Create the Future Design Contest 2015 Recap 1,159 Entries Record number of entries 8% increase over prior year From engineers, students, and design teams in 64 countries, across six continents 68% of applicants were 1st time entrants

Geo Breakdown of 2015 Contest Entries

2015 Contest Entries by Profession

Web Site Activity www.createthefuturecontest.com – 3/1/15 - 10/16/16 Page views: 670,523 (+14%) User Sessions: 202,795 (+14%) Unique Visitors: 137,657 (+10%) Visitors from 205 countries

Web Site Traffic

Promotion E-mail Blasts Eight major blasts averaging 555,000 each Dedicated Mouser/ADI/Intel blasts @ 50,000 each Dedicated COMSOL list blasts – 200,000 total Automotive Design blast – 20,000 total Total of 4,810,000 e-mails Magazine Ads – 20 pages – 1,926,000 impressions NASA Tech Briefs (6) ̶ Aerospace & Defense Technology (3) Medical Design Briefs (4) ̶ Automotive Engineering (3) Off-Highway Engineering (2) ̶ Mobility Engineering (1) Test & Measurement Tech Briefs (1) November Editorial Coverage in NASA Tech Briefs and Medical Design Briefs – 230,000 impressions

Promotion (con’t.) Web Banners 124x240 and 300x250 banners on sae.org – 441,900 impressions 125x125, 160x600, 468x60, and 234x60 on www.techbriefs.com – 90,300 impressions Press Releases 1,323 views for March 2015 release announcing contest 5,448 views for September 2015 release announcing Grand Prize and Category Winners Social Media Posts Facebook – 21 posts – 15,960 impressions Twitter – 124 tweets – 170,128 impressions

Total Marketing Impressions YTD – 12,621,000+ Promotion (con’t.) Newsletters 59 announcements in Tech Briefs INSIDER E-newsletters – 2,950,000 impressions Nine post contest announcements – 440,000 impressions 10 banners in SAE E-newsletters – 705,000 impressions E-Source Six ads – 415,000 impressions E-Response Four banner ads – 420,000 impressions Total Marketing Impressions YTD – 12,621,000+