeboat Foundation{{Cite web|title=Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Alexis Lewis|url=https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.alexis.lewis|access-date=2020-08-02|website=lifeboat.com}}
- Education Board
- Engineering Board
- Futurists Board
- Media & Arts Board
- Space Settlement Board
Speaking engagements
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduU6kj3sUQ TEDxAshburn, 2014]{{Cite web|title=TEDxAshburn {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12790|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.ted.com}}
- Smithsonian-USPTO Innovation Family Festival, 2015{{Cite web|last=Inventors|title=Inventorseye newlook|url=https://www.uspto.gov/inventors/independent/eye/201506/index.jsp|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.uspto.gov|language=EN-US}}
- [https://youtube.com/FhUKmfb4GXM?t=2143 Obama-White House address: National Week of Making, 2015]{{Cite web|title=The First White House Maker Faire|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/316486|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The White House|language=en}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StdwWpbokcw TEDxUNC 2015]{{Cite web|title=TEDxUNC {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14265|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.ted.com}}
- South By Southwest (SXSW), 2017{{Cite web|date=2017-05-27|title=Five Popular SXSW EDU Sessions to Listen to Now [Audio]|url=https://www.sxswedu.com/news/2017/five-popular-sessions-to-listen-to/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=SXSW EDU|language=en-US}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXGMtXLiH4 Social Innovation Summit, 2018]{{Cite web|title=Social Innovation Summit 2018|url=http://www.socinnovation.com/ehome/290119|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.socinnovation.com}}
Awards and recognition
- 2012 Broadcom MASTERS 1st in Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://broadcomfoundation.org/masters/winners-2012/|title=Winners 2012 – Broadcom Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}
- 2012 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner{{Cite web|date=2013-02-05|title=Smithsonian-ePals Global Kids Invention Challenge Winners Announced|url=http://www.internetatschools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=87693|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Internet @ Schools|language=en-US}}
- 2012 Finalist in Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge{{Cite web |title=2012 Finalists |publisher=Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge |url=http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/node/53/2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810113731/http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/node/53/2012 |archivedate=August 10, 2016 |access-date=2019-11-16}}
- 2013 Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner{{Cite web|title=Marvel's Iron Man 3: Inventor and Innovator Fair Announces Finalists|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/MARVELS-IRON-MAN-3-INVENTOR-AND-INNOVATOR-FAIR-Announces-Finalists-20130503|access-date=2019-11-16|website=Broadway World|language=en}}
- 2014 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner{{Cite web|url=http://challenges.epals.com/inventit2014/|title=ePals Challenges {{!}} - ePals Global Community|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}
- 2014 Big Hero 6 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner{{Cite web|url=https://invention.si.edu/where-are-they-now|title=Where Are They Now? |date=2017-11-02|website=Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}
- 2016 Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry{{Cite web|url=https://www.artandwriting.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Regional-Awards-GK-Announcement.pdf|title=2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards |date=2016-03-14|website=Scholastic Art & Writing Awards|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
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