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Alexis Lewis
Alexis Lewis
	Lewis with her Emergency Mask Pod, surrounded by 3D-printed model rockets
Born	Chase Lewis; 1999
Education	University of North Carolina
Occupation(s)	Futurist, inventor, public speaker, artist and writer
Website	www.alexislewisinventor.me

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Life and education:

Alexis Lewis was born in 1999. She is an American inventor, repeat science fair winner and public speaker^[1]. Her parents were also inventors whose mission were to help others, which is why she has always been motivated by humanitarian issues^[2]. Her interest on inventing was born when she was 7 years old in a road trip with her mom. While out there, she spent a lot of time with her grandfather, who was a rocket scientist on the Apollo Program, including Apollo 13. She learned a lot about how he saw the world and a lot about the building blocks of science and scientific thought.

Lewis was homeschooled, so she had a lot of free time to explore and build everything she wanted. Alexis had access to videos and books on any subject, so she got to learn about the science of everything ^[2].She studied in University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill with a major on TBD and a minor on entrepreneurship ^[3].

Besides innovating, Lewis has spoken widely about inventing and the role that kids can play in inventing solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. She has shared her passion for invention at SXSWedu, TEDxUNC, the Smithsonian, and even the White House. Lewis is currently a freshman at Claremont McKenna College in California, where she hopes to study pre-med and neuroscience^[4].

Innovation

She created the “Rescue Travois”. She adapted a traditional Native American sled, called a travois, by adding wheels to create a simpler way to transport families and their belongings^[4]. It was built with bamboo, a antique material that was both inexpensive and strong, with a simple triangular structure tied with rope and covered with a net. It was designed so it can be easily built by village carpenters or handymen in even the most remote areas of the world. Lewis received the services of a patent attorney and an all-expenses-paid patent application. In 2015, she received US Patent 8,979,095 for her “Wheeled Travois.”^[4]

Pain Point she tried to address

She was trying to create a solution so children in future famines make it to the refugee centers safely. During the 2011 Somali famine, hundreds of children were left by the roadsides to die when their parents could no longer carry them on the weeks-long treks to refugee centers ^[5]. When Alexis read about the decisions these parents had to make, she wondered if there was anything he could do to help prevent this from happening again. His research revealed that what was needed was a simple wheeled device that could be towed behind a parent, while still keeping the parent's arms free to hold a child and the parent's back and chest free to hold a child wrapped to them.

Impact on society today

The Rescue Travois helped migrants trying to get to refugees to take all their family, without leaving children by the roadsides to die. The Rescue Tracois is still in use today. in arid. to help those need during COVID-19 pandemic. Alexis shared her "Rescue Travois" device ro transport the sick and vulnerable ^[2]

References

^ Anderson, T. R.; Slotkin, T. A. (August 15, 1975). "Maturation of the adrenal medulla--IV. Effects of morphine". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (16): 1469–1474. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90020-9. ISSN 1873-2968. PMID 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chow, Y. W.; Pietranico, R.; Mukerji, A. (October 27, 1975). "Studies of oxygen binding energy to hemoglobin molecule". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1424–1431. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90518-5. ISSN 0006-291X. PMID 6.
^ Hendrickson, W. A.; Ward, K. B. (October 27, 1975). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1349–1356. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (October 27, 1975). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.
^ Hendrickson, W. A.; Ward, K. B. (October 27, 1975). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1349–1356. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 5.

[1] Anderson, T. R.; Slotkin, T. A. (August 15, 1975). "Maturation of the adrenal medulla--IV. Effects of morphine". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (16): 1469–1474. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90020-9. ISSN 1873-2968. PMID 7.

[:0-2] Chow, Y. W.; Pietranico, R.; Mukerji, A. (October 27, 1975). "Studies of oxygen binding energy to hemoglobin molecule". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1424–1431. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90518-5. ISSN 0006-291X. PMID 6.

[3] Hendrickson, W. A.; Ward, K. B. (October 27, 1975). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1349–1356. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 5.

[:1-4] Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (October 27, 1975). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.

[5] Hendrickson, W. A.; Ward, K. B. (October 27, 1975). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1349–1356. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 5.

