Awards
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2013.
Nominations close Wednesday 31 July 2013
Engineers Australia's Individual Awards honour those individuals whose attributes have demonstrated great achievements and leadership within the engineering profession. Engineers Australia Individual Awards include:
- Professional Engineer of the Year Award
- Engineering Technologist of the Year Award
- Engineering Associate of the Year Award
- Young Professional Engineer of the Year Award
- Young Technologist of the Year Award
- Young Engineering Associate of the Year Award
Nominees/nominator's will be asked to address the fields provided in approximately 500 words per section and demonstrate how they have the following attributes gained through engineering. Nominees/ nominator's are encouraged to address the following five fields where relevant.
- Engineering competence
- Demonstrated leadership skills (including leadership of teams)
- Positive/notable outcomes from their performance
- Creativity/innovation
- Community service to industry, the profession and/or society
Please note: It is compulsory to attach a profile picture, CV and 100-word biography for promotional purposes.
Click here to nominate another individual
The WA Engineering Excellence Awards program encourages and celebrates engineering excellence by identifying, recognising and promoting excellence in the science and practice of engineering. The awards also provide peer recognition of engineering excellence, raise the profile of the profession and of local engineering, and highlight the contribution of engineers to the economy, to the community and to the environment.
Download the Entry Guidelines and Requirements 2013
Download the 2012 Final Showcase Booklet
Nominations will open in October for the 2013 competition
Young Engineers Public Presentation Competition
If you are a Young Engineer, enjoy public speaking, and have something to say on a topic related to engineering you should consider entering the O. F. Blakey Public Presentation Competition.
Entrants are required to submit an abstract on a technical or non-technical topic related to engineering and be available to make a presentation at Engineers Australia.
The winner will then be required to give their presentation at the Engineers Australia WA Division Annual Dinner.
View the 1955 - 2012 winners here
Charles Warman Medal
First awarded in 1992, for the Best final year student at Western Australian School of Mines.
Charles Warman is a distinguished graduate and lecturer of the School of Mines. He started a small "pump" company in Kalgoorlie, which has now grown into an international company recognised world wide for the highest quality in its field. Charles Warman has been awarded honorary doctorates from Curtin University and University of NSW, and was made an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia in 1985.
Digby Leach Medal
First awarded in 1968 for the best academic record and qualities of leadership at Curtin University of Technology.
Named after Mr JD Leach who spent his entire professional career as a highway engineer in Western AUstralia. He was Commissioner for Main Roads between 1952 and 1964 and directed a major statewide road program, which opened up vast areas of WA for development. He was an Institution Councillor, a Chairman of the Perth Division (now Western Australia Division) and National President of Engineers Australia in 1964.
Harry Appleby Medal
First awarded in 1994 for the best academic record in an associate diploma of engineering at TAFE.
Harry Appleby joined the Public Works Department in 1951 as a cadet draftsman. In 1960, as a Senior Engineering Draftsman he began a 28 year involvement with the investigation, design and construction of storage dams in Western Australia.
Harry was instrumental in founding the Association of Diploma Engineers in WA, which was later to become the Australian Institute of Engineering Associates. He served as President of both. Harry is an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Engineering Associates.
Engineers Australia - Murdoch University Medal
First awarded in 1999 for the best academic achievement, qualities of leadership and interest in Engineers Australia.
John Renner Medal
First awarded in 1996 for the best academic achievement, qualities of leadership and interest in Engineers Australia.
Named after Professor John Renner, Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering at Edith Cowan University. John Renner was responsible for the creation of the ECU Centre for Very High Speed Microelectronic Systems and a partnership with the CRC for Broadband Telecommunications and Networking.
Russell Dumas Medal
First awarded in 1970 for the best academic performance in the final year at UWA.
Named after Sir Russell Dumas. He occupied the position of Chief Engineer of the Metropolitan Water Supply Department from 1934 to 1941. He was Director of Public Works from 1941 to 1951 and Co-ordinator of Works and Industrial Development in Western Australia from 1951 to 1953.
Sir Russell was very active in Institution affairs, a Councillor, Chairman of the Perth Division (now Western Australia Division) and winner of several Engineers Australia awards. He was made an Honorary Fellow in 1966.
Nominations are now closed
About this Award
2009: Darren Hamley, Willetton SHS
2010: Brett Boughton and Paul Hogg, Willetton SHS
2011: Lorraine Ellis, Newton Moore SHS
2012: Carlo Di Donato, Lockridge SHS
