Alexis Lewis
Personal Information
Born: 1999
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Currently a student at UNC-Chapel Hill
Professional Life
Field of Study: Inventor
Institution/Corporation: UNC
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Selection committee Tool Foundry; Lifeboat Foundation; STEMIE
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2012, Broadcom MASTERS 1st in engineering; 2012 &2014, Spark!Lab Invent It challenge Winner; 2013, Iron Man 3 Inventor & Innovator Fair Winner; 2014, big Hero 6 Inventor & Innovator Fair Winner; 2016, Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry; 2013 & 2014, Smithsonian Invent It! Challenge International Winner; 2017, AXA Achievement Scholarship; 2017, ERCA community Contribution Scholarship; 2017, Live Mas Scholarship
Achievements: believes anyone can invent once they know what the problem is; patent is under the name Chase Lewis & pending patent is under name Chase D. Lewis
2011, at age 12 adapted a Native American travois by adding wheels for a vehicle easily constructed for emergency evacuations
Advocates for invention education & adding Inventing 101 classes to middle school curriculum
Has been featured in 2 mini-documentaries: 2015, "Teen Inventor alexis Lewis on Youth & the Innovative Spirit" by the Smithsonian; 2017, The STEM 10
Loves mythology & sees it as an inspiration
Invented an Emergency Mask Pod, a football shaped container containing emergency equipment for use during fires
Holds 1 patent; 1 pending; both under name of Chase Lewis