R0021/2026-03-25/Q001/SRC03
IEEE Educational Resource — What is Engineering?
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
What is Engineering? |
| Publisher |
IEEE |
| Author(s) |
IEEE Pre-University Education Committee |
| Date |
Undated (accessed 2026-03-25) |
| URL |
https://ewh.ieee.org/cmte/pa/UCF/Engineering.html |
| Type |
Professional body educational resource |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
High |
| Relevance |
High |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
N/A |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
IEEE is a major professional body for engineers. Their educational resources reflect organizational consensus. |
| Relevance |
Directly provides IEEE's adopted definition of engineering, citing the ECPD/ABET definition. |
| Bias flags |
IEEE has institutional interest in defining engineering broadly enough to include electrical/electronic engineering, but this does not affect the core definition. |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC03-E01 |
IEEE's adopted definition referencing ABET/ECPD with additional characterization |