The engineer´s responsibility to society: A student speaks his mind on a subject of importance to engineers

OF ALL the definitions of engineering that have been propounded, the one that seems to express most clearly and accurately the true function of the engineer is found in the preamble to the constitution of American Engineering Council. In that document engineering is defined as the “science of controlling the forces and utilizing the materials of nature for the benefit of man, and the art of organizing and directing human activities in connection therewith.”