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For Immediate Release

Mouser Congratulates Winners in “Create the Future” Design Contest

October 6, 2015 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, applauds the winners of the 2015 Create the Future Design Contest. The Grand Prize of $20,000 was won by AortixTM, a catheter-deployed heart pump intended for long-term treatment of chronic heart failure. It was developed by Procyrion, Inc. of Houston. As it did in 2014, Mouser is a major sponsor of the annual Tech Briefs Media Group “Create the Future” Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and students to create the next great thing. Mouser was joined in the 2015 sponsorship by its valued partners and . The winners will be recognized at an awards dinner on November 6th in New York City. The contest attracted more than 1,100 innovative ideas from engineers and students in 60 countries. “Thinner than a pencil and only 6 centimeters long, AortixTM has the potential to become a low-risk circulatory assist device for a broad range of patients,” said Omar Benavides, leader of the Procyrion team that won in the medical category to capture the Grand Prize overall. The Grand Prize was chosen from the winners in seven categories. The other categories and winners are:  Aerospace & Defense – An ultra-small, low-cost hazardous gas detector using novel chip-scale chemical sensor technology. It was developed by a team headed by Nichole Sullivan of N5 Sensors, Inc. of Rockville, MD.  Automotive/Transportation – An environmentally friendly coating system for early detection and inhibition of corrosion and self-healing of mechanical damage without external intervention developed by Jeffrey Kohler at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Corrosion Technology Lab.  Consumer Products – The BomBoard, an affordable high performance jet board/jet ski transportable in the back of a car, developed by Anders Stubkjaer of Whitewater, WI  Electronics – An optic sensing system technology that represents a major breakthrough in high-speed operational monitoring and sensing developed by Lance Richards at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center.  Machinery/Automation/Robotics – A compact long-reach robotic arm developed by William R. Doggett at NASA’s Langley Research Center.  Sustainable Technologies – A system of solar lighting with fiber optics developed by Stephanie le Beuze of Champs-Sur-Marne, Ile-de-France.

"We congratulate all of the winners for their ingenuity, and commend all of the entrants for taking part in this exciting program that fosters technological innovation,” said Kevin Hess, Vice President of Technical Marketing at Mouser Electronics. “As a distributor of leading technologies, ‘Creating the Future’ is very much at the heart of what we support here at Mouser, and we are excited to help design engineers and want to thank them for their important contributions. Engineers really deserve the credit for the amazing ingenuity we are seeing today in electronic design."

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“Mouser is known worldwide for their rapid introduction of the newest products, and unparalleled support of innovation,” said Joseph Pramberger, President of Tech Briefs Media Group. “We are excited for the opportunity to work with such a solid partner – one known in the industry for their strong commitment to foster and serve engineers and their design needs.” Entries were judged on Innovation (50% of score), Manufacturability (25%) and Marketability (25%). For a complete list of this year’s winners, visit http://www.mouser.com/createthefuture.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 21 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated many times per day and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

About Mouser Electronics Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of 's family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 500,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.

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Further information, contact: For press inquiries, contact: Kevin Hess, Mouser Electronics Kelly DeGarmo, Mouser Electronics Vice President Technical Marketing Mgr., Corporate Communications (817) 804-3833 (817) 804-7764 [email protected] [email protected]