WARRENDALE, PA – July 15/PRNewswire-USNewswire/– SAE International’s

Executive Nominating Committee has named six mobility engineering

professionals as Director Nominees for SAE’s 2009 Board of Directors.

The Director Nominees are:

— Hal M. Heule, Senior Vice President-Technical Operations, U.S.

Airways;

— Laura E. Hitchcock, Senior Standards Specialist, External Standards

Management, Strategy & Policy, The Boeing Company;

— Andris (Andy) Lacis, Vice President, BTG Systems Inc.;

— Ronald Matthews, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of

Texas-Austin;

— Mark Pope, Service & Parts Operation Senior Project Engineer,

General Motors;

— Gregory E. Saunders, Director, Defense Standardization Program

Office, U.S. Department of Defense.

A formal vote on all nominees will be held in November. If elected, the

nominees will begin their terms on the SAE International Board of

Directors in January 2009.