Definition of "engineering science" []

• The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "“engineering science” For a rich historical treatment of the role of engineering science in American aeronautics, see Walter G. Vincenti, What EngineersKnow and How They Know It."
• "For a specific analysis of the development of engineering science within college aeronautical engineering programs, see Amy Elizabeth Foster, “Aeronautical Science 101: The Development of Engineering Science in Aeronautical Engineering Education at the University of Minnesota,” MA Thesis, University of Minnesota, Oct. 1980."