American Engineers' Council for Professional Development

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The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development or simply the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, also known by the acronym ECPD and established in June 1932,[1][2] was (later ABET) an Engineering professional body dedicated to the education, accreditation, regulation and professional development of the engineering professionals and students in the United States.[3][4][5] It sets standards and publishes Codes of Ethics and other material for Engineers and Engineering Schools and Organizations in the United States.[6][7][8][9]

ECPD was established in 1932 by seven engineering societies:[3] The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (now the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IEEE), the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (now the American Society for Engineering Education), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and the National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners (now NCEES).[3]

ECPD was originally founded to provide a "joint program for upbuilding engineering as a profession." However, it almost immediately began developing as an accreditation agency, evaluating its first engineering program in 1936 and its first engineering technology program in 1946.[3]

ECPD changed its name to Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 1980, and in 2005 changed its name again to ABET, Inc.

[edit] Citations and notes

  1. ^ As an audit of accomplishments, 1932-1947, and a rededication of plans for future action, this booklet is issued by the Engineers' council for professional development in commemoration of its fifteenth anniversary, June 1947
  2. ^ Science, Volume 94, Issue 2446, pp. 456: Engineers' Council for Professional Development
  3. ^ a b c d ABET History
  4. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1957). The first five years of professional development
  5. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1948). The most desirable personal characteristics; an exploration of opinion and a report from the Sub-committee on Student Development
  6. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1976). Criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States: including objectives and procedures. New York: Engineers' Council for Professional Development
  7. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1947). Canons of ethics for engineers
  8. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1974). The young engineer: a professional guide
  9. ^ Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1942). Manual for committees of engineers who aid young men interested in engineering education and the engineering profession

[edit] External links

  • Transcending the Theory-Practice Problem of Technology - Reich (1992) quote from article: For example, a paragraph in a recent engineers code of ethics, Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties, (American Engineerss (sic) Council for Professional Development, 1974) stimulated discussion about its interpretation and feasibility


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