Engineer's Day is commemorated in Mexico

Every July 1st, Mexico celebrates Engineer's Day, a date that recognizes the creativity, knowledge and social commitment of those who, from multiple disciplines, transform ideas into concrete solutions for common welfare.

This commemoration has its roots in 1973, when Eugenio Méndez Docurro, then Secretary of Communications and Transportation of the Mexican government, proposed establishing July 1 in reference to the creation of the Royal Mining Court in 1776, the cradle of formal engineering education in the Americas.

This year, the Academy of Engineering of Mexico (AIM) commemorated the date as part of its conference activities, which revolved around the conversation about the “Social commitment of engineering excellence for the common welfare”.

This event, a space that highlighted the impact of engineering on quality of life, sustainability and equity, was attended by a representation of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (API) and the Pan-American Union of Engineering Associations (UPADI), headed by its presidents, engineers José Domingo Pérez Muñiz and Germán Pardo Albarracín, respectively.

In this way, Engineer's Day in Mexico reaffirmed not only the local relevance of the profession, but its role as an engine of global solutions to challenges such as climate change, sustainable mobility or digital transformation.

As part of the conference activities, AIM also took the opportunity to launch its free Virtual Video Library, a digital channel that collects interviews and visual documents from prominent Mexican engineers, which can be accessed through the web address: https://videoteca.ai.org.mx.