Emerging engineering talent celebrated in ANZ awards

Five triumph, as keynote asks if AI will be next engineer of the year

The brightest young engineering talent was celebrated at the CIBSE Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) 2024 Young Engineers Awards, where the winners were unveiled.

The awards, which took place at L’Aqua, overlooking Sydney’s Darling Harbour, in October, recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions of young engineering professionals, students, graduates and mentors, and the businesses that champion them. Five awards were presented on the night. The winners were:

  • Mario Wellalage, from RMIT University; the Mark Griffin Student of the Year
  • Kimberly Lowe, graduate mechanical engineer at Aecom; the Haris Moraitis Graduate of the Year
  • Jerry Zhang, mechanical engineer at Beca; the Jack Pirie Young Engineer of the Year
  • Tom Wise, director at WSce; the Jeff Robinson Champion of the Year award
  • Northrop Consulting Engineers; Graduate Development Programme of the Year.

This year’s awards were focused on how the emerging technology of artificial intelligence (AI) enhances our capabilities as building services engineers. Guest speaker Mike Dowling, director of technology at Operational Intelligence, delivered a keynote address titled ‘Is AI the next young engineer of the year?’

CIBSE would like to thank everyone who entered these awards, the judges, and all the sponsors.

For more information on the CIBSE ANZ awards, and ANZ Region visit: www.cibse.org/anz