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 (ECPD), established in June 1932, [1] [2] was 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] ECPD grew and has changed its name to ABET, Inc. and its focus solely to accreditation. [3]

Its purpose was to set standards and to publish the Codes of Ethics and other material for engineers and engineering schools and organizations in the United States, [6] [7] [8] [9]

The seven engineering societies that established ECPD in 1932 were: [3]

ECPD was 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 changed it again to ABET, Inc. in 2005. [3]

ABET, Inc. is now an accreditation federation of 29 professional and technical societies (and one associate member society), representing the fields of applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. [11]

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References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 ABET History
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  6. Engineers' Council for Professional Development. (1976). including criteria, objectives and procedures for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States. New York: Engineers' Council for Professional Development
  7. Engineers' Council for Professional Development, (1947); and Canons of ethics for engineers
  8. Engineers' Council for Professional Development, (1974); and The young engineer: a professional guide
  9. Engineers' Council for Professional Development, (1942), a Manual for committees of engineers who aid young men interested in engineering education and the engineering profession
  10. "History of IEEE". IEEE . Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  11. ABET's Member Societies Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine