1. 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

2. Geo Breakdown of 2015 Contest Entries

3. 2015 Contest Entries by Profession

4. 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

5. Web Site Traffic

6. Promotion E-mail Blasts Eight major blasts averaging 555,000 each
Dedicated Mouser/ADI/Intel 50,000 each
Dedicated COMSOL list blasts – 200,000 total
Automotive Design blast – 20,000 total
Total of 4,810,000 s
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

7. Promotion (con’t.) Web Banners
124x240 and 300x250 banners on sae.org – 441,900 impressions
125x125, 160x600, 468x60, and 234x60 on – 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

8. 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+