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Im a studying civil engineer. and my point of view is that mathematics is important in my field, although i value mathematical resolving of forces and the physics behind it all, most engineers are not mathematicians but the understanding of theory to make calculated and educated estimates. And sometimes look far into the future.
Unfortunately i see all too often in the engineering students i work with that they have a solid understanding of the theoretical but a imagination of a carrot and that is a fundamental downfall to what it is that a engineer does.
We make things work when others say it cannot happen, and a good engineer will understand the value of talking to "tradies" and not just being up there own A55 thinking that they know everything (that is generally what happens when a academic engineer gets involved).
The general idea of engineers is that they must be super excellent at maths and truth be told I myself am no academic but as my uncle and grandfather before me have a ability to make things work even if no knowledge is known and everybody say's it cannot be done!
I despise most engineers as the general attitude amongst them i find repulsive and close minded. My thought about this is "You cant have a chicken without the egg nor can you have a egg without a chicken"
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