Posts Tagged 'World Engineering Day'

Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Engineering Day 2024



 

In Jules Verne’s novel, the castaways stranded on Mysterious Island regain hope when Cyrus Smith, the group’s engineer, is found safe and sound: by identifying the island’s resources, and building an oven and tools, he soon makes the island a haven of plenty.

Just as Smith improved life on the island, engineers, men and women, are constantly ...

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Summary Report of the WED 2023 conference “Engineering: the cities of the future”

Last 4th of March, the World Engineering Day 2023 (WED2023) was celebrated across the globe with the theme Engineering Innovation For a More Resilient World by many engineering institutions, businesses, UN bodies and social groups.

The 4th March celebration took place after the 2 day-conference “Engineering: the cities of the future” that was organized by Continue Reading →

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WFEO Hosts successful global Student Hackathon for World Engineering Day 2023

The World Federation of Engineering Organizations successfully hosted a global Hackathon for engineering students as part of the celebrations for World Engineering Day 2023.

The theme of World Engineering Day 2023 was Engineering Innovation for a more Resilient World. The Hackathon provided a focus on young engineers and engineering students and enables their participation in the celebrations ...

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YEFL Webinar “Smart Sustainable Communities and Frontier Technologies” celebrating World Engineering Day 2023


Aligned with 2023 Theme: Engineering Innovation For A More Resilient World and as part of the World Engineering Day Celebrations, the Young Engineers / Future Leaders Committee organized a webinar on 24 February 2023 entitled “Smart Sustainable Communities and Frontier Technologies” in collaboration with the International ...

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World Engineering Day webinar: Collaborative Engineering Initiatives for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment


WFEO, the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) organized the webinar “Collaborative Engineering Initiatives for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment” on 21 February 2023, in celebration ...

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Back story: Dr Marlene Kanga, past president of the World Federation of Engineering – Interview by Engineering & Technology

TV presenter Dr Shini Somara talks to Australian engineer, Dr Marlene Kanga, immediate past president of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations and a keen advocate for encouraging diverse and inclusive groups in the engineering world.

Australian engineer Dr Marlene Kanga, AM FTSE HonFIEAust HonFIChemE, is the immediate past president of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) ...

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The Value of Engineering in Critical Times

Coronavirus has confronted us with innumerable challenges. Some of them were already on the plate and are now urgent objectives to achieve. The lack of engineers, for instance, is a reality and weighs more heavily in times of crisis.

The current health crisis has raised many questions in the public and political sphere of the society on the ways to deal with ...

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