UCLA Engineering Students Dominate element14`s Live EDGE International Scholarship Competition

LOS ANGELES & CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
UCLA Engineering and element14, a new online technology resource and community
for electronic design engineers, announce that three students at the Henry
Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science were selected to receive
$2,500 Live EDGE scholarships to help further their educations in electrical and
electronics engineering. Of the 12 Live EDGE scholarships awarded to engineering
students worldwide, UCLA had the most winners.

The UCLA students: Abde Ali Kagalwalla and Meng Ai, who are both first-year
graduate students in electrical engineering, and Armin Axel Brugger, a junior
majoring in electrical engineering, were each presented with $2,500 checks on
November 3, by John Curran, Design Segment Manager and Mike Jeworski, General
Sales Manager of Newark, a leading electronics distributor in North America.

To qualify for the scholarships, entrants were asked to explain the importance
of their engineering degree in society, how they saw electronics design changing
and what new technologies would have the biggest impact on electronics in the
near future. Winning entries are posted at element14 within the Live EDGE Group
at http://www.element14.com/community/community/liveedge.

"UCLA Engineering students are among the best and brightest in the nation. I`m
very proud that three of our students have won these scholarships, through a
competition based on what they think the future will be in electronics, and how
their engineering education will help them play a pivotal role in solving
societal challenges," said UCLA Engineering Dean Vijay K. Dhir. "I would like to
thank element14 for supporting engineering students, both here at UCLA and
around the globe."

Premier Farnell, the sponsor of the Live EDGE scholarships and the element14
online technical community, is a global electronics distributor operating under
the brand names Newark in North America, Farnell in the UK/Europe and Premier
Electronics in China. The scholarships are part of Premier Farnell`s Live EDGE
(Environmental Design for the Global Environment) Challenge, which has helped
electronic design engineers to bring their environmentally-friendly designs to
the market.

"We are proud to encourage the further education of students who are also eager
to positively impact the world," comments Harriet Green, CEO of Premier Farnell.
"Through element14 and our recent acquisition of CadSoft, we have again
heightened our ability to support students and electronic design engineers alike
with the latest products, technology, services and support that they need to
excel in their field."

Editor`s note: A hi-res image of the 3 winning students is located at
http://www.vocus.com/images/pr/newark_UCLAEngineering_element14_scholwinners.jpg.

Caption: From left to right: Meng Ai, 1st year Electrical Engineering Master`s
student; Abde Ali Kagalwalla, 1st year Electrical Engineering Master`s/PhD
Student; Armin Axel Brugger, 3rd year Electrical engineering undergrad (junior)

About element14

element14 is a new, innovative information portal and eCommunity specifically
built for electronic design engineers. It provides product data, design tools
and technology information, while incorporating web 2.0 functionality to
facilitate communication, interaction, collaboration and information sharing
between colleagues around the world. Users can consult experts, discover trends,
post blogs, articles and comments in this world-wide forum.

element14 is another innovative offering from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl),
FTSE 250, a leader in multi-channel distribution and specialty services for
electronic design engineers throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It
has a stocked range of 450,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items
from 3,500 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £804.4m and over
4,100 employees globally.

For more information about element14 visit: www.element-14.com.

element14 PR
Janice Fleisher, Communications Americas, 773-907-5941
jfleisher@newark.com

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