She has established a women-in-engineering mentorship programme for more than 1,000 women.
Prof Dr Leong Wai Yie received the WFEO Gree Women in Engineering Award which was conferred by Dr Sharmila Nair, Unesco assistant director-general of natural sciences.
Prof Leong has also conducted more than 500 talks, seminars and conferences to mentor and support women in engineering.She specialises in medical signal processing, Industrial Revolution 4.0 technology, 5G and telecommunications. The WFEO Engineering Award recognises women engineers who have shown professional excellence and impact in their work, and are role models and leaders in their field.
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