Do Engineers have any Math background?

Once the assumtions are made the math is still math.

I am top posting, and I realize it. However, I'll keep my answer short.

I can't answer the implications below, as the political implications and the possible "thin skinned" objections involved seriously imply that there is a personality conflict somewhere. However, I can say the following: I have a master's degree in chemical engineering, and until 1994 (with my father-in-law's passing), I had a tenured math professor in my immediate family. I am of the opinion that I have somewhat of a math background, but nowhere near what my father-in-law had. Comparing the math background of an engineer to that of a mathematician is a silly thing to do. Engineers have enough math background to solve most problems that they will run across in the real world, but nowhere near the math background of someone who majored in mathematics. In other words, this is the same as assuming that a generalist has a background that is "somewhat equivalent" to a specialist.

And ... chemical engineers make the fuel, napalm, high explosives, etc., necessary to make all the "toys" work.