WFEO Engineering Global Awards
Recognising excellence in engineering for sustainable development, one edition at a time.
About the Awards
WFEO’s Strategic Plan 2026–2035 establishes the WFEO Global Engineering Award as the Federation’s highest-level distinction, alongside its existing awards, which are being reviewed and revamped. It honours individuals who have created global impact in advancing engineering for sustainable development, through a nomination and selection process managed by the WFEO Awards Committee, with clear eligibility rules, impact-based assessment, conflict-of-interest safeguards and transparent citations.
Source: Strategic Plan 2026–2035, Strategic Priority 7, read 13 October 2026.
Illustrative edition page
The next edition
Every edition uses the same page: categories, who can be nominated, how to nominate, key dates, the jury, and the recipients once announced. At the end of the cycle the page moves into the archive below, and a new edition opens with the same structure.
Categories
The Global Engineering Award, plus whichever existing awards WFEO keeps after its review, for example the WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award, the Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence, and the Medals for Engineering Excellence and for Excellence in Engineering Education.
Key dates
- Call for nominations opens
- Nominations close
- Awards Committee assessment
- Laureates approved
- Presentation at a major WFEO event
Dates, eligibility rules and the nomination form are placeholders for WFEO to set. None are stated here.
Past editions
Every edition WFEO has published, back to 2005, with the awards given and, from 2017, the laureates.
- 2024
2024 edition
- WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award: Prof. Syuhaida Binti Ismail (Malaysia); special recognition: Sylvia Yammine (Lebanon) and Dolores de la Conception Lahaba Estrada (Cuba). 24 nominations from 15 countries.
- 2023
2023 edition
Laureates approved by the Executive Council, Prague, 13 October 2023
- WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award: Prof. Yandan Lin, Fudan University
- Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence: Building 7 of the iHarbour campus, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
- WFEO Medal for Excellence in Engineering Education: Prof. Sally Male (Australia)
- 2022
2022 edition
- WFEO H.J. Sabbagh Prize for Excellence in Engineering Construction: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
- 2021
2021 edition
Awarding ceremony held on 12 April 2022
- WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award: Wai Yie Leong (Malaysia)
- WFEO Medal for Engineering Excellence: Neil MacLeod (South Africa)
- WFEO Medal for Excellence in Engineering Education: Enzo Siviero (Italy) and Kai Sang Lock (Singapore)
- 2020
2020 edition
- WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award: Elvira Fortunato (Portugal)
- Young engineers competition, with World Engineering Day: Overall winner: Aida Rafat
- 2019
2019 edition
Presented in Melbourne, Australia, 23 November 2019
- WFEO GREE Women in Engineering Award: Lydia Gonzalez Tansinsin (The Philippines)
- WFEO Medal for Engineering Excellence: Dr Vilas Mujumdar
- WFEO Medal for Excellence in Engineering Education: Dr Chuah Hean Teik
- Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence: Semakau Landfill, Singapore
- 2018
2018 edition
Presented in London, 22 October 2018
- Dr. Zuheir Alami WFEO Award for Engineering Innovation: Dr William F. Ranson (USA)
- GREE WFEO Women in Engineering Award
- Young Engineers Competition: Dr Sim Siang Tze Victor (Singapore)
- 2017
2017 edition
Presented in Rome, Italy, 1 December 2017
- WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence: Ifedayo Akintunde
- WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education: Dr B.V.A. Rao
- Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence: Nacala Corridor Project
- 2015
2015 edition
Presented in Kyoto, Japan
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
- 2013
2013 edition
Presented in Singapore
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
- 2011
2011 edition
Presented in Geneva, Switzerland
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
- 2009
2009 edition
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
- 2007
2007 edition
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
- 2005
2005 edition
WFEO Medal of Engineering Excellence · WFEO Medal of Excellence in Engineering Education · Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Engineering Construction Excellence
Source: wfeo.org/awards, read 13 October 2026.
Awards Committee
Chair: Abdul Majeed Al Qassab
Supported by
GREE Electric Appliances (Women in Engineering Award); Consolidated Contractors Company (H.J. Sabbagh Award)