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+'''Life and education:'''
-'''Alexis Lewis''' <ref>{{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}}</ref> is an American inventor, repeat science fair winner and public speaker.<ref name="Smithsonian Gambino">{{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}}</ref> She is best known for her advocacy for invention education<ref>{{Citation|title=It Can't Wait: Democratizing Innovation & Invention|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXGMtXLiH4|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref> and her humanitarian inventions. She is known to have given talks at the [[White House]], [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]], [[South by Southwest|SXSW]], National Maker Faire, the 2018 Social Innovation Summit, and at TEDx events.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.socinnovation.com/ehome/290119/629642/|title=Social Innovation Summit 2018|website=www.socinnovation.com|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Lewis also gained repeat standing as a finalist or winner in national and international science and invention fairs, including the [[Broadcom MASTERS|2012 Broadcom MASTERS Challenge]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> and has one pending, on the "Emergency Mask Pod".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+Alexis Lewis was born in 1999. She is an American inventor, repeat science fair winner and public speaker<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=T. R. |last2=Slotkin |first2=T. A. |date=1975-08-15 |title=Maturation of the adrenal medulla--IV. Effects of morphine |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7 |journal=Biochemical Pharmacology |volume=24 |issue=16 |pages=1469–1474 |doi=10.1016/0006-2952(75)90020-9 |issn=1873-2968 |pmid=7}}</ref>. Her parents were also inventors whose mission were to help others, which is why she has always been motivated by humanitarian issues<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Chow |first=Y. W. |last2=Pietranico |first2=R. |last3=Mukerji |first3=A. |date=1975-10-27 |title=Studies of oxygen binding energy to hemoglobin molecule |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1424–1431 |doi=10.1016/0006-291x(75)90518-5 |issn=0006-291X |pmid=6}}</ref>. Her interest on inventing was born when she was 7 years old in a road trip with her mom. While out there, she spent a lot of time with her grandfather, who was a rocket scientist on the Apollo Program, including Apollo 13. She learned a lot about how he saw the world and a lot about the building blocks of science and scientific thought.
-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|FIRST World Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.toolfoundry.org/accelerator/|title=Accelerator|website=Tool Foundry|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref name="Saving Children; Inspired by LEGO">{{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}}</ref>
+Lewis was homeschooled, so she had a lot of free time to explore and build everything she wanted. Alexis had access to videos and books on any subject, so she got to learn about the science of everything <ref name=":0" />.She studied in University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill with a major on TBD and a minor on entrepreneurship <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hendrickson |first=W. A. |last2=Ward |first2=K. B. |date=1975-10-27 |title=Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1349–1356 |doi=10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2 |issn=1090-2104 |pmid=5}}</ref>.
-==Documentaries==
-Lewis has been featured in two mini-documentaries:
+Besides innovating, Lewis has spoken widely about inventing and the role that kids can play in inventing solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. She has shared her passion for invention at SXSWedu, TEDxUNC, the Smithsonian, and even the White House. Lewis is currently a freshman at Claremont McKenna College in California, where she hopes to study pre-med and neuroscience<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Wiesmann |first=U. N. |last2=DiDonato |first2=S. |last3=Herschkowitz |first3=N. N. |date=1975-10-27 |title=Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1338–1343 |doi=10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9 |issn=1090-2104 |pmid=4}}</ref>.
-* 2015 [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] mini-documentary "Teen Inventor Alexis Lewis on Youth and the Innovative Spirit"<ref name="Smithsonian Gambino" />
-* 2017 The Stem 10, a series of mini-documentaries featuring Alexis Lewis, [[Jaden Smith]] and others<ref>{{Citation|title=The Stem10 (TV Mini-Series 2017– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7561818/fullcredits|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Alexis Lewis - Inventor|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7642360/|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref>
-==Advisory positions==
+== Innovation ==
+She created the “Rescue Travois”. She adapted a traditional Native American sled, called a travois, by adding wheels to create a simpler way to transport families and their belongings<ref name=":1" />. It was built with bamboo, a antique material that was both inexpensive and strong, with a simple triangular structure tied with rope and covered with a net. It was designed so it can be easily built by village carpenters or handymen in even the most remote areas of the world. Lewis received the services of a patent attorney and an all-expenses-paid patent application. In 2015, she received US Patent 8,979,095  for her “Wheeled Travois.”<ref name=":1" />
+==Pain Point she tried to address==
-* Tool Foundry Accelerator Selection Committee<ref>{{Cite web|title=Accelerator|url=https://www.toolfoundry.org/accelerator/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Tool Foundry|language=en-US}}</ref>
+She was trying to create a solution so children in future famines make it to the refugee centers safely.  During the 2011 Somali famine, hundreds of children were left by the roadsides to die when their parents could no longer carry them on the weeks-long treks to refugee centers <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hendrickson |first=W. A. |last2=Ward |first2=K. B. |date=1975-10-27 |title=Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1349–1356 |doi=10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2 |issn=1090-2104 |pmid=5}}</ref>. When Alexis read about the decisions these parents had to make, she wondered if there was anything he could do to help prevent this from happening again. His research revealed that what was needed was a simple wheeled device that could be towed behind a parent, while still keeping the parent's arms free to hold a child and the parent's back and chest free to hold a child wrapped to them.
-* [[Lifeboat Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Alexis Lewis|url=https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.alexis.lewis|access-date=2020-08-02|website=lifeboat.com}}</ref>
-** Education Board
-** Engineering Board
-** Futurists Board
-** Media & Arts Board
-** Space Settlement Board
+==Impact on society today==
-==Speaking engagements==
+The Rescue Travois helped migrants trying to get to refugees to take all their family, without leaving children by the roadsides to die. The Rescue Tracois is still in use today. in arid. to help those need during COVID-19 pandemic. Alexis shared her "Rescue Travois" device ro transport the sick and vulnerable <ref name=":0" />
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduU6kj3sUQ TEDxAshburn, 2014]<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxAshburn {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12790|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.ted.com}}</ref>
-* Smithsonian-USPTO Innovation Family Festival, 2015<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* [https://youtube.com/FhUKmfb4GXM?t=2143 Obama-White House address: National Week of Making, 2015]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StdwWpbokcw TEDxUNC 2015]<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxUNC {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14265|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.ted.com}}</ref>
-* South By Southwest (SXSW), 2017<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXGMtXLiH4 Social Innovation Summit, 2018]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Social Innovation Summit 2018|url=http://www.socinnovation.com/ehome/290119|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.socinnovation.com}}</ref>
-==Awards and recognition==
-* 2012 [[Broadcom MASTERS]] 1st in Engineering<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://broadcomfoundation.org/masters/winners-2012/|title=Winners 2012 – Broadcom Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
-* 2012 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner<ref name="Saving Children; Inspired by LEGO"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* 2012 Finalist in [[Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* 2013 Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* 2014 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge winner<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://challenges.epals.com/inventit2014/|title=ePals Challenges {{!}} - ePals Global Community|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
-* 2014 Big Hero 6 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-*2016 Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry<ref>{{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|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
 == References ==