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Alexis Lewis
American inventor and public speaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexis Lewis[1] is an American inventor, repeat science fair winner and public speaker.[2] She is best known for her advocacy for invention education[3] 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.[4][5] Lewis also gained repeat standing as a finalist or winner in national and international science and invention fairs, including the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS Challenge.[6] 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[7][8] and has one pending, on the "Emergency Mask Pod".[9]
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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.[10][11]
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Documentaries
Lewis has been featured in two mini-documentaries:
- 2015 Smithsonian mini-documentary "Teen Inventor Alexis Lewis on Youth and the Innovative Spirit"[2]
- 2017 The Stem 10, a series of mini-documentaries featuring Alexis Lewis, Jaden Smith and others[12][13]
Advisory positions
- Tool Foundry Accelerator Selection Committee[14]
- Lifeboat Foundation[15]
- Education Board
- Engineering Board
- Futurists Board
- Media & Arts Board
- Space Settlement Board
Speaking engagements
- TEDxAshburn, 2014[16]
- Smithsonian-USPTO Innovation Family Festival, 2015[17]
- Obama-White House address: National Week of Making, 2015[18]
- TEDxUNC 2015[19]
- South By Southwest (SXSW), 2017[20]
- Social Innovation Summit, 2018[21]
Awards and recognition
- 2012 Broadcom MASTERS 1st in Engineering[22]
- 2012 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner[11][23]
- 2012 Finalist in Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge[24]
- 2013 Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner[25]
- 2014 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner[26]
- 2014 Big Hero 6 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner[27]
- 2016 Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry[28]
References
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