The Christian Jose Willenberg Medal commemorating the Founder of the oldest engineering school in the world in Prague, Czech Kingdom, established in 1707.
WFEO leaders President Prof Jose Vieira, Immediate Past President Prof Gong Ke, President Elect Mr Mustafa Shehu and Past President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, were presented with the highest award of the Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (CSVTS) – the Christian Josef Willenberg Medal at the opening ceremony of the World Engineers Convention (WEC 2023) held in Prague from 9-11 October 2023.
This prestigious award bears the name of the founder of the oldest engineering school in the world – Engineering Estate School in Prague, Czech Kingdom, Professor Christian Josef Willenberg.
The CSVTS General Assembly unanimously voted to present this award in recognition of the contribution of the WFEO leaders to the development of the engineering profession on a global scale and to the development of co-operation with CSVTS in the organization of the World Engineers Convention (WEC 2023).
WEC 2023 is held every four years and is the most prestigious conference hosted by WFEO and its national members, bringing together the world’s experts in engineering.
Leaders of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) after the presentation of the Christian Josef Willenberg Medal at the opening of WEC 2023, L to R: Prof Jose Vieira, President (2021-2023), Prof Daniel Hanus, President CSVTS, Dr Marlene Kanga AO, WFEO President (2017-2019), Prof. Dr Pavel Drasar, Chair, WEC 2023 Scientific Committee, Prof Gong Ke, Immediate Past President WFEO (2019-2021) and Mr Mustafa Shehu, WFEO President Elect.
The first engineering school was established in 1707 in Prague, Czech Kingdom. The education syllabus contained surveying, mapping, drainage, and constructing mechanisms for lifting heavy loads, followed by optics, perspective drawing and geography.
In 1803, the engineering school was transformed into the Polytechnic Institute of the Czech Estates. In 1865, the Chamber of Engineers and Architects in the Czech Kingdom was established and is the predecessor of the CSVTS. In 1879, the engineering school was transformed into the Imperial and Royal Czech Technical High School in Prague. In 1920 the engineering school was transformed to Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU). Today the Czech Technical University in Prague contains 8 faculties, 6 institutes, Computing and Information Centre, Central Library, Publishing House and a number of Service Facilities. The CTU has currently 19,000 students.
Article provided by Dr Marlene Kanga AO, former WFEO President, 2017-2019.
For more information:
Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (CSVTS) website
WFEO General Assembly meetings and 7th World Engineers Convention, Prague 2023
